palibhasa

Borrowed from Sanskrit परि- (pari-) +‎ भाषा (bhāṣā).

• IPA^(key): /palibˈhasa/ [pa.l̪ibˈha.sa]
• IPA^(key): /palibˈhasaʔ/ [pa.l̪ibˈha.saʔ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧lib‧ha‧sa

palibhása or palibhasà (Basahan spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜑᜐ)

1. since (because of the fact)

   Synonym: mili

palibhása or palibhasà (Basahan spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜑᜐ)

1. (informal) owing to, because of

   Synonym: kawasa

Borrowed from Sanskrit परि- (pari-) +‎ भाषा (bhāṣā). Compare Kapampangan pablasa, Tausug pulibahasa, Malay peribahasa, and Hindi परिभाषा (paribhāṣā, “definition”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /palibˈhasaʔ/ [pɐ.lɪbˈhaː.sɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -asaʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧lib‧ha‧sa

palibhasà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜑᜐ)

1. because (of the fact that)

   Synonym: (Quezon) kawasa

   Palibhasa at hindi nila pera kaya wala silang pakialam sa magagastos.

   Since it's not their money, they don't care about the expenses.

   Palibhasa't kasamahan mo siya kaya pinagbigyan mo.

   Since he was your colleague, you gave him permission.

   Nagkakasiyahan sila ngayon, palibhasa hindi nila ramdam ang kahirapan.

   They are enjoying themselves now because they don't feel the poverty.

   Palibhasa sa lalaki, imposibleng mangyari sa kanila iyon..

   Because [of the fact that] they are men, it was impossible for it to happen to them.

palibhasà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜑᜐ)

1. contempt

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 131
• Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎^[1] (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, pages 42-43
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

• “palibhasa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “palibhasa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018