karakoa

English

Noun

karakoa (plural karakoas)

  1. Alternative form of caracoa.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caracoa, from Malay kora-kora, from Arabic قُرْقُورَة (qurqūra, “merchant ship”), ultimately from either Latin cercūrus or Ancient Greek κέρκουρος (kérkouros). Compare English caracore and carrack.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaɾaˈkoa/ [kɐ.ɾɐˈxoː.ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -oa
  • Syllabification: ka‧ra‧ko‧a

Noun

karakoa (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜃᜓᜏ)

  1. karakoa, caracoa (large outrigger warship from ancient Philippines)

See also

Further reading

  • “karakoa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 246
  • Charles Payson Gurley Scott (1897) The Malayan Words in English‎[1], American Oriental Society
  • J. S. Cummins (15 May 2017) Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga‎[2], Taylor & Francis, →ISBN
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