bikalot

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bicalot — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biˈkalot/ [bɪˈxaː.lot̪̚]
• Rhymes: -alot
• Syllabification: bi‧ka‧lot

Noun

bikalot (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜎᜓᜆ᜔) (chiefly in the negative, obsolete)

1. shame; modesty

   Synonym: hiya

Derived terms

• magmawalang-bikalot
• walang-bikalot

Further reading

• “bikalot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 127.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier