Bikol
English edit
Proper noun edit
Bikol
- Alternative spelling of Bicol
Bikol Central edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish Bicol / Vicol (“former province, river (Bicol River), language”). The province and river are named in the early Spanish records as Bicol, Vicol, Vicor, Bico. It is believed to have come from either Bikol Central biko (“twisted or bent”), or Bikol Central 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).[1] Compare Tagalog bikol (“a species of hard tree”), attested as "BICOL"/"bicol" in the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860)[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Bikol (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓᜎ᜔)
- Bicol (language)
- Short for Bicol Region.
References edit
- ^ de Lisboa, Marcos (1865) Vocabulario de la lengua bicol[1], Manila, page 63
- ^ Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 46
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Bicol, from either Bikol Central bikolbikol (“a tree species”) or biko (“bent; twisted”). See more at Bikol Central Bikol.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbikol/, [ˈbi.xol]
- Rhymes: -ikol
- Syllabification: Bi‧kol
Noun edit
Bikol (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓᜎ᜔)
- Bicolano (language)
- Synonym: Bikolano
- Bicol Region
- Synonym: Kabikulan