buhay

• Hyphenation: bu‧hay
• IPA^(key): /ˈbuhai/, [ˈbuhaɪ̯]

búhay

1. life

   Antonyms: pagkagadan, kagadanan

búhay

1. alive, having life

   Antonyms: gadan, remate, tigbak

buhay

1. life

buhay

1. alive

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 from 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, and Ata Manobo bui which came from Proto-Southern Philippine *buhiʔ (“live”).

• Hyphenation: bu‧hay
• IPA^(key): /ˈbuhaj/, [ˈbu.haɪ̯] (noun)
• IPA^(key): /buˈhaj/, [bʊˈhaɪ̯] (adjective)

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: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (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”