hilot

Borrowed from Tagalog hilot (“massage”).

hilot (uncountable)

1. (Philippines) A traditional healing practice, involving chiropractic manipulation and massage.

• OLith., litho, litho-, thiol, thoil, tholi

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *hílut.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhilot/ [ˈhi.l̪ot]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔilot/ [ˈʔi.l̪ot] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: hi‧lot

hílot (Basahan spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜓᜆ᜔)

1. massage

   Synonym: masahe

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *hílut.

• Hyphenation: hi‧lot
• IPA^(key): /ˈhilot/ [ˈhi.l̪ot̪]

hílot (Badlit spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜓᜆ᜔)

1. a traditional healing practice, involving chiropractic manipulation and massage
2. improving a student's grade, often by remedial exams
3. (by extension) massage

   Synonym: masahe

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:hilot.

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *hílut. Compare Bikol Central hilot and Cebuano hilot.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhilot/ [ˈhiː.lot̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ilot
• Syllabification: hi‧lot

hilot (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜓᜆ᜔)

1. massage; massaging

   Synonyms: masahe, hagod, haplos, himas

   1. a traditional healing practice, involving chiropractic manipulation and massage
   2. a chiropractor

      Synonyms: manghihilot, masahista, tagamasahe, tagahilot

2. midwife

   Synonym: komadrona

• salag

• “hilot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018