 Like other Philippine languages, Bikol has a number of loanwords, largely Spanish as a result of 333 years of Spanish rule in the Philippines.This includes "suerte" (luck), "karne" ("carne", meat), "imbestigador" ("investigador", investigator), "litro" (liter), "pero" (but), and "krimen" ("crimen", crime).Another source of loanwords is Sanskrit, with words like "hade" (king) and karma.