Bikol

English

Proper noun

Bikol

Alternative spelling of Bicol

Bikol Central

Etymology

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

Noun

Bikol (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓᜎ᜔)

Bicol (language)
Short for Bicol Region.

References

^ 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

Alternative forms

Bicol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bicol, from either Bikol Central bikolbikol (“a tree species”) or biko (“bent; twisted”). See more at Bikol Central Bikol.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbikol/ [ˈbiː.xol]
Rhymes: -ikol
Syllabification: Bi‧kol

Noun

Bikol (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓᜎ᜔)

Bicolano (language)
Synonym: Bikolano
Bicol Region
Synonym: Kabikulan

Derived terms

[1] Lisboa, Marcos (1865) Vocabulario de la lengua bicol‎^[1], Manila, page 63

[2] 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

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