bilo

See also: biló, bilò, 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

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈlo/ [bɪˈlɔ]
• Hyphenation: bi‧lo

Noun

biló f 

1. crescent moon

Declension

Declension of biló
absolutive	biló
predicative	biló
subjective	biló
genitive	biló
Postpositioned forms l-case bilól k-case bilók t-case bilót h-case bilóh

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “bilo”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Participle

bilo

1. neuter singular past active participle of bít

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbilo/

• Audio:

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• 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

Kongo

Etymology

Borrowed from French bureau.

Noun

bilo

1. office

Lingala

Noun

bilo

1. office

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǐːlo/

Participle

bílo (Cyrillic spelling би́ло)

1. neuter singular active past participle of biti

Particle

bílo (Cyrillic spelling би́ло)

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

Possibly from Hokkien either:

• 米粩 (bí-láu, “confection made from rice”), according to Manuel (1948).
• 米糯 (bí lō, literally “glutinous rice”), according to Chan-Yap (1980).

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
• gilo

Further reading

• “bilo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• “bilo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 137
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948), Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 17

Anagrams

• libo