karakoa

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caracoa, from Malay kora-kora, from Arabic قُرْقُورَة (qurqūra, “merchant ship”), ultimately from either Latin cercūrus or Ancient Greek κέρκουρος (kérkouros). Compare English caracore and carrack.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈkoa/ [kɐ.ɾɐˈxoː.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -oa
• Syllabification: ka‧ra‧ko‧a

Noun

karakoa (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜃᜓᜏ)

1. karakoa (large outrigger warship from ancient Philippines)

See also

• korakora

Further reading

• “karakoa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 246
• Charles Payson Gurley Scott (1897) The Malayan Words in English‎^[1], American Oriental Society
• J. S. Cummins (2017 May 15) Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga‎^[2], Taylor & Francis, →ISBN