biyak
See also: bíyak
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈjak/ [bɪˈjʌʰk]
- Hyphenation: bi‧yak
Noun
biyák m (plural biyoktí f or biyaakitté f or biyooká f or biyakwá f)
Declension
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Central Philippine *bəʔak. Compare Bikol Central baak, Cebuano buak, and Hokkien 劈 (phiak).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /biˈak/ [ˈbjak̚]
- Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: bi‧yak
Noun
biyák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜃ᜔)
- split; break; crack; crevice
- splitting in halves (usually of round or cylindrical objects)
- big slit or cut made on the stomach (as in surgery)
- act of opening a boil (as in surgery)
Derived terms
- Biak-na-Bato
- biyakan
- biyakin
- kabiyak
- kakabiyak
- mabiyak
- magbiyak
- nakabibiyak
- pagbiyak
Related terms
Adjective
biyák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜃ᜔)
Further reading
- “biyak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018