buhi

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

bohi — obsolete

Etymology 1

Compare Hiligaynon buhi, Tagalog buhay, and perhaps Ilocano biag.

Pronunciation 1

IPA^(key): /ˈbuhiʔ/
Hyphenation: bu‧hi

Verb

buhì (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

to live
Nabuhi si Hesukristo sa Dominggo sa Pagkabanhaw
Jesus rose again on Easter Sunday

Pronunciation 2

IPA^(key): /buˈhiʔ/
Hyphenation: bu‧hi

Adjective

buhî (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

alive; living
Antonym: patay
vivid

Noun

buhî (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

domestic animal kept; pet
Synonym: alaga
animals kept by a supernatural being
(slang) large penis

Verb

buhî (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

to bring to life; to revive
Synonym: banhaw
to raise animals
to support or raise a family

Derived terms

Derived terms

binuhi (“adopted child”)
buhi ang bulan (“first quarter of the moon”)
buhibuhi (“to help oneself”)
buhilaman (“civilization”)
buhing dugo (“fresh blood from a wound”)
buhi og dugo (“active”)
bulihion (“animal to raise; family to support”)
kabuhi (“to have a livelihood from”)
kagibuhi (“biography”)
kinabuhi (“life; lifespan; way of life”)
mabuhi pay ginamos (“sure to die”)
mamumuhi (“raiser”)
manimuhi (“to lead one's life”)
manggibuhian (“good at raising things”)
manggibuhion (“growing well”)
pabuhi (“to cause to be brought to life”)
pakabuhi (“to live for; to allow to live”)
pamuhi (“occupation of raising of animals”)
pangabuhi (“to earn a living”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbuhiʔ/
IPA^(key): /buˈhiʔ/ (to set free, release)
Hyphenation: bu‧hi

Adjective

buhì (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

released; set free

Noun

buhì (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

act of setting something free (such as of cocks in a cockfight)
draw (in lottery)
setting off of dynamite

Verb

buhì (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

to set free
1. to dismiss (order to leave)
to release one's hold of; to let go
to release one's emotions
to let a vehicle travel on a certain speed
to release funds
to draw in a lottery
to set off dynamite

Derived terms

Derived terms

binuhian (“animal allowed to set free; something unrestrained; fish caught using dynamite”)
mamumuhi (“dynamite fisher”)
pamuhi (“dismissal (of a group)”)
tingpamuhi (“dismissal time”)

References

Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español‎ (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País
John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎ (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: bu‧hi
IPA^(key): /buˈhiʔ/

Adjective

buhî

alive
Antonym: patay

Japanese

Romanization

buhi

Rōmaji transcription of ぶひ

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

buhi

dative/locative singular of buha

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