singkak

Borrowed from Hokkien 神麴／神曲 (sîn-khak, “medicated leaven (used to treat indigestion)”).

• Hyphenation: sing‧kak
• IPA^(key): /siŋˈkak/, [sɪŋˈkak]

singkák (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜃ᜔)

1. bitter drug used for diarrhea, indigestion, etc.

• “singkak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006) 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (in Hokkien and Mandarin Chinese), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 356.
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 131
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 53
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “神麴”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• 東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931), “神殼”, in 臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (in Japanese and Min Nan), Taihoku: 臺灣警察協會, page 371