bihira

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

bihirà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜒᜍ)

1. rare; infrequent; uncommon

   Synonym: pisan

   Antonym: komun

bihirà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜒᜍ)

1. seldom; rarely; infrequently

   Synonym: pisan

   Antonyms: pirme, danay

• bijira (Súlat Bacúlud)

Borrowed from Tagalog bihira.

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

bihírâ

1. rare

bihira

1. rarely; seldom

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

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

bihirà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜒᜇ)

1. scarce; rare; unique

   Synonyms: madalang, kakaiba, uniko, ekstraordinaryo

• → Kapampangan: bihira

bihirà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜒᜇ)

1. hardly; rarely; seldom

   Synonym: madalang

bihirà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜒᜇ)

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

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

• “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 (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, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 63: “Apenas) Bihira (pp)”
  • page 254: “Diferençiar) Bihira (pp) algo vno de otro”