bilao

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

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

bilao m (plural bilaos)

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

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

Possibly from Hokkien 米漏 (bí-lāu, “rice winnower”) or from Proto-Philippine *bijaqu (“winnowing basket”). Compare Ilocano biga-o and Pangasinan bigao.

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

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

• bilauo – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
• bilawo – obsolete

• → Spanish: bilao

bilaó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜂ)

1. Obsolete form of bilaw.

• “bilao”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language‎, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 131
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics‎ (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 140