Bikol
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Bikol on Wikivoyage.WikivoyageFromSpanishBicol /Vicol(“former province, river (Bicol River), language”). The province and river are named in the earlySpanish records asBicol,Vicol,Vicor,Bico. It is believed to have come from eitherBikol Centralbiko(“twisted orbent”), orBikol Centralbikolbikol(“timber-producing tree species, also possessing a bark once used for making rope”), attested asBICOLBICOL in theVocabulario de la lengua bicol (1865).[1] CompareTagalogbikol(“a species of hard tree”), attested as"BICOL"/"bicol" in theVocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860)[2]
Bikol (Basahan spellingᜊᜒᜃᜓᜎ᜔)
Borrowed fromSpanishBicol, from eitherBikol Centralbikolbikol(“a tree species”) orbiko(“bent; twisted”). See more atBikol CentralBikol.
Bikol (Baybayin spellingᜊᜒᜃᜓᜎ᜔)