kuhol
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- cohol — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuhul (“edible snail sp.”). Compare Javanese ꦏꦸꦭ꧀ (kul).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuˈhol/ [kʊˈhol]
- Rhymes: -ol
- Syllabification: ku‧hol
Noun
kuhól (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜑᜓᜎ᜔)
- Pila scutata (a kind of small, edible, blackish river snail with a roundish shell and semicircular interior)
- Synonym: (Batangas) bitoo
Derived terms
- golden kuhol
- makuhol
- malakuhol
- manguhol
See also
Further reading
- “kuhol”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “kuhol”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kuhul”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI