bigas

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English

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Noun

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bigas

  1. plural of biga

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Latin

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Noun

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bīgās

  1. accusative plural of bīga

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Most likely related to baĩgti (to finish).

Adjective

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bìgas m (feminine bigà, neuter bìga)

  1. diminutive, meagre
  2. blunt, stubby

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References

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  • bigas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • bigas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *bəʀas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas. Cognates with Kavalan beRas, Kankanaey begas, Cebuano bugas, Malay beras, Javanese ꦮꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (wos), and Tetum fos.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bigás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄᜐ᜔)

  1. husked, uncooked rice

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • bigas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*beRas”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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Western Apache

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Noun

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bigas

  1. hand and arm
  2. front wheels, tires