bilo-bilo

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Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Reduplication of possibly either:

Noun

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biló-biló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓᜊᜒᜎᜓ)

  1. glutinous rice balls (eaten with ginatan)
    Synonyms: (Bulacan, Nueva Ecija) paralusdos, (Southern Tagalog) pinaltok, (Batangas, Mindoro) pinindot, (Cavite,Batangas) palairos, (Quezon) hulog-hulog

Etymology 2

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Reduplication of possibly either bilo (cylindrical roll) or Spanish velo (veil).

Noun

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biló-biló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓᜊᜒᜎᜓ)

  1. (nautical, obsolete) sheet (of a sail)
  2. (architecture) awning sheet
    Synonyms: habong, lambong

Further reading

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  • bilo-bilo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 163
  • Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 137