bilo

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See also: biló and biło

English

Noun

bilo (plural bilos)

  1. Half a coconut shell, used in Fiji as a cup for drinking alcohol.

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

bilo

  1. neuter singular past active participle of bít

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

bilo (accusative singular bilon, plural biloj, accusative plural bilojn)

  1. a bill of exchange by which the named person must pay a fixed amount to the person named
  2. a proposed law, bill

Synonyms

References

ReVo:bil

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

bilo f

  1. vocative singular of bilă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bidlo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bîlo/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧lo

Noun

bȉlo n (Cyrillic spelling би̏ло)

  1. pulse, heartbeat
  2. a shallow-sloped crest (of a mountain)
Declension
Declension of bilo
singular plural
nominative bilo bila
genitive bila bila
dative bilu bilima
accusative bilo bila
vocative bilo bila
locative bilu bilima
instrumental bilom bilima

References

  • Čolović, Gvozden R. (1969) Vojna topografija, Beograd: Vojnogeografski institut

Etymology 2

From biti (literally “to be”).

Participle

bilo (Cyrillic spelling било)

  1. neuter singular active past participle of biti

Particle

bilo (Cyrillic spelling било)

  1. generalization particle used before another word to express indifference in regard to choice or to form a disjunctive adverbial; ever, any, whether, no matter (lit. be it this or that)
    Reci kad i kamo da dođem i doći ću - bilo kad, bilo gdje! ― Tell me when and where to come and I will - wherever, whenever!
    Bilo danas, bilo sutra, u bilo koje doba dana. ― Tomorrow or today, no matter the time of day.
    Bilo sutra sunčano ili kišno, moramo počistiti vrt. ― No matter if tomorrow is sunny or rainy, we have to clean up the garden.
    Ići ćemo, bilo da ti se to sviđa ili ne! ― We are going, whether you like it or not!

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈlo/,
  • Hyphenation: bi‧lo

Noun

biló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓ)

  1. cylindrical roll (of paper, cloth, etc.)
    Synonyms: balumbon, palumpon, kartutso, rolyo
  2. pill; pilular roll
    Synonyms: bilog, bilot, pilon, pilduras
  3. act of shaping or making something into a small, cylindrical roll
    Synonyms: rolyo, pagrorolyo, lulon, paglulon, paglululon
  4. (obsolete) mixed with each other
Derived terms

Adjective

biló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓ)

  1. rolled in the form of a small cylinder
    Synonyms: nakarolyo, nakabalumbon

Etymology 2

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /biˈlo/,
  • Hyphenation: bi‧lo

Noun

biló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓ)

  1. act of shaping kneaded flour or rice flour into ball-shaped lumps
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ˈbilo/,
  • Hyphenation: bi‧lo

Noun

bílo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓ)

  1. (obsolete) any ball-shaped object (such as lumps of wax, lard, etc.)

See also

Further reading

  • “bilo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • “bilo” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
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