bilo-bilo
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- bilobilo – obsolete
- bilubilo, bilu-bilo
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bi‧lo-bi‧lo
- IPA(key): /biˌlo biˈlo/, [bɪˌlo bɪˈlo]
Etymology 1
Reduplication of Hokkien 米糯 (bí-lo, “glutinous rice”).
Noun
biló-biló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓᜊᜒᜎᜓ)
- glutinous rice balls (eaten with ginataan)
Etymology 2
Possibly a reduplication of bilo. Possibly related to Spanish velo (“veil”).
Noun
biló-biló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓᜊᜒᜎᜓ)
- (nautical, obsolete) sheet (of a sail)
- (architecture) awning sheet
- Synonyms: habong, lambong
Further reading
- “bilo-bilo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Panganiban, José Villa (1972) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 163