biling

See also: biling.

English

Verb

biling

1. present participle and gerund of bile

Anagrams

• Biglin, Giblin

Hiligaynon

Noun

bilíng

1. stitch, a sharp, sudden pain

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *biliŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biliŋ.

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈbiliŋ/ [ˈbi.liŋ]

• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈbileŋ/ [ˈbi.leŋ]
• Rhymes: -ileŋ, -leŋ, -eŋ

Verb

biling

1. obsolete form of beleng

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbiliŋ/ [ˈbiː.lɪŋ]
    • Rhymes: -iliŋ
  • IPA^(key): /biˈliŋ/ [bɪˈlɪŋ]
    • Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: bi‧ling

Etymology 1

Noun

biling (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

1. turning to a side (by head or body)

   Synonyms: baling, pagbaling; pihit, pagpihit; paling, pagpaling

Noun

bilíng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

1. turning around; gyration

   Synonyms: ikot, pag-ikot; inot, pag-inog

2. restless turning about (as in bed)

   Synonyms: balisa, pagkabalisa; di-pagkapalagay

3. act of turning over something (as in frying in a pan)

   Synonyms: balik, pagbalik

4. (neologism) taxis

Derived terms

• biling-inihaw
• bilingin
• bumiling
• dutbiling
• ibiling
• ipabiling
• ipakibiling
• magbiling
• pabiling-biling
• pabiling-bilingan
• pabilingin
• pambiling
• sugbiling

Adjective

bilíng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

1. turned to one side

   Synonym: paling

2. lost the sense of direction

   Synonym: lito

Etymology 2

Compare to Etymology 1.

Noun

bilíng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

1. act of making mistake

   Synonym: pagkakamali

Noun

biling or bilíng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

1. act of causing confusion (to one’s self or to others)

   Synonyms: lito, paglito

Derived terms

• mabiling

Etymology 3

Noun

bilíng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

1. drawing a line

   Synonym: pagguhit

Derived terms

• ibiling
• magbiling

Further reading

• “biling”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “biling”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Dalub-unlaran ng Wika, Takaran ng Pamantasang Gregorio Araneta (1979), Gonsalo del Rosario, editor, Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino], 2nd edition (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por el P. Juan de Noceda y el P. Pedro de Sanlucar. Ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados. [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language, compiled by several learned and serious religious men, and coordinated by Fr. Juan de Noceda and Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar. Recently augmented and corrected by several religious of the calced Order of Augustinians.] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier., page 49
• Santos, Vito C. (1978), Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 165