mabolo

See also: Mabolo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mabolo, from Cebuano mabolo.

Noun

mabolo (plural mabolos)

1. A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros blancoi) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies.
2. The edible fruit of this tree.

Anagrams

• abloom

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare Tagalog mabulo and Ilocano mabolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈbolo/ [mɐˈbo.l̪o]
• Hyphenation: ma‧bo‧lo

Noun

mabolo (Badlit spelling ᜋᜊᜓᜎᜓ)

1. velvet apple; velvet persimmon

See also

• kamagong

Ilocano

Etymology

Compare Tagalog mabulo and Cebuano mabolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈbolo/ [mɐˈbo.lo]
• Hyphenation: ma‧bo‧lo

Noun

mabolo (Kur-itan spelling ᜋᜊᜓᜎᜓ)

1. velvet apple; velvet persimmon

References

• Andrés Carro (1888) Vocabulario ilocano-español: trabajado por varios religiosos del orden de N.P.S. Agustín / coordinado por Predicador Andrés Carro y ultimamente aumentado y corregido por algunos religiosos del mismo orden‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Ilocano), Manila: Est. Tipo-Litográfico de M. Pérez

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈbolo/ [mɐˈboː.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: ma‧bo‧lo

Noun

mabolo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜓᜎᜓ)

1. Alternative form of mabulo