bakol

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakul (“kind of basket made of woven bamboo strips”). Compare Tausug bakul, Javanese ꦮꦏꦸꦭ꧀ (wakul), and Malay bakul.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbakol/ [ˈbaː.xol]
  • Rhymes: -akol
  • Syllabification: ba‧kol

Noun

bakol (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜓᜎ᜔)

  1. four-cornered, shallow bamboo basket with wide, round opening (generally carried on the head of vendors selling fish or vegetable)

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See also

Further reading

  • “bakol”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “bakol”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bakul”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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