hilo

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hilu. Compare Cebuano hilo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhilo/ [ˈhi.l̪o]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔilo/ [ˈʔi.l̪o] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: hi‧lo
• Homophone: ilo

hílo (Basahan spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜓ) (Naga)

1. poison

   Synonyms: hudong, lason

2. toxin

   Synonym: rara

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hilu. Compare Bikol Central hilo.

• Hyphenation: hi‧lo
• IPA^(key): /hiˈlo/ [hɪˈl̪o]

hiló

1. poison

Borrowed from Spanish hilo (“thread, yarn”), from Latin filum.

• Hyphenation: hi‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈhilo/ [ˈhi.l̪o]

hílo

1. thread, yarn, string

From Proto-Eastern-Oceanic *pilos “to twist cords on one's thigh to make rope” – compare with Maori whiro and whirowhiro, Tongan filo^[1]

hilo

1. to twist

• Hilo

Borrowed from Spanish hilo (“thread, yarn”), from Latin filum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhilo/ [ˈiː.lo]
• Hyphenation: hi‧lo

hilo

1. thread; silk; twine; filament

Compare Bikol Central hilo, Cebuano hilo and Tagalog hilo.

• IPA^(key): /hɪˈloʔ/ [ɪˈloʔ]
• Hyphenation: hi‧lo

hilô

1. poison; venom

hīlō

1. dative/ablative singular of hīlum

Borrowed from Latin hīlum.

• Hyphenation: hi‧lo

hilo m (plural hilos)

1. (botany) hilum

• IPA^(key): /ˈilo/ [ˈi.lo]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: hi‧lo

From Old Spanish filo, from Latin fīlum. Doublet of filo. Although both were inherited, it is not fully certain why the two diverged and why filo, preserving the initial -f- from Old Spanish, took on the sense of “edge”, while hilo maintained that of “string, thread” (in line with the original Latin meaning).^[1] Cognate with English file.

hilo m (plural hilos)

1. thread, yarn, string
   • 1974, “Instituciones”, in Pequeñas anécdotas sobre las instituciones, performed by Sui Generis:

     Los magos, los acróbatas, los clowns / Mueven los hilos con habilidad

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. linen

   Synonym: lino

3. edge of something sharp
4. crosshair, reticule

   Synonym: retículo

5. (zoology) ellipsis of hilo de oro, type of stinging jellyfish in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
6. (Internet) thread (series of messages)
7. helix

   Synonym: hélice

• → Cebuano: hilo
• → Kapampangan: hilo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

hilo

1. first-person singular present indicative of hilar

• “hilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

hilo

1. ji class_(V) inflected form of hiyo

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hilu (“poison”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈhilo/ [ˈhiː.lo] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ilo
  • IPA^(key): /hiˈlo/ [hɪˈlo] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: hi‧lo

hilo (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜓ)

1. dizziness; vertigo

   Synonyms: liyo, lula, pagkahilo, pagkaliyo, pagkalula

hiló (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜓ)

1. dizzy; groggy

   Synonym: lula

2. confused

   Synonym: lito

• “hilo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• liho