Bicol

See also: bicół

English

Alternative forms

Bikol

Etymology

From Spanish Bicol / Vicol (“former province, river (Bicol River), language”), from either Bikol Central bikolbikol (“a tree species”) or biko (“bent; twisted”). Compare Tagalog bikol (“a species of hard tree”), attested as "BICOL"/"bicol" in the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860)[1]

Named in the early Spanish records as Bicol, Vicol, Vicor, Bico, referring to the former province in the region and the Bicol River. It is believed to have come from biko (“twisted or bent”) or it could also be from bikolbikol (“timber producing tree species, also possessing a bark once used for making rope.”), attested as BICOLBICOL in the Vocabulario de la lengua bicol (1865).[2]

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːkɔːl/
(US) enPR: bēʹ-kôl, IPA^(key): /ˈbikɔl/
(Philippine) IPA^(key): /ˈbikol/
Hyphenation: Bi‧kol
Rhymes: -iːkɔːl

Proper noun

Bicol

Short for Bicol Region.
The language of the native inhabitants of the region, Bicolano.

Translations

language

Amharic: መካከለኛ ቢኮልኛ (mäkakäläña bikolña)
Arabic: غات البيكول‎
Asturian: Llingua bicolana
Cebuano: Binikol
Bengali: বিকল ভাষা (bikôlô bhaṣa)
Bikol Central: tataramon na Bikol
Breton: Bikoleg
Esperanto: Bikola lingvo
Finnish: Bikol-kielet
French: Langues bicol
German: Bikolano
Ilocano: Sasao a Bikol
Indonesian: bahasa Bikol
Italian: Lingue bicolane
Japanese: ビコール語 (ja)
Korean: 비콜어군 (bikoreogun)
Ligurian: Lengue bikol
Manx: Bikolish
Pangasinan: Saray salitan Bikol
Polish: Język bikolski
Portuguese: Língua bicolana
Russian: Бикольский язык (Bikolʹskij jazyk)
Spanish: Lengua bicolana
Swedish: Bikol
Tagalog: wikang Bikol
Thai: กลุ่มภาษาบีโคล
Ukrainian: Бікольська мова (Bikolʹsʹka mova)
Vietnamese: Tiếng Bikol

References

de Noceda, Juan José; de Sanlucar, Pedro (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado‎, Manila, page 46
de Lisboa, Marcos (1865) Vocabulario de la lengua bicol‎, Manila, page 63

Anagrams

cibol

[1] Noceda, Juan José; de Sanlucar, Pedro (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado‎, Manila, page 46

[2] Lisboa, Marcos (1865) Vocabulario de la lengua bicol‎, Manila, page 63