Meaning of tingkarul

tingkarul

Cebuano

v. 1, 2, 3. see tingkagul; 4. light one’s way with a tingkarul torch; 5. make a tingkarul torch; n. kind of kerosene torch made from bamboo or a bottle into which a tube nearly as big around as the mouth is inserted. So called from the noise this torch makes, and also from the fact that in the kind of fishing with which it is used, a banging noise is made to draw the fish (cf. dagukduk).