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Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hilu. Compare Cebuano hilo.
Pronunciation
Noun
hílo (Basahan spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜓ) (Naga)
- poison
- Synonyms: hudong, lason
- toxin
- Synonym: rara
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hilu.
Compare Bikol Central hilo.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hi‧lo
- IPA(key): /hiˈlo/
Noun
hiló
- poison
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish hilo (“thread, yarn”), from Latin filum.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hi‧lo
- IPA(key): /ˈhilo/
Noun
hílo
- thread, yarn, string
Kapampangan
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish hilo (“thread, yarn”), from Latin filum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhilo/
- Hyphenation: hi‧lo
Noun
hilo
- thread; silk; twine; filament
Etymology 2
Compare Bikol Central hilo, Cebuano hilo and Tagalog hilo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɪˈloʔ/
- Hyphenation: hi‧lo
Noun
hilô
- poison; venom
Latin
Noun
hīlō
- dative/ablative singular of hīlum
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hīlum.
Pronunciation
Noun
hilo m (plural hilos)
- (botany) hilum
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈilo/
- Rhymes: -ilo
- Syllabification: hi‧lo
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish filo, from Latin fīlum. Doublet of filo. Although both were inherited, it is not fully certain why the two diverged and why filo, preserving the initial -f- from Old Spanish, took on the sense of “edge”, while hilo maintained that of “string, thread” (in line with the original Latin meaning).[1] Cognate with English file.
Noun
hilo m (plural hilos)
- thread, yarn, string
- linen
- Synonym: lino
- edge of something sharp
- crosshair, reticule
- Synonym: retículo
- (zoology) ellipsis of hilo de oro (type of stinging jellyfish, Guanacaste, Costa Rica)
- (Internet) thread (series of messages)
- helix
- Synonym: hélice
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
hilo
- first-person singular present indicative of hilar
Further reading
References
Swahili
Adjective
hilo
- Ji class inflected form of hiyo.
Tagalog
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hilu (“poison”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hilo (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜓ)
- dizziness; vertigo
- Synonyms: liyo, lula, pagkahilo, pagkaliyo, pagkalula
Derived terms
See also
Adjective
hiló (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜓ)
- dizzy; groggy
- Synonym: lula
- confused
- Synonym: lito
Further reading
- “hilo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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