bilang

Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Verb

bilang

1. to reckon, to count

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbilaŋ/ [ˈbi.l̪aŋ]
• Hyphenation: bi‧lang

Noun

bílang (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

1. count; enumeration

   Synonym: kuwenta

Derived terms

• bilangon
• ibilang
• kabilangan
• magbilang

 

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bi‧lang
• IPA^(key): /ˈbilaŋ/ [ˈbi.l̪ɐŋ]

Verb

bílang (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

1. to regard; to consider to treat (something in a given way etc.)

   Synonyms: respeto, isip, taha, tamod

Anagrams

• baling, bangil, labing, libang, ngabil

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Verb

bilang

1. to count

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bilang, from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbilaŋ/ [ˈbi.laŋ]
• Hyphenation: bi‧lang

Verb

bilang

1. to count

   Synonym: hitung

Derived terms

• berbilang
• berbilang-bilang
• bilangan
• kebilangan
• membilang
• membilangkan
• pembilang
• pembilangan
• sebilang
• sebilangan
• terbilang

 

Verb

bilang

1. (colloquial) to say

   Synonyms: kata, cakap

Derived terms

• membilang
• membilangi
• membilangkan
• perbilangan

 

Further reading

• “bilang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Noun

bilang

1. number

   Synonym: iyap

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”). Compare Old Javanese wilaṅ and Tagalog bilang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bilaŋ/
• Rhymes: -laŋ, -aŋ

Verb

bilang (Jawi spelling بيلڠ)

1. to say

   Synonyms: cakap, kata, sebut

2. to talk

   Synonyms: cakap, tutur, bicara

3. to count (to enumerate or determine number)

   Synonyms: hitung, kira

Derived terms

• berbilang
• bilangan
• dibilang
• membilang
• pembilang
• pembilangan
• terbilang

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: bilang

Further reading

• “bilang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bilaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Mansaka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Verb

bilang

1. to count

Maranao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Noun

bilang

1. number

Verb

bilang

1. to count
2. to include

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Noun

bilang

1. number

   Synonym: numero

Sambali

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Noun

bilang

1. number

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”). Compare Old Javanese wilaṅ, Maranao bilang, and Malay bilang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbilaŋ/ [ˈbiː.lɐŋ] (noun)

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    • Rhymes: -ilaŋ
  • IPA^(key): /biˈlaŋ/ [bɪˈlaŋ] (adjective)

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    • Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: bi‧lang

Noun

bilang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

1. number (counting)

   Malaki ang bilang ng mga nakiluksa para kay Dating Pangulong Cory Aquino.

   There was a large number of people who mourned for Former President Cory Aquino.

2. count; amount
3. act of counting
4. condition of belonging or being part of something

   Hindi ka nabibilang sa pangkat.

   You are not part of the group.

   (literally, “You don't count on the group.”)

5. (Batangas) dowry

   Synonyms: bigay-kaya, dote

Alternative forms

• blg., Blg. — abbreviation: "number"

Derived terms

• bilang na balhag
• bilang na balho
• bilang na basal
• bilang na ditagwayin
• bilang na gansal
• bilang na lantay
• bilang na likas
• bilang na panalatag
• bilang na panunod
• bilang na paritadlungin
• bilang na paulat
• bilang na pinaglakip
• bilang na tagwayin
• bilang na tatsihain
• bilang na tukol
• bilangan
• bilangin
• bilnuran
• bumilang
• buumbilang
• buumbilangin
• di-mabilang
• gunimbilang
• hatimbilang
• hatimbilangin
• ibilang
• kabilang
• kabilangan
• mabilang
• magkabilang
• nagbibilang ng poste
• pabilangin
• pagbibilang
• pagbibilang ng mga poste sa kalye
• pagbilang
• palabilangan
• pambilang
• pamilang
• sa bilang
• tagabilang
• tambilang

 

Adjective

biláng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

1. counted
2. limited; numbered; of a few number

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *bilaŋ (“supposing that; as if; to consider, treat as”). May be identical to etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbilaŋ/ [ˈbiː.lɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -ilaŋ
• Syllabification: bi‧lang

Preposition

bilang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

1. as; in the capacity of; in the role of
2. for the purpose of; as; by way of

Further reading

• “bilang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• libang, langib, baling, labing-, labing

Yogad

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

Noun

biláng

1. number
2. count