bilanggo

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Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Either from Proto-Bisayan *bilaŋgu, or borrowed from Tamil விலங்கு (vilaṅku, “animal; fetters; shackles; manacles”)(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bilaŋˈɡoʔ/, [bɪ.l̪ʌŋˈɡoʔ]
  • Hyphenation: bi‧lang‧go

Verb[edit]

bilanggô (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ)

  1. to imprison; to jail

Noun[edit]

bilanggô (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ)

  1. (historical) sheriff; constable

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Hiligaynon: bilanggo

Hiligaynon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Cebuano bilanggo[1] or inherited from Proto-Visayan *bilaŋgu, ultimately from Tamil விலங்கு (vilaṅku, “animal; fetters; shackles; manacles”)(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /biˈlaŋɡoʔ/, [biˈlaŋ.ɡʊʔ]
  • Hyphenation: bi‧lang‧go

Verb[edit]

bilanggò

  1. imprison, incarcerate, confine

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Scott, William Henry (1994) “The Visayas”, in Barangay: Sixteenth-century Philippine Culture and Society‎[1], Ateneo University Press, page 70: “His sheriff or constable was bilanggo, whose own house served as a jail, bilanggowan[sic].”

Ilocano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Tagalog bilanggo, from Hiligaynon bilanggo, from Cebuano bilanggo.[1] The Cebuano and Hiligaynon may have descended from Proto-Visayan *bilaŋgu , ultimately from Tamil விலங்கு (vilaṅku, “animal; fetters; shackles; manacles”)(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bi‧lang‧go
  • IPA(key): /bilaŋˈɡo/, [bi.lɐŋˈɡo]

Noun[edit]

bilanggó (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ)

  1. senior officer of a prison or school

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Scott, William Henry (1994) “The Visayas”, in Barangay: Sixteenth-century Philippine Culture and Society‎[2], Ateneo University Press, page 70: “His sheriff or constable was bilanggo, whose own house served as a jail, bilanggowan[sic].”

Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from Hiligaynon bilanggo (“prisoner; bailiff”) or from Cebuano bilanggo.[2] The Cebuano and Hiligaynon may have descended from Proto-Visayan *bilaŋgu, ultimately from Tamil விலங்கு (vilaṅku, “animal; fetters; shackles; manacles”).[3] See also Malay belenggu (“shackle”).

Sense 2, possibly from back-formation from bilangguan (“prison”) (borrowing from Cebuano or Hiligaynon bilanggoan).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bi‧lang‧go
  • IPA(key): /bilaŋˈɡoʔ/, [bɪ.lɐŋˈɡoʔ]

Noun[edit]

bilanggô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ)

  1. prisoner; captive; convict
    Synonyms: bihag, preso
  2. (historical) bailiff
    Synonym: agusil

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎[3] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 48: “BILANGÓ. pc. alguacil”
  2. ^ Scott, William Henry (1994) “The Visayas”, in Barangay: Sixteenth-century Philippine Culture and Society‎[4], Ateneo University Press, page 70: “His sheriff or constable was bilanggo, whose own house served as a jail, bilanggowan[sic].”
  3. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 302
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