bilang

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Aklanon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Verb[edit]

bilang

  1. to reckon, to count

Bikol Central[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbilaŋ/, [ˈbi.l̪aŋ]
  • Hyphenation: bi‧lang

Noun[edit]

bílang (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. count; enumeration
    Synonym: kuwenta

Derived terms[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bi‧lang
  • IPA(key): /ˈbilaŋ/, [ˈbi.l̪ʌŋ]

Verb[edit]

bílang (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. to regard; to consider to treat (something in a given way etc.)
    Synonyms: respeto, isip, taha, tamod

Anagrams[edit]

Higaonon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Verb[edit]

bilang

  1. to count

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay bilang, from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbilaŋ/, [ˈbi.laŋ]
  • Hyphenation: bi‧lang

Verb[edit]

bilang

  1. to count
    Synonym: hitung

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

bilang

  1. (colloquial) to say
    Synonyms: kata, cakap

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Limos Kalinga[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Noun[edit]

bilang

  1. number
    Synonym: iyap

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”). Compare Old Javanese wilaṅ and Tagalog bilang.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bilang (Jawi spelling بيلڠ)

  1. to say
    Synonyms: cakap, kata, sebut
  2. to talk
    Synonyms: cakap, tutur, bicara
  3. to count (to enumerate or determine number)
    Synonyms: hitung, kira

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Indonesian: bilang

Further reading[edit]

  • “bilang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*bilaŋ”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Mansaka[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Verb[edit]

bilang

  1. to count

Maranao[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Noun[edit]

bilang

  1. number

Verb[edit]

bilang

  1. to count
  2. to include

References[edit]

Masbatenyo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Noun[edit]

bilang

  1. number
    Synonym: numero

Sambali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Noun[edit]

bilang

  1. number

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”). Compare Old Javanese wilaṅ, Maranao bilang, and Malay bilang.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbilaŋ/, [ˈbi.lɐŋ] (noun)
  • Audio(file)

  • IPA(key): /biˈlaŋ/, [bɪˈlaŋ] (adjective)
  • Audio(file)
  • Syllabification: bi‧lang

Noun[edit]

bilang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. number (counting)
    Malaki ang bilang ng mga nakiluksa para kay Dating Pangulong Cory Aquino.
    There was a large number of people who mourned for Former President Cory Aquino.
  2. count; amount
  3. act of counting
  4. condition of belonging or being part of something
    Hindi ka nabibilang sa pangkat.
    You are not part of the group.
    (literally, “You don't count on the group.”)
  5. (Batangas) dowry
    Synonyms: bigay-kaya, dote
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

biláng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. counted
  2. limited; numbered; of a few number

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *bilaŋ (“supposing that; as if; to consider, treat as”). May be identical to etymology 1.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbilaŋ/, [ˈbi.lɐŋ]
  • Hyphenation: bi‧lang

Preposition[edit]

bilang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. as; in the capacity of; in the role of
  2. for the purpose of; as; by way of

Further reading[edit]

  • “bilang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams[edit]

Yogad[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Noun[edit]

biláng

  1. number
  2. count
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