buhay

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Bikol Central[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuhaj/, [ˈbu.haɪ̯]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbuʔaj/, [ˈbu.ʔaɪ̯] (h-dropping)
  • Hyphenation: bu‧hay

Noun[edit]

búhay (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

  1. life
    Antonyms: pagkagadan, kagadanan

Adjective[edit]

búhay (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

  1. alive (having life), animate
    Antonyms: gadan, remate, tigbak

Derived terms[edit]

Masbatenyo[edit]

Noun[edit]

buhay

  1. life

Adjective[edit]

buhay

  1. alive
    Antonym: patay

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano[edit]

Noun[edit]

buhay

  1. life

Adjective[edit]

buhay

  1. alive

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Greater Central Philippine *buhay (“live (long)”) (cf. Masbatenyo buhay, Hanunoo buhay, Bikol Central buhay, and Buhi'non Bikol, Libon Bikol, Miraya Bikol buway), possibly related to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bihaʀ (compare Sambali biyay, Kapampangan bie, and Ivatan vyay). Possible doublet of bihag. Compare also Cebuano buhi, Hiligaynon buhi, Agusan Manobo buhi, Ata Manobo bui, and Tausug buhi' which came from Proto-Southern Philippine *buhiʔ (“live”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuhaj/, [ˈbu.haɪ̯] (noun)

  • IPA(key): /buˈhaj/, [bʊˈhaɪ̯] (adjective)
  • Hyphenation: bu‧hay

Noun[edit]

buhay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

  1. life
  2. existence; living
  3. source of living
  4. action; animation
  5. story; main part of a tale
  6. (obsolete) life (specifically of a human being in the flesh) [16th–17th c.]

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

buháy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

  1. alive; living
  2. prosperous; thriving
  3. animated; lively; spirited
  4. functioning; running
  5. clear and vivid (of color)

Further reading[edit]

  • “buhay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 111: “Biuir) Buhay (pp) vida natural”
    • page 530: “Reſuçitar) Buhay (pp) el muerto”
    • page 600: “Vida) Buhay (pp) que viuimos en carne”
    • page 601: “Viuir) Buhay (pp) vida mortal y coruptible”
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