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bilas

See also: Bilas and biłaś

Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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bilás

  1. co-sibling-in-law

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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bilás (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜐ᜔)

  1. co-sibling-in-law

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Hiligaynon

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish velas, plural of vela.

Noun

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bílas

  1. candle, taper

Etymology 2

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Noun

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bilás

  1. co-sibling-in-law

Indonesian

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Verb

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bilas

  1. to rinse

Malay

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Verb

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bilas (Jawi spelling بيلس)

  1. to rinse

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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bilás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜐ᜔)

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

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “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

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Tok Pisin

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Noun

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bilas

  1. ornament, decoration, finery

Waray-Waray

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Noun

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bilás

  1. co-sibling-in-law
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