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Bikol

  1. The language of the native inhabitants of the Bicol Region, Bikol Central.

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Bikol Central

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From Spanish Bicol / Vicol (former province, river (Bicol River), language). The province and river are named in the early Spanish records as Bicol, Vicol, Vicor, Bico. It is believed to have come from either Bikol Central biko (twisted or bent), or Bikol Central bikolbikol (timber-producing tree species, also possessing a bark once used for making rope), attested as BICOLBICOL in the Vocabulario de la lengua bicol (1865).[1] Compare Tagalog bikol (a species of hard tree), attested as "BICOL"/"bicol" in the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860)[2]

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Bikol (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓᜎ᜔)

  1. Bicol (language)
  2. Short for Bicol Region.

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  1. ^ de Lisboa, Marcos (1865) Vocabulario de la lengua bicol[1], Manila, page 63
  2. ^ Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 46

Tagalog

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Borrowed from Spanish Bicol, from either Bikol Central bikolbikol (a tree species) or biko (bent; twisted). See more at Bikol Central Bikol.

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Bikol (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓᜎ᜔)

  1. Bicolano (language)
    Synonym: Bikolano
  2. Bicol Region
    Synonym: Kabikulan

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