proa

Borrowed from Spanish proa, from Old Spanish proda, from Vulgar Latin *prōda, from Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).


sao

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sauq. Compare Kapampangan sau, Tausug sāw, and Malay sauh. Doublet of sawo.

mooring cable or chains; cable for mooring ships to the pier when at anchor


almirante

tl-noun

almirante (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜒᜇᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜒᜇᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish almirante, from Old Spanish amirate. Doublet of emir and admiral.


musim

Borrowed from Malay musim, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim).


dahon

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dahun (“leaf”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun (“leaf; blade of paddle or oar; ‘table’ for eating”). Compare Malay daun.


banting

(nautical) stretched rope or cable of a ship


bantok

(nautical) high point on either stern or prow


galauran

[ɡɐ.lɐˈʔuː.ɾɐn̪]


tumpang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumpaŋ (“to carry something above one another”). Compare Malay tumpang.


duong

tl-noun

duóng or duong (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜂᜅ᜔)

duóng (canonical)
duong (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜂᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
doong (alternative)
douong (alternative)
duwong (alternative obsolete)

From earlier duwong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duluŋ (“prow of a canoe”) with elision of /l/. Compare Ilocano dulong, Agutaynen dolong, Central Tagbanwa dulong, Bikol Central dulong, Aklanon dueong, Cebuano dulong, Hiligaynon dulung, Waray-Waray dulong, Maranao lolong, Western Bukidnon Manobo dulung, Tboli dulung, and Tausug dūng. See also Malay jolong.


duong

duóng (canonical)
duong (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜂᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
daong (alternative colloquial)
doong (alternative)

Compare Kapampangan dung, Sambali doong, Bikol Central duong, Aklanon duong, Hiligaynon doong, and Waray-Waray duong.

steering a vessel into port; dropping anchor


agwahe

[ʔɐɡˈwaː.hɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish aguaje (“waterhole”).

bor+

(nautical) wake (path left behind a ship on the surface of the water); eddy at the rudder


balangay

ᜊᜎᜅᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
balang̃ay (alternative)

→ Spanish: barangay

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baraŋay. Compare Malay berangai (“pirate boat or proa”). Doublet of barangay.

(historical, nautical) a type of wooden watercraft Austronesian people used when they migrated to the Philippines with 12 to 16 rowers


bilo-bilo

biló-biló (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜎᜓᜊᜒᜎᜓ (Baybayin)
bilobilo (alternative obsolete)
bilubilo (alternative)
bilu-bilo (alternative)

Reduplication of possibly either bilo (“cylindrical roll”) or Spanish velo (“veil”).


puwit

puwít (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
pouit (alternative)
poyet (alternative)
poyit (alternative)
puit (alternative)
puwet (alternative colloquial)
puyit (alternative obsolete)
puyet (alternative obsolete)
pwit (alternative)
pwet (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puət. Compare Maranao powit.


sawo

sawò (canonical)
ᜐᜏᜓ (Baybayin)
sauo (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sauq. Compare Kapampangan sau, Tausug sāw, and Malay sauh. Doublet of sao.


tulakbahala

tl-noun

túlakbahalà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜊᜑᜎ)

túlakbahalà (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜊᜑᜎ (Baybayin)
tolac bahala (alternative)
tulak-bahala (alternative)
tulakbalahala (alternative)


paraw

paráw (canonical)
ᜉᜇᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
parao (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaw (“kind of sailboat”). Compare Pangasinan paraw, Aklanon paraw, Cebuano paraw, Maranao padaw, Malay padau, Central Dusun padau, Maori wharau, and Tongan folau. See also Malay perahu and Sundanese parahu.


samil

(nautical) nipa awning for small boats, cascos, etc.


mamirata

tl-verb

mamirata (complete namirata, progressive namimirata, contemplative mamimirata, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜒᜇᜆ)

namirata (completive)
namimirata (progressive)
mamimirata (contemplative)
ᜋᜋᜒᜇᜆ (Baybayin)

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kabag

kabág (canonical)
ᜃᜊᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
cabag (alternative)


balandra

Borrowed from Spanish balandra, from French bélandre, from Dutch bijlander.


lapig

(nautical) a type of sea vessel (similar to a biray)


laskuta

Borrowed from Spanish la escota (“the sailing sheet”).


