Bikol

English

Alternative forms

• Bicol

Proper noun

Bikol

1. The language of the native inhabitants of the Bicol Region, Bikol Central.

Translations

language

Amharic: መካከለኛ ቢኮልኛ (mäkakäläña bikolña) Arabic: غات البيكول Asturian: Llingua bicolana Bengali: বিকল ভাষা (bikol bhaśa) Bikol Central: tataramon na Bikol Breton: Bikoleg Cebuano: Binikol Esperanto: Bikola lingvo Finnish: Bikol-kielet French: Langues bicol German: Bikolano Ilocano: Sasao a Bikol Indonesian: bahasa Bikol Italian: Lingue bicolane Japanese: ビコール語 (ja) Korean: 비콜어군 (bikoreogun) Ligurian: Lengue bikol Manx: Bikolish Marathi: बिकोल f (bikol) Pangasinan: Saray salitan Bikol Polish: Język bikolski Portuguese: Língua bicolana Russian: Бикольский язык (Bikolʹskij jazyk) Spanish: Lengua bicolana Swedish: Bikol Tagalog: wikang Bikol Thai: กลุ่มภาษาบีโคล Ukrainian: Бікольська мова (Bikolʹsʹka mova) Vietnamese: Tiếng Bikol

See also

• Bikol on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Spanish Bicol / Vicol (“former province, river (Bicol River), language”). The province and river are named in the early Spanish records as Bicol, Vicol, Vicor, Bico. It is believed to have come from either Bikol Central biko (“twisted or bent”), or Bikol Central bikolbikol (“timber-producing tree species, also possessing a bark once used for making rope”), attested as BICOLBICOL in the Vocabulario de la lengua bicol (1865).^[1] Compare Tagalog bikol (“a species of hard tree”), attested as "BICOL"/"bicol" in the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860)^[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

Bikol (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓᜎ᜔)

1. Bicol (language)
2. Short for Bicol Region.

References

1. de Lisboa, Marcos (1865) Vocabulario de la lengua bicol‎, Manila, page 63
2. Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 46

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Bicol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bicol, from either Bikol Central bikolbikol (“a tree species”) or biko (“bent; twisted”). See more at Bikol Central Bikol.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbikol/ [ˈbiː.xol]
• Rhymes: -ikol
• Syllabification: Bi‧kol

Noun

Bikol (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓᜎ᜔)

1. Bicolano (language)

   Synonym: Bikolano

2. Bicol Region

   Synonym: Kabikulan

Derived terms

• Bikolana
• Bikolano
• Kabikulan