karakoa

== English == === Noun === karakoa (plural karakoas) Alternative form of caracoa. == 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.wɐ] Rhymes: -oa Syllabification: ka‧ra‧ko‧a === Noun === karakoa (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜃᜓᜏ) karakoa, caracoa (large outrigger warship from ancient Philippines) ==== See also ==== korakora === Further reading === “karakoa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 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 (15 May 2017), Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga‎[2], Taylor & Francis, →ISBN