buhi

See also: Buhi

Albanian

Noun

buhi f (plural buhia, definite buhiu, definite plural buhinj)

1. festive meal with all the trimmings; joyful celebration

Derived terms

• buhishëm

Further reading

• “buhi”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “buhi”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• bohi — obsolete

Etymology 1

Compare Hiligaynon buhi, Tagalog buhay, and perhaps Ilocano biag.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano)
  • IPA^(key): (verb: to live) /ˈbuhiʔ/ [ˈbuː.hɪʔ]
    • Rhymes: -uhiʔ
  • IPA^(key): (all other senses) /buˈhiʔ/ [buˈhiʔ]
    • Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: bu‧hi

Verb

buhì (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

1. to live

   Nabuhi si Hesukristo sa Dominggo sa Pagkabanhaw

   Jesus rose again on Easter Sunday

Adjective

buhî (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

1. alive; living

   Antonym: patay

2. vivid

Noun

buhî (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

1. domestic animal kept; pet

   Synonym: alaga

2. animals kept by a supernatural being
3. (slang) large penis

Verb

buhî (Badlit spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜒ)

1. to bring to life; to revive

   Synonym: banhaw

2. to raise animals
3. to support or raise a family

Derived terms

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbuhiʔ/ [ˈbuː.hɪʔ]
    • Rhymes: -uhiʔ
  • IPA^(key): /buˈhiʔ/ [buˈhiʔ] (“to set free, release”)
    • Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: bu‧hi

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 emotions
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

• 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, New York: 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 (Cyrillic spelling бухи)

1. dative/locative singular of buha