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)

1. 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

• bisukol
• karakol
• suso

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