Bikol

• Bicol

Bikol

1. The language of the native inhabitants of the Bicol Region, Bikol Central.

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• Bikol Central

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]

Bikol (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓᜎ᜔)

1. Bicol (language)
2. Short for Bicol Region.

• Bicol

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbikol/
• Rhymes: -ikol
• Syllabification: Bi‧kol

Bikol (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓᜎ᜔)

1. Bicolano (language)

   Synonym: Bikolano

2. Bicol Region

   Synonym: Kabikulan