walo

**Cebuano numbers ^(edit)**
	80
← 7	8	9 →
Cardinal: waló Spanish cardinal: otso Ordinal: ikawaló Adverbial: makawaló Distributive: walo-wálo, tagwálo Fractional: sikawaló

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu. Cognates with Tagalog walo, Hiligaynon walo, Ilocano walo, Aklanon waeo. Related to Hawaiian walu, Malagasy valo, Māori waru, Rapa Nui va'u, Tetum ualu, West Coast Bajau wau'.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: wa‧lo
(Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /waˈlo/ [wɐˈl̪o]
(Bohol) IPA^(key): /waˈwo/ [wɐˈwo]

Numeral

waló

eight; 8
Synonym: otso

Usage notes

Like any other numerals, it is often used with the linker "ka" to quantify an object/object that it modifies.
Walo ka bata ― Eight kids

Walo ka barko ― Eight ships
The word buok (“piece; whole”) is sometimes used after ka.
Walo ka buok bata ― Eight kids

Walo ka buok barko ― Eight ships

Central Bikol

**Central Bikol numbers ^(edit)**
	80^{[a], [b]}
^{[a], [b]} ← 7	8	9 → ^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: walo, otso Ordinal: ikawalo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /waˈlo/ [waˈl̪o]
Hyphenation: wa‧lo

Numeral

waló (Basahan spelling ᜏᜎᜓ)

eight
Synonym: otso

Cuyunon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

walo

eight

Higaonon

Numeral

walo

eight

Hiligaynon

**Hiligaynon numbers ^(edit)**
	80
← 7	8	9 →
Cardinal: walo Ordinal: ikawalo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /waˈlo/ [waˈlo]
Hyphenation: wa‧lo

Numeral

waló

eight

Ilocano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwalo/ [ˈwɐ.lo]
Hyphenation: wa‧lo

Numeral

waló

eight
Synonym: otso

Etymology 2

Noun

walo

a kind of plant whose leaves are used to refresh the head

Isnag

Numeral

walo

eight

Kinaray-a

**Kinaray-a cardinal numbers**
< 7	8	9 >
Cardinal : walo Ordinal : ikawalo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /waˈlo/, [waˈlo]

Numeral

waló

eight

Lindu

Noun

walo

bamboo

Maranao

**Maranao numbers ^(edit)**
← 7	8	9 → ^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: walo, oalo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu.

Numeral

walo

eight

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

waló

eight

Tagalog

**Tagalog numbers ^(edit)**
	80
← 7	8	9 →
Cardinal: walo Spanish cardinal: otso Ordinal: ikawalo, pangwalo Spanish ordinal: oktabo, oktaba Ordinal abbreviation: ika-8, pang-8 Adverbial: makawalo Multiplier: walong ibayo Distributive: tigwalo, waluhan, walo-walo Restrictive: wawalo Fractional: kawalo, sangkawalo, ikawalo, saikawalo
Tagalog Wikipedia article on 8

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *walu

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu

Tagalog walo

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu. Compare Javanese ꦮꦺꦴꦭꦸ (wolu).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /waˈlo/ [wɐˈlo]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -o
Syllabification: wa‧lo

Numeral

waló (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎᜓ)

eight
Synonym: otso

Usage notes

To describe the quantity of something, the number is placed before the noun and affixed with -ng enclitic suffix when the word ends with a vowel, and a separate preposition, na, for a consonant.
Isang saging, dalawang pinya
One banana, two pineapples

Apat na mansanas, anim na mangga
Four apples, six mangos

Derived terms

Anagrams

lowa

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *wälõ (“king”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁onts^[1]^[2], a participial formation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to rule; strong, powerful”). Compare Tocharian A wäl, Old Irish flaith.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wəlo/

Noun

walo m (genitive singular lānte, oblique singular lānt, nominative plural lāñc, oblique plural lāntäṃ)

king

Declension

Declension of walo
	singular	plural
nominative	walo	lāñc
vocative	walo	lāñc
accusative	lānte	lāntäṃ
genitive	lānt	lantaṃts

locative	lāntne	lāntäṃne
comitative	lāntmpa	lāntäṃmpa
causal	lāntñ	lāntäṃñ
ablative	lāntmeṃ	lāntäṃmeṃ
perlative	lāntsa	lāntäntsa
allative	lāntś(c)	lāntäṃś(c)

References

Douglas Q. Adams: A dictionary of Tocharian B. (Leiden Studies in Indo-European 10), xxxiv, 830 pp., Rodopi: Amsterdam – Atlanta, 1999
Todd B. Krause and Jonathan Slocum: Tocharian Online. Lesson 10. University of Texas at Austin, Linguistic Research Center

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*waldan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 569
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “valēō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 651: “*ulH-nt”