bilo-bilo

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === bilobilo — obsolete bilubilo, bilu-bilo === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /biˌlo biˈlo/ [bɪˌlo bɪˈlo] Rhymes: -o Syllabification: bi‧lo-bi‧lo === Etymology 1 === Reduplication of bilo (“act of shaping kneaded flour or rice flour into ball-shaped lumps”), which is possibly from Hokkien either: 米粩 (bí-láu, “confection made from rice”), according to Manuel (1948). 米糯 (bí lō, literally “glutinous rice”), according to Chan-Yap (1980). ==== Noun ==== biló-biló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓᜊᜒᜎᜓ) glutinous rice balls (eaten with ginatan) Synonyms: (Bulacan, Nueva Ecija) palarusdos, (Southern Tagalog) pinaltok, (Batangas, Mindoro) pinindot, (Cavite, Batangas) palairos, (Quezon) hulog-hulog ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Reduplication of possibly either bilo (“cylindrical roll”) or 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, 2018 Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier. Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 163 Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 137 Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948), Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 17