bilang

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

bilang

1. to reckon, to count

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

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

bílang (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

1. count; enumeration

   Synonym: kuwenta

2. number

   Synonym: numero

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

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

bílang (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

1. to regard; to consider to treat (something in a given way etc.)

   Synonyms: respeto, isip, taha, tamod

• baling, bangil, labing, libang, ngabil

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

bilang

1. to count

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbilaŋ/ [ˈbi.laŋ]

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• Rhymes: -ilaŋ
• Syllabification: bi‧lang

bilang

1. (colloquial) to say

   Synonyms: bercakap, berbicara, berkata

2. (dialectal or rare) synonym of hitung (“to count”)

• “bilang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbilaŋ/ [ˈbiː.lʌŋ]
  • Rhymes: -ilaŋ
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA^(key): /ˈbiraŋ/ [ˈbiː.rʌŋ]
  • Rhymes: -iraŋ
• Syllabification: bi‧lang

bílang (plural bilbilang)

1. number (counting)
2. count; amount
3. act of counting

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

bilang

1. number

   Synonym: iyap

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbilaŋ/ [ˈbi.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -ilaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: bi‧lang

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

• > Indonesian: bilang (inherited)

• “bilang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bilaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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

bilang

1. to count

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

bilang

1. number

bilang

1. to count
2. to include

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

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

bilang

1. number

   Synonym: numero

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

bilang

1. number

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

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbilaŋ/ [ˈbiː.lɐŋ] (noun)

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    • Rhymes: -ilaŋ
  • IPA^(key): /biˈlaŋ/ [bɪˈlaŋ] (adjective)

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    • Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: bi‧lang

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

• blg., Blg. — abbreviation: "number"

biláng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

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

   Bilang na ang mga araw mo.

   Your days are numbered.

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbilaŋ/ [ˈbiː.lɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -ilaŋ
• Syllabification: bi‧lang

bilang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

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

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

• libang, langib, baling, labing-, labing

bilang

1. bag^[1]

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

biláng

1. number
2. count