bilao

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog bilao, possibly ultimately from Hokkien 米漏 (bí-lāu, “rice winnower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈlao/ [biˈla.o]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: bi‧la‧o

Noun

bilao m (plural bilaos)

1. (Philippines) round and shallow basket tray traditionally made of bamboo splits (used for winnowing rice or carrying food)

Further reading

• “bilao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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

• IPA^(key): /biˈlaʔo/, [bɪˈla.ʔo]
• Hyphenation: bi‧la‧o

Noun

bilao (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜂ)

1. round and shallow basket tray traditionally made of bamboo splits (used for winnowing rice or carrying food)
2. (obsolete) sending of plenty of sweets and alcoholic beverage to the woman and her parents the day before sending the dowry
3. (obsolete) superstition of placing scissors on the basket tray to discover the thief

Alternative forms

• bilauo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• bilawo — dialectal, Rizal

Derived terms

• bilauhan
• bilauhin
• ipagbilao
• magbilao
• pagbibilao
• pagbilauhan

 

Descendants

• → Spanish: bilao

See also

• bistay
• bithay

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈlaw/, [bɪˈlaʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: bi‧lao

Noun

biláo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜏ᜔)

1. 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