bilas

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See also: Bilas and biłaś

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bi‧las
  • IPA(key): /biˈlas/

Noun

bilás

  1. co-sibling-in-law

See also

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈlas/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧las

Noun

bilás (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. co-sibling-in-law

See also

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish velas, plural of vela.

Noun

bílas

  1. candle, taper

Etymology 2

Noun

bilás

  1. co-sibling-in-law

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Verb

bilas

  1. to rinse

Malay

Pronunciation

Verb

bilas (Jawi spelling بيلس)

  1. to rinse

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biras (“wife's sister's husband”). Compare Kapampangan bilas, Bikol Central bilas, Cebuano bilas, and Malay biras.

Pronunciation

Noun

bilás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. co-sibling-in-law; co-sister-in-law or co-brother-in-law

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “bilas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*biras₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Noun

bilas

  1. ornament, decoration, finery

Waray-Waray

Noun

bilás

  1. co-sibling-in-law
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