halubilo

Tagalog

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Tagalog halo

Hokkien 米粩bor.

Hokkien 米糯bor.

Tagalog bilo

Tagalog halubilo

From halo + bilo. Compare Malay haru-biru (“uproar; chaos”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /haluˈbilo/ [hɐ.lʊˈbiː.lo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: ha‧lu‧bi‧lo

Noun

halubilo (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜓᜊᜒᜎᜓ)

1. mingling with other people (in a crowd or group)

   Synonyms: pakikihalo, salamuha, talamitam, sali, sama, lahok, (Quezon) halibuyboy

2. (obsolete) confusion; mix-up; disorder; jumble; helter-skelter

   Synonyms: pagkalito, kalituhan, pagkataranta, pagkakagulo, kawalang-ayos, gulo, pagkakahalo-halo, pagkalahok-lahok

3. (obsolete) hullabaloo; uproar; hubbub

   Synonyms: kaguluhan, ingay, gulo, hiyawan, sigawan

4. (obsolete) noisy, crowded, and chaotic gathering of people

   Synonym: labo

Derived terms

• halubiluhan
• halubiluhin
• humalubilo
• kahalubilo
• magkahalubilo
• makihalubilo
• paghalubiluhin
• pakikihalubilo

Related terms

• salabilo
• salubilo

See also

• hambula
• labo-labo
• pagkikipagkapuwa

Further reading

• “halubilo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “halubilo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano [Tagalog-Spanish Dictionary] (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 292
• 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.