buhi

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Compare Hiligaynon buhi, Tagalog buhay, and perhaps Ilocano biag.

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuhiʔ/ [ˈbu.hɪʔ]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧hi

Verb

buhì (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

  1. to live
    Nabuhi si Hesukristo sa Dominggo sa Pagkabanhaw
    Jesus rose again on Easter Sunday

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /buˈhiʔ/ [bʊˈhiʔ]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧hi

Adjective

buhî (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

  1. alive; living
    Antonym: patay
  2. vivid

Noun

buhî (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

  1. domestic animal kept; pet
    Synonym: alaga
  2. animals kept by a supernatural being
  3. (slang) large penis

Verb

buhî (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

  1. to bring to life; to revive
    Synonym: banhaw
  2. to raise animals
  3. to support or raise a family
Derived terms
  • binuhi (“adopted child”)
  • buhi ang bulan (“first quarter of the moon”)
  • buhi og dugo (“active”)
  • buhibuhi (“to help oneself”)
  • buhilaman (“civilization”)
  • buhing dugo (“fresh blood from a wound”)
  • bulihion (“animal to raise; family to support”)
  • kabuhi (“to have a livelihood from”)
  • kagibuhi (“biography”)
  • kinabuhi (“life; lifespan; way of life”)
  • mabuhi pay ginamos (“sure to die”)
  • mamumuhi (“raiser”)
  • manimuhi (“to lead one's life”)
  • manggibuhian (“good at raising things”)
  • manggibuhion (“growing well”)
  • pabuhi (“to cause to be brought to life”)
  • pakabuhi (“to live for; to allow to live”)
  • pamuhi (“occupation of raising of animals”)
  • pangabuhi (“to earn a living”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuhiʔ/ [ˈbu.hɪʔ]
  • IPA(key): /buˈhiʔ/ [bʊˈhiʔ] (to set free, release)
  • Hyphenation: bu‧hi

Adjective

buhì (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

  1. released; set free

Noun

buhì (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

  1. act of setting something free (such as of cocks in a cockfight)
  2. draw (in lottery)
  3. setting off of dynamite

Verb

buhì (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

  1. to set free
    1. to dismiss (order to leave)
  2. to release one's hold of; to let go
  3. to release one's emotions
  4. to let a vehicle travel on a certain speed
  5. to release funds
  6. to draw in a lottery
  7. to set off dynamite
Derived terms
  • binuhian (“animal allowed to set free; something unrestrained; fish caught using dynamite”)
  • mamumuhi (“dynamite fisher”)
  • pamuhi (“dismissal (of a group)”)
  • tingpamuhi (“dismissal time”)

References

  • Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español‎[1] (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País
  • John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎[2] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧hi
  • IPA(key): /buˈhiʔ/ [buˈhiʔ]

Adjective

buhî

  1. alive
    Antonym: patay

Japanese

Romanization

buhi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶひ

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

buhi

  1. dative/locative singular of buha
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