Borrowing. language__Ilokano palakól is almost certainly a language__Tagalog loan. Similarly, Schlegel (1971) gives language__Tiruray felakul as a borrowing from language__Tagalog. Whatever the source of the language__Tiruray word, it is clearly a loan, and the remaining languages all belong to the language__Central Philippines subgroup.
| WMP | ||
| Ilokano | palakól | axe |
| Tagalog | palakól | axe |
| Aklanon | parakóe | axe |
| Cebuano | palakúl | axe, hatchet |
| palákul | axe, hatchet | |
| Maranao | parakol | axe, hatchet |
| Tiruray | felakul | Western-style axe |
| Bikol | parakól | axe, hatchet |