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ilo

Pronunciation: /ʔiˈlo/

“ilo” is a Tagalog word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. milling or crushing sugar cane by machine for its juice
  2. thread
  3. yarn
  4. filament
  5. fiber

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hilo, from Old Spanish filo, from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-. Doublet of hilo and pilo.

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