biag

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bihaʀ (“captive: taken alive in war; to spare: allow to live”). Compare Pangasinan bilay, Tagalog bihag.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bjaɡ/

Noun

biag

  1. life

Mongondow

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bihaʀ (“captive: taken alive in war; to spare: allow to live”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi(j)aɡ/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ag

Adjective

biag

  1. alive

Derived terms

  • imobiag (“life”)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.