bilin

From international scientific vocabulary, and clearly reflecting New Latin, from Latin bīlis (“bile”). By surface analysis, bili- +‎ -in, although according to American Heritage Dictionary, bilin was back-formed from phycobilin (as opposed to phycobilin being derived from bilin as surface analysis suggests).

bilin (plural bilins)

1. (biochemistry) Any of various biological pigments formed in many organisms as a metabolic product of certain porphyrins.

• bilane

• bile pigment
• bilichrome
• phycobilin

• blini

bilín

1. remainder

bílin

1. order, command

bili +‎ -n

• IPA^(key): [ˈbilin]
• Hyphenation: bi‧lin

bilin

1. superessive singular of bili

bilin

1. definite nominative plural of bil
2. definite accusative plural of bil

bilin

1. counsel; advice; instruction

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bilin (“order, request, command; message; something left for another”). Compare Tausug bīn.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbilin/ [ˈbi.lɪn]
• Rhymes: -ilin
• Syllabification: bi‧lin

bilin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

1. errand; something asked to be done

   Synonym: pagawa

2. command; order

   Synonyms: utos, atas, orden, mando

3. directions; instructions (given by someone leaving for a while)
4. request; message

   Synonym: pakiusap

5. counsel; advice
6. last will and testament
7. something left in another's charge

From elision of /h/ from bilhin.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biˈlin/ [bɪˈlin]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: bi‧lin

bilín (complete binili, progressive binibili, contemplative bibilin, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

1. Nonstandard form of bilhin.

• “bilin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*bilin”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary