biyola

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /biˈola/ [ˈbjoː.lɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ola
  • Syllabification: bi‧yo‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish viola (“viola”), from Italian viola, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin *vitula (“stringed instrument”).

Noun

biyola (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜓᜎ) (music)

  1. viola

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish vuela with metathesis, second-person singular imperative of volar (“to fly”), from Latin volāre.

Noun

biyola (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜓᜎ) (games)

  1. game of jumping over recumbent backs (among children)
Derived terms
  • biyola-kamatis
See also
  • luksong-baka
  • luksong-palaka
  • luksong-tinik

Further reading

  • “biyola”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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