bihira

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈhiɾaʔ/ [biˈhi.ɾaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: bi‧hi‧ra

Adjective

bihirà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜒᜍ)

  1. rare; infrequent; uncommon
    Synonym: pisan
    Antonym: komun

Adverb

bihirà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜒᜍ)

  1. seldom; rarely; infrequently
    Synonym: pisan
    Antonyms: pirme, danay

Derived terms

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog bihira.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪˈhiɾəʔ/ [bɪˈjiː.ɾəʔ]
  • Hyphenation: bi‧hi‧ra

Adjective

bihírâ

  1. rare

Sambali

Adjective

bihira

  1. rarely; seldom

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit भेद (bhedá, “contrast, distinction, difference”). Compare Kapampangan bihira, Sambali bihira, Bikol Central bihira, Indonesian beda, Javanese ꦧꦺꦢ (béda) and Malay beza.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /biˈhiɾaʔ/ [bɪˈhiː.ɾɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾaʔ
  • Syllabification: bi‧hi‧ra

Adjective

bihirà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜒᜇ)

  1. scarce; rare; unique
    Synonyms: madalang, kakaiba, uniko, ekstraordinaryo

Derived terms

  • bibihira
  • bihi-bihira
  • bihirang-bihira
  • napakapambihira
  • pambihira

Descendants

  • → Kapampangan: bihira

Adverb

bihirà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜒᜇ)

  1. hardly; rarely; seldom
    Synonym: madalang

Noun

bihirà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜒᜇ)

  1. (obsolete) act of differentiating something from one another
    Synonyms: iba, pag-iba, pag-iba-iba

Derived terms

  • magbihira
  • magkabihira
  • pagbihira
  • pagbihirain

Further reading

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