biyak

See also: bíyak

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈjak/, [bɪˈjʌʰk]
• Hyphenation: biyak

Noun

biyák m (plural biyoktí f or biyaakitté f or biyooká f or biyakwá f)

1. hurt, pain

Declension

Declension of biyák
absolutive	biyák
predicative	biyáaka
subjective	biyák
genitive	biyák
Postpositioned forms l-case biyáakal k-case biyáakak t-case biyáakat h-case biyáakah

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “biyak”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• biak
• byak

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *bəʔak. Compare Bikol Central baak, Cebuano buak, and Hokkien 劈 (phiak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈak/, [ˈbjak]
• Hyphenation: bi‧yak

Noun

biyák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜃ᜔)

1. split; break; crack; crevice

   Synonyms: baak, bitak, sibak

2. splitting in halves (usually of round or cylindrical objects)
3. big slit or cut made on the stomach (as in surgery)
4. act of opening a boil (as in surgery)

Derived terms

• Biak-na-Bato
• biyakan
• biyakin
• kabiyak
• kakabiyak
• mabiyak
• magbiyak
• nakabibiyak
• pagbiyak

 

Related terms

• Boac

 

Adjective

biyák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜃ᜔)

1. split; cleaved; divided; halved

   Synonyms: baak, hati

2. having a crack

Further reading

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