bilo

See also: biló and biło

English

Noun

bilo (plural bilos)

1. Half a coconut shell, used in Fiji as a cup for drinking alcohol.

Anagrams

• Boli, boil, lobi, biol., boli, biol

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪlo]
• Rhymes: -ɪlo
• Homophone: bylo

Participle

bilo

1. neuter singular past active participle of bít

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbilo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Hyphenation: bi‧lo

Noun

bilo (accusative singular bilon, plural biloj, accusative plural bilojn)

1. a bill of exchange by which the named person must pay a fixed amount to the person named
2. a proposed law, bill

Synonyms

• ĉeko
• kambio

References

ReVo:bil

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbilo]

Noun

bilo f

1. vocative singular of bilă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bidlo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bîlo/
• Hyphenation: bi‧lo

Noun

bȉlo n (Cyrillic spelling би̏ло)

1. pulse, heartbeat
2. a shallow-sloped crest (of a mountain)

Declension

Declension of bilo

	singular	plural
nominative	bilo	bila
genitive	bila	bila
dative	bilu	bilima
accusative	bilo	bila
vocative	bilo	bila
locative	bilu	bilima
instrumental	bilom	bilima

References

• Čolović, Gvozden R. (1969) Vojna topografija, Beograd: Vojnogeografski institut

Etymology 2

From biti (literally “to be”).

Participle

bilo (Cyrillic spelling било)

1. neuter singular active past participle of biti

Particle

bilo (Cyrillic spelling било)

1. generalization particle used before another word to express indifference in regard to choice or to form a disjunctive adverbial; ever, any, whether, no matter (lit. be it this or that)

   Reci kad i kamo da dođem i doći ću - bilo kad, bilo gdje! ― Tell me when and where to come and I will - wherever, whenever!

   Bilo danas, bilo sutra, u bilo koje doba dana. ― Tomorrow or today, no matter the time of day.

   Bilo sutra sunčano ili kišno, moramo počistiti vrt. ― No matter if tomorrow is sunny or rainy, we have to clean up the garden.

   Ići ćemo, bilo da ti se to sviđa ili ne! ― We are going, whether you like it or not!

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biˈlo/ [bɪˈlo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: bi‧lo

Noun

biló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓ)

1. cylindrical roll (of paper, cloth, etc.)

   Synonyms: balumbon, palumpon, kartutso, rolyo

2. pill; pill-shaped roll

   Synonyms: bilog, bilot, pilon, pilduras

3. act of shaping or making something into a small, cylindrical roll

   Synonyms: rolyo, pagrorolyo, lulon, paglulon, paglululon

4. (obsolete) mixed with each other

Derived terms

• bilo-bilo
• biluhan
• biluhin
• binilo
• bumilo
• halubilo
• halubiluhan
• humalubilo
• ibilo
• kahalubilo
• magbilo
• makihalubilo
• pagbiluhan
• pakikihalubilo
• pambilo

 

Adjective

biló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓ)

1. rolled in the form of a small cylinder

   Synonyms: nakarolyo, nakabalumbon

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /biˈlo/ [bɪˈlo] (“act of shaping into balls”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -o
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbilo/ [ˈbiː.lo] (“ball-shaped object”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: bi‧lo

Noun

biló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓ)

1. act of shaping kneaded flour or rice flour into ball-shaped lumps

Derived terms

• bilo-bilo
• biluhin
• ibilo
• magbilo

 

Noun

bilo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓ)

1. (obsolete) any ball-shaped object (such as lumps of wax, lard, etc.)

See also

• bilo-bilo

Further reading

• “bilo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “bilo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024

Anagrams

• libo