bilas

See also: Bilas and biłaś

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bilás

1. co-sibling-in-law

See also

• balayi
• bayaw
• hipag
• kunyada
• kunyado
• manugang

Cebuano

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bilás (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜐ᜔)

1. co-sibling-in-law

See also

• balayi
• bayaw
• binalayi
• tapik
• ugangan
• umagad

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish velas, plural of vela.

Noun

bílas

1. candle, taper

Etymology 2

Noun

bilás

1. co-sibling-in-law

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -as

Verb

bilas

1. to rinse

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Verb

bilas (Jawi spelling بيلس)

1. to rinse

Further reading

• "bilas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bilás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜐ᜔)

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

Derived terms

• magbilas

See also

• bayaw
• biyenan
• hipag

Further reading

• “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

Anagrams

• silab, labis

Tok Pisin

Noun

bilas

1. ornament, decoration, finery

Waray-Waray

Noun

bilás

1. co-sibling-in-law