buhay

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuhaj/, [ˈbu.haɪ̯]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbuʔaj/, [ˈbu.ʔaɪ̯] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: bu‧hay

búhay (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

1. life

   Antonyms: pagkagadan, kagadanan

búhay (Basahan spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

1. alive (having life), animate

   Antonyms: gadan, remate, tigbak

buhay

1. life

buhay

1. alive

   Antonym: patay

buhay

1. life

buhay

1. alive

From Proto-Greater Central Philippine *buhay (“live (long)”) (cf. Masbatenyo buhay, Hanunoo buhay, Bikol Central buhay, and Buhi'non Bikol, Libon Bikol, Miraya Bikol buway), possibly related to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bihaʀ (compare Sambali biyay, Kapampangan bie, and Ivatan vyay). Possible doublet of bihag. Compare also Cebuano buhi, Hiligaynon buhi, Agusan Manobo buhi, Ata Manobo bui, and Tausug buhi' which came from Proto-Southern Philippine *buhiʔ (“live”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbuhaj/ [ˈbu.haɪ̯] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -uhaj
  • IPA^(key): /buˈhaj/ [bʊˈhaɪ̯] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: bu‧hay

buhay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

1. life
2. existence; living
3. source of living
4. action; animation
5. story; main part of a tale
6. (obsolete) life (specifically of a human being in the flesh) [16th–17th c.]

buháy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

1. alive; living
2. prosperous; thriving
3. animated; lively; spirited
4. functioning; running
5. clear and vivid (of color)

• “buhay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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 111: “Biuir) Buhay (pp) vida natural”
  • page 530: “Reſuçitar) Buhay (pp) el muerto”
  • page 600: “Vida) Buhay (pp) que viuimos en carne”
  • page 601: “Viuir) Buhay (pp) vida mortal y coruptible”