bilanggo

Cebuano

Etymology

Uncertain. Either from Proto-Visayan *bilaŋgu, or borrowed from Tamil விலங்கு (vilaṅku, “animal; fetters; shackles; manacles”)(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).

Noun

bilanggo

  1. (historical) sheriff; constable
  2. prisoner

Verb

bilanggo

  1. to imprison

Descendants
  • → Hiligaynon: bilanggo

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano bilanggo[1] or inherited from Proto-Visayan *bilaŋgu, ultimately from Tamil விலங்கு (vilaṅku, “animal; fetters; shackles; manacles”)(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).

Verb

bilánggò

  1. imprison, incarcerate, confine

Noun

bilanggo

  1. prisoner

References
  1. Scott, William Henry (1994), “The Visayas”, in Barangay: Sixteenth-century Philippine Culture and Society‎, Ateneo University Press, page 70: “His sheriff or constable was bilanggo, whose own house served as a jail, bilanggowan[sic].”

Ilocano

Etymology

From Tagalog bilanggo, from Hiligaynon bilanggo, from Cebuano bilanggo[1]. The Cebuano and Hiligaynon may have descended from Proto-Visayan *bilaŋgu , ultimately from Tamil விலங்கு (vilaṅku, “animal; fetters; shackles; manacles”)(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: bi‧lang‧go
  • IPA(key): /bilaŋˈɡo/, [bi.lɐŋˈɡo]

Noun

bilanggô

  1. senior officer of a prison or school

Derived terms

References
  1. Scott, William Henry (1994), “The Visayas”, in Barangay: Sixteenth-century Philippine Culture and Society‎, Ateneo University Press, page 70: “His sheriff or constable was bilanggo, whose own house served as a jail, bilanggowan[sic].”

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • bilango (obsolete, Abecedario orthography)[1]

Etymology

Borrowing from Hiligaynon bilanggo (“prisoner; bailiff”) or from Cebuano bilanggo[2]. The Cebuano and Hiligaynon may have descended from Proto-Visayan *bilaŋgu, ultimately from Tamil விலங்கு (vilaṅku, “animal; fetters; shackles; manacles”).[3]

Sense 2, possibly from back-formation from bilangguan (“prison”) (borrowing from Cebuano or Hiligaynon bilanggoan).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: bi‧lang‧go
  • IPA(key): /bilaŋˈɡoʔ/, [bɪ.lɐŋˈɡoʔ]

Noun

bilanggô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ)

  1. prisoner; captive; convict
    Synonyms: bihag, preso
  2. (historical) bailiff
    Synonym: agusil

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 48: “BILANGÓ. pc. alguacil”
  2. Scott, William Henry (1994), “The Visayas”, in Barangay: Sixteenth-century Philippine Culture and Society‎, Ateneo University Press, page 70: “His sheriff or constable was bilanggo, whose own house served as a jail, bilanggowan[sic].”
  3. Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 302
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