laksamana

Borrowed from Malay laksamana, from Sanskrit लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa).


embornal

embornál (canonical)
ᜁᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜈᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
emburnal (alternative)
imbornal (alternative)
imburnal (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish imbornal (“drainage hole of a ship”), from Catalan embornal.


kastilyo

Borrowed from Spanish castillo, from Old Spanish castiello (“stronghold, fortress, castle”), from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (“fort”).


daong

daóng (canonical)
ᜇᜂᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
dauong (alternative)
davong (alternative)
dawong (alternative obsolete)

From earlier dawong. Compare Ilocano daong, Kapampangan daung, and Bikol Central dahong. See also Central Tagbanwa dong, Waray-Waray adyong, Tausug adjung, and Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong).


daong

daóng (canonical)
daong (canonical)
ᜇᜂᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

Corruption of duong due to closely related meaning with daong (“large ship”).


BRP

[ˌbɪ ʔɐɾ ˈpɪ]

Initialism of Barko ng Republika ng Pilipinas (“Ship of the Republic of the Philippines”, ship prefix for the Philippine Navy)


biray

tl-noun

biráy or biray (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜌ᜔)

biráy (canonical)
biray (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜇᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

(nautical) small boat with a flat bottom, provided with a rudder, propelled by rowers facing coxswain at stern


langlang

Borrowed from Hokkien 咱人 (lán-lâng, “we; us; Chinese”, literally “our people”). Compare Tausug Lannang (“Chinese; China”).

bor+

(nautical, historical) Chinese corsair from the sixteenth century


paraluman

ᜉᜇᜎᜓᜋᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
paraloman (alternative)

From *dalom (“needle”) + pa- -an. Fossilized word *dalom possibly came from Malay jarum, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *zaʀum (“needle”) (cf. karayom, Cebuano dagom and Javanese dom). Cognate to Kapampangan paraluman, Maranao padoman, Tausug padduman, and Indonesian pedoman (“compass”).


bangkero

From bangka + -ero or possibly borrowed from Spanish barquero.

[bɐŋˈkɛː.ɾo]

(nautical) boat rower; boatman; boatperson


duongan

ᜇᜓᜂᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
doongan (alternative)
doungan (alternative)
duungan (alternative)
duwungan (alternative obsolete)

[d̪ʊˈʔoː.ŋɐn̪]


abyerta

ᜀᜊ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)
abiyerta (alternative)

[ʔɐbˈjɛɾ.t̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish abierta, feminine of abierto, from Old Spanish abierto, from Latin apertus. Doublet of abyerto.


sinipete

ᜐᜒᜈᜒᜉᜒᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
sinepete (alternative)
sinipite (alternative)

[sɪ.n̪ɪˈpɛː.t̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish sinipete /sinipiti, possibly from Philippine sinipit + Spanish -ete. Compare Ilocano sinipete.


sinipit

From sipit (“pincer”) + -in-. Compare Bikol Central sinipit, Cebuano sinipit, Hiligaynon sinipit, Maranao sinipit, and Maguindanao sinapit.

Ihinulog na namin ang sinipit.


sinipit

[sɪ.n̪ɪˈpɪt̪̚]

a stick that has an iron on the tip, wide enough to make holes


angkora

[ʔɐŋˈkoː.ɾɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish áncora, from Latin ancora, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura). Doublet of angkla.


salisipan

salisipán (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜒᜐᜒᜉᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


akorasado

Borrowed from Spanish acorazado (“armored”).


buluran

bulurán (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
boloran (alternative)

From bulod (“spine or blunt side of a blade”) + -an.

af

(nautical) a bridge on karakoas that serves as a passageway or a place for combat; gangplank; gangway


kanoa

Borrowed from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa, from Proto-Ta-Arawak *kanawa, from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.


merkansiya

tl-noun

merkansiya or merkansiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

merkansiya (canonical)
merkansiyá (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
markansiya (alternative)
merkansia (alternative dated)
merkansya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish mercancía, from Italian mercanzia. The senses involving freight came from Spanish mercancías, ellipsis of tren de mercancías.

(transport) freight transport
(nautical) freight ship; cargo ship

freight transport
freight ship; cargo ship