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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
Noun
karakoa (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜃᜓᜏ)
- karakoa (large outrigger warship from ancient Philippines)
See also
Further reading
- “karakoa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 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, American Oriental Society
- J. S. Cummins (2017 May 15) Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN