hilis

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hi‧lis

Verb

hilis

  1. to wear away by friction; to abrade
  2. to dissolve
  3. to digest

Noun

hilis

  1. an abrasion; the act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction

Latin

Noun

hīlīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of hīlum

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /hiˈlis/ [hɪˈlis] (adjective)
      • Rhymes: -is
    • IPA(key): /ˈhilis/ [ˈhi.lɪs] (noun)
      • Rhymes: -ilis
  • Syllabification: hi‧lis

Adjective

hilís (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. slanting; oblique; inclined (of lines)
    Synonyms: hilig, pahilig, nakahilig, hapay, pahapay, nakahapay
  2. shaped like a parallelogram
    Synonyms: hiwid, nakahiwid, pahiwid, hiris, pahiris, nakahiris

Noun

hilis (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. act of pressing out with the fingers (as of the contents of a tube, intestine, etc.)
  2. small cut or slice shaped like a parallelogram (or with two slanting sides)
  3. movement of the bow on violin strings

Derived terms

  • hilis-kalamay
  • hilisin
  • pahilis
  • panghilis
  • sanghilis

See also

  • hagot
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