bihira

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈhiɾaʔ/ [biˈhi.ɾaʔ]
• Hyphenation: bi‧hi‧ra

Adjective

bihirà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜒᜍ)

1. rare; infrequent; uncommon

   Synonym: pisan

   Antonym: komun

Adverb

bihirà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜒᜍ)

1. seldom; rarely; infrequently

   Synonym: pisan

   Antonyms: pirme, danay

Derived terms

• pambihira

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• bijira (Súlat Bacúlud)

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog bihira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈhiɾəʔ/ [bɪˈjiː.ɾəʔ]
• Hyphenation: bi‧hi‧ra

Adjective

bihírâ

1. rare

Sambali

Adjective

bihira

1. rarely; seldom

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit भेद (bhedá, “contrast, distinction, difference”). Compare Kapampangan bihira, Sambali bihira, Bikol Central bihira, Indonesian beda, Javanese ꦧꦺꦢ (béda) and Malay beza.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biˈhiɾaʔ/ [bɪˈhiː.ɾɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -iɾaʔ
• Syllabification: bi‧hi‧ra

Adjective

bihirà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜒᜇ)

1. scarce; rare; unique

   Synonyms: madalang, kakaiba, uniko, ekstraordinaryo

Derived terms

• bibihira
• bihi-bihira
• bihirang-bihira
• napakapambihira
• pambihira

Descendants

• → Kapampangan: bihira

Adverb

bihirà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜒᜇ)

1. hardly; rarely; seldom

   Synonym: madalang

Noun

bihirà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜒᜇ)

1. (obsolete) act of differentiating something from one another

   Synonyms: iba, pag-iba, pag-iba-iba

Derived terms

• magbihira
• magkabihira
• pagbihira
• pagbihirain

Further reading

• “bihira”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 63: “Apenas) Bihira (pp)”
  • page 254: “Diferençiar) Bihira (pp) algo vno de otro”