hilo

See also: Hilo, hiló, and hilo-

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hilu. Compare Cebuano hilo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhilo/, [ˈhi.l̪o]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔilo/, [ˈʔi.l̪o] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: hi‧lo
• Homophone: ilo

Noun

hílo (Basahan spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜓ) (Naga)

1. poison

   Synonyms: hudong, lason

2. toxin

   Synonym: rara

Derived terms

• hilohon
• maghilo
• mahilo
• makahilo

 

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hilu. Compare Bikol Central hilo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hi‧lo
• IPA^(key): /hiˈlo/, [hɪˈl̪o]

Noun

hiló

1. poison

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish hilo (“thread, yarn”), from Latin filum.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hi‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈhilo/, [ˈhi.l̪ɔ]

Noun

hílo

1. thread, yarn, string

Kapampangan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish hilo (“thread, yarn”), from Latin filum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhilo/, [ˈiː.lo]
• Hyphenation: hi‧lo

Noun

hilo

1. thread; silk; twine; filament

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hilu. Compare Bikol Central hilo, Cebuano hilo and Tagalog hilo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪˈloʔ/, [ɪˈloʔ]
• Hyphenation: hi‧lo

Noun

hilô

1. poison; venom

Latin

Noun

hīlō

1. dative/ablative singular of hīlum

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hīlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.lu/

• Hyphenation: hi‧lo

Noun

hilo m (plural hilos)

1. (botany) hilum

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈilo/ [ˈi.lo]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: hi‧lo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish filo, from Latin fīlum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-. Doublet of filo. Although both were inherited, it is not fully certain why the two diverged and why filo, preserving the initial -f- from Old Spanish, took on the sense of “edge”, while hilo maintained that of “string, thread” (in line with the original Latin meaning). Cognate with English file.

Noun

hilo m (plural hilos)

1. thread, yarn, string
   • 1974, “Instituciones”, in Pequeñas anécdotas sobre las instituciones, performed by Sui Generis:

     Los magos, los acróbatas, los clowns / Mueven los hilos con habilidad

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. linen
3. edge of something sharp
4. crosshair, reticule
5. (zoology) Ellipsis of hilo de oro. (type of stinging jellyfish, Guanacaste, Costa Rica)
6. (Internet) thread (series of messages)
7. helix

Derived terms

• al hilo
• al hilo de
• con un hilo de voz
• de hilo
• de un hilo
• hilo a hilo
• hilo cárpico
• hilo de acarreto
• hilo de carreta
• hilo de conejo
• hilo de palomar
• hilo de perlas
• hilo de tierra
• hilo de uvas
• hilo de velas
• hilo de voz
• hilo dental
• hilván
• madera de hilo
• papel de hilo
• pender de un hilo
• quebrar el hilo
• telégrafo sin hilos

 

Related terms

• ahilar
• filo
• hila
• hilar
• trefilar

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: hilo
• → Kapampangan: hilo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hilo

1. first-person singular present indicative of hilar

Further reading

• “hilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Adjective

hilo

1. Ji class inflected form of hiyo.

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hilu (“poison”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhilo/, [ˈhi.lo] (noun)

• IPA^(key): /hiˈlo/, [hɪˈlo] (adjective)
• Hyphenation: hi‧lo

Noun

hilo (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜓ)

1. dizziness; vertigo

   Synonyms: liyo, lula, pagkahilo, pagkaliyo, pagkalula

Derived terms

• hiluhin
• kahiluhan
• mahilo
• mahiluhin
• makahilo
• pagkahilo
• pampahilo

 

See also

• salahilo

 

Adjective

hiló (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜓ)

1. dizzy; groggy
2. confused

Further reading

• “hilo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018