# bilanggo
## Cebuano
### Etymology

Uncertain. Either from Proto-Bisayan *bilaŋgu, or borrowed from Tamil விலங்கு (vilaṅku, “animal; fetters; shackles; manacles”)(Can this etymology be sourced?).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biˈlaŋɡoʔ/ [bɪˈl̪aŋ.ɡoʔ]
* Hyphenation: bi‧lang‧go

### Verb

bilanggò (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ)
* to imprison; to jail

### Noun

bilanggò (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ)
* (historical) sheriff; constable

#### Derived terms

* bilanggoan (“prison”)
* binilanggo (“prisoner”)

#### Descendants

* → Hiligaynon: bilanggo

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano bilanggo or inherited from Proto-Visayan *bilaŋgu, ultimately from Tamil விலங்கு (vilaṅku, “animal; fetters; shackles; manacles”)(Can this etymology be sourced?).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biˈlaŋɡoʔ/ [biˈlaŋ.ɡʊʔ]
* Hyphenation: bi‧lang‧go

### Verb

bilanggò
* imprison, incarcerate, confine

#### Derived terms

* bilanggoan
* binilanggo

#### References

* ↑ Scott, William Henry (1994) “The Visayas”, in Barangay: Sixteenth-century Philippine Culture and Society‎, Ateneo University Press, page 70: “His sheriff or constable was bilanggo, whose own house served as a jail, bilanggowan.”

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Tagalog bilanggo, ultimately from Tamil விலங்கு (vilaṅku, “animal; fetters; shackles; manacles”)(Can this etymology be sourced?).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bilaŋˈɡo/ [bi.lɐŋˈɡo]
* Hyphenation: bi‧lang‧go

### Noun

bilanggó (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ)
* senior officer of a prison or school

#### Derived terms

* bilangguan

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* bilango — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay belenggu (“shackle”), ultimately from Tamil விலங்கு (vilaṅku, “animal; fetters; shackles; manacles”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /bilaŋˈɡoʔ/ [bɪ.lɐŋˈɡoʔ]
* Rhymes: -oʔ
* Syllabification: bi‧lang‧go

### Noun

bilanggô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ)
* prisoner; captive; convict
    Synonyms: bihag, preso
* act of imprisonment
    Synonyms: kulong, piit, bilibid
* (law enforcement, historical, obsolete) bailiff
    Synonyms: alguwasil, agusil

#### Derived terms

* bantay-bilangguan
* bilanggong politikal
* bilangguan
* bilangguin
* habang-buhay na pagkabilanggo
* ibilanggo
* ipabilanggo
* mabilanggo
* magbilanggo
* magpabilanggo
* mamilanggo
* pagbibilanggo
* pagkabilanggo
* pagkakabilanggo

#### Descendants

* → Ilocano: bilanggo

#### See also

* manghuhuli

### Further reading

* “bilanggo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 48: “BILANGÓ. pc. alguacil”
* Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
** page 45: “Alguaçil) Bilango (pc) de qualquier juſtiçia”
** page 276: “Encarçelar) Bilango (pc) alos delinquentes”
** page 494: “Prender) Bilango (pc) con autoridad”
** page 495: “Preſo) Bilango (pc) eſtar alguno”
* Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 48
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “prisoner”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 302
* Scott, William Henry (1994) “The Visayas”, in Barangay: Sixteenth-century Philippine Culture and Society‎, Ateneo University Press, page 70: “His sheriff or constable was bilanggo, whose own house served as a jail, bilanggowan.”