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/ [ˈhiː.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

Anagrams

• lihis