bilas

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

bilás

1. co-sibling-in-law

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

bilás (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜐ᜔)

1. co-sibling-in-law

Borrowed from Spanish velas, plural of vela.

bílas

1. candle, taper

bilás

1. co-sibling-in-law

• Rhymes: -as

bilas

1. to rinse

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.las/
• Rhymes: -ilas, -las, -as

bilas (Jawi spelling بيلس)

1. to rinse

• “bilas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biˈlas/ [bɪˈlas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: bi‧las

bilás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜐ᜔)

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

• “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

• silab, labis

bilas

1. ornament, decoration, finery

bilás

1. co-sibling-in-law