buhi

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• bohi — obsolete

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Adjective

buhì (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

1. alive; living

   Antonym: patay

Noun

buhì (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

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

Verb

buhì (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

1. to live

   Nabuhi si Hesukristo sa Dominggo sa Pagkabanhaw

   Jesus rose again on Easter Sunday

2. to bring to life; to revive
3. to raise animals
4. to support or raise a family

Derived terms

Derived terms

• binuhi (“adopted child”)
• buhi ang bulan (“first quarter of the moon”)
• buhibuhi (“to help oneself”)
• buhilaman (“civilization”)
• buhing dugo (“fresh blood from a wound”)
• buhi og dugo (“active”)
• 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

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 emotion's
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

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