biling-bilingan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bilingbiling̃an — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Etymology tree

Tagalog biling-biling

Proto-Austronesian *-an

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-an

Proto-Philippine *-an

Tagalog -an

Tagalog biling-bilingan

From biling-biling + -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biˌliŋ biˈliŋan/ [bɪˌlɪm bɪˈliː.ŋɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -iŋan
• Syllabification: bi‧ling-bi‧li‧ngan

Noun

bilíng-bilingan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜊᜒᜎᜒᜅᜈ᜔) (nautical)

1. winch
2. drum of a capstan or winch

See also

• banoglawin
• molinete

Further reading

• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por el P. Juan de Noceda y el P. Pedro de Sanlucar. Ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados. [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language, compiled by several learned and serious religious men, and coordinated by Fr. Juan de Noceda and Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar. Recently augmented and corrected by several religious of the calced Order of Augustinians.]‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.