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Cebuano
Pronunciation
Verb
hilis
- to wear away by friction; to abrade
- to dissolve
- to digest
Noun
hilis
- an abrasion; the act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction
Latin
Noun
hīlīs
- dative/ablative plural of hīlum
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Adjective
hilís (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔)
- slanting; oblique; inclined (of lines)
- Synonyms: hilig, pahilig, nakahilig, hapay, pahapay, nakahapay
- shaped like a parallelogram
- Synonyms: hiwid, nakahiwid, pahiwid, hiris, pahiris, nakahiris
Noun
hilis (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔)
- act of pressing out with the fingers (as of the contents of a tube, intestine, etc.)
- small cut or slice shaped like a parallelogram (or with two slanting sides)
- movement of the bow on violin strings
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