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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog bilao, possibly ultimately from Hokkien 米漏 (bí-lāu, “rice winnower”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈlao/
- Rhymes: -ao
- Syllabification: bi‧la‧o
Noun
bilao m (plural bilaos)
- (Philippines) round and shallow basket tray traditionally made of bamboo splits (used for winnowing rice or carrying food)
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Possibly from Hokkien 米漏 (bí-lāu, “rice winnower”) or from Proto-Philippine *bijaqu (“winnowing basket”). Compare Ilocano biga-o and Pangasinan bigao.
Pronunciation
Noun
bilao (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜂ)
- round and shallow basket tray traditionally made of bamboo splits (used for winnowing rice or carrying food)
- (obsolete) sending of plenty of sweets and alcoholic beverage to the woman and her parents the day before sending the dowry
- (obsolete) superstition of placing scissors on the basket tray to discover the thief
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
biláo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜏ᜔)
- Obsolete form of bilaw.
References
- “bilao”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- 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 16
- 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 140