"Jolo" meaning in Tagalog

See Jolo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /hoˈlo/ [Standard-Tagalog], [hoˈlo] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: Joló [canonical], ᜑᜓᜎᜓ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -o Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sələg Tausug sūg? Tausug Sulugbor. Spanish Jolóbor. Tagalog Jolo Borrowed from Spanish Joló, spelled historically as Xoló with the initial most likely pronounced with the Early Modern Spanish /ʃ/ sound, from Tausug Sulug (“Sulu”), an older form of Sūg (“Sulu”), possibly from Tausug sulug, an older form of sūg (“current”). Compare Maranao Solog (“Sulu; Jolo”). Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:bor|es:Joló|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sələg Tausug sūg? Tausug Sulugbor. Spanish Jolóbor. Tagalog Jolo [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "Sulug", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian", "term" : "*sələg", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "poz-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Tausug", "term" : "sūg", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tsg" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Tausug", "term" : "Sūg", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tsg" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "Joló", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "Jolo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="Jolo">, {{bor+|tl|es|Joló}} Borrowed from Spanish Joló, {{ncog|es-ear|-}} Early Modern Spanish, {{IPAfont|/}} /, {{IPAsym|ʃ}} voiceless postalveolar fricative, {{IPAfont|ʃ}} ʃ, {{IPAlink|ʃ}} ʃ, {{IPAfont|/}} /, {{der|tl|tsg|Sulug|t=Sulu}} Tausug Sulug (“Sulu”), {{der|tl|tsg|sulug}} Tausug sulug, {{cog|mrw|Solog|t=Sulu; Jolo}} Maranao Solog (“Sulu; Jolo”) Head templates: {{tl-proper noun|Joló|b=Holo}} Joló (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜎᜓ)
  1. Jolo (a municipality, the capital of Sulu, Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines) Categories (place): Municipalities of Sulu, Philippines, Places in Sulu, Philippines, Places in the Philippines
    Sense id: en-Jolo-tl-name-JqQdf4FG Categories (other): Provincial capitals of the Philippines, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Tagalog entries with etymology trees, Tagalog entries with etymon, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 15 5 18 32 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 15 4 18 34 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 14 2 19 37 12 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 18 15 5 18 32 12 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 18 15 5 18 33 12 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology trees: 69 31 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymon: 72 28 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 68 32 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 51 49 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 71 29
  2. Jolo (an island of the Philippines) Categories (place): Places in the Philippines
    Sense id: en-Jolo-tl-name-29jvJIaU Categories (other): Islands, Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hulo, silig, Sulu, Tausug
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