hilo

See also: Hilo, hiló, and hilo-

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hilu. Compare Cebuano hilo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhilo/ [ˈhi.l̪o]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔilo/ [ˈʔi.l̪o] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: hi‧lo
• Homophone: ilo

Noun

hílo (Basahan spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜓ) (Naga)

1. poison

   Synonyms: hudong, lason

2. toxin

   Synonym: rara

Derived terms

• hilohon
• maghilo
• mahilo
• makahilo

 

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hilu. Compare Bikol Central hilo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hi‧lo
• IPA^(key): /hiˈlo/ [hɪˈl̪o]

Noun

hiló

1. poison

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish hilo (“thread, yarn”), from Latin filum.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hi‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈhilo/ [ˈhi.l̪o]

Noun

hílo

1. thread, yarn, string

Kapampangan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish hilo (“thread, yarn”), from Latin filum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhilo/ [ˈiː.lo]
• Hyphenation: hi‧lo

Noun

hilo

1. thread; silk; twine; filament

Etymology 2

Compare Bikol Central hilo, Cebuano hilo and Tagalog hilo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪˈloʔ/ [ɪˈloʔ]
• Hyphenation: hi‧lo

Noun

hilô

1. poison; venom

Latin

Noun

hīlō

1. dative/ablative singular of hīlum

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hīlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.lu/

• Hyphenation: hi‧lo

Noun

hilo m (plural hilos)

1. (botany) hilum

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈilo/ [ˈi.lo]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: hi‧lo

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish filo, from Latin fīlum. Doublet of filo. Although both were inherited, it is not fully certain why the two diverged and why filo, preserving the initial -f- from Old Spanish, took on the sense of “edge”, while hilo maintained that of “string, thread” (in line with the original Latin meaning). Cognate with English file.

Noun

hilo m (plural hilos)

1. thread, yarn, string
   • 1974, “Instituciones”, in Pequeñas anécdotas sobre las instituciones, performed by Sui Generis:

     Los magos, los acróbatas, los clowns / Mueven los hilos con habilidad

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. linen

   Synonym: lino

3. edge of something sharp
4. crosshair, reticule

   Synonym: retículo

5. (zoology) ellipsis of hilo de oro (type of stinging jellyfish, Guanacaste, Costa Rica)
6. (Internet) thread (series of messages)
7. helix

   Synonym: hélice

Derived terms

• al hilo
• al hilo de
• con un hilo de voz
• de hilo
• de un hilo
• hilar
• hilo a hilo
• hilo cárpico
• hilo de acarreto
• hilo de carreta
• hilo de conejo
• hilo de palomar
• hilo de perlas
• hilo de tierra
• hilo de uvas
• hilo de velas
• hilo de voz
• hilo dental
• hilván
• madera de hilo
• papel de hilo
• pender de un hilo
• quebrar el hilo
• telégrafo sin hilos

 

Related terms

• ahilar
• filo
• hila
• trefilar

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: hilo
• → Kapampangan: hilo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hilo

1. first-person singular present indicative of hilar

Further reading

• “hilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Adjective

hilo

1. Ji class inflected form of hiyo.

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hilu (“poison”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈhilo/ [ˈhiː.lo] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ilo
  • IPA^(key): /hiˈlo/ [hɪˈlo] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: hi‧lo

Noun

hilo (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜓ)

1. dizziness; vertigo

   Synonyms: liyo, lula, pagkahilo, pagkaliyo, pagkalula

Derived terms

• hiluhin
• kahiluhan
• mahilo
• mahiluhin
• makahilo
• pagkahilo
• pampahilo

 

See also

• salahilo

 

Adjective

hiló (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜓ)

1. dizzy; groggy

   Synonym: lula

2. confused

   Synonym: lito

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• liho