EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to dress someone; to put clothes on someone...
lemon...
calamansi; small lime...
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/bi-HI-san/
FIL: Suotan ng damit ang isang tao; lagyan ng kasuotan.
EN: to dress someone; to put clothes on someone
What parents do to their kids, what a stylist does to a celebrity, or what you do to your pet dog when it's cold. "Bihisan mo na 'yung bata, aalis na tayo." It's the act of putting clothes on another being.
From "bihis" (clothes) + "-an" suffix.
ROOT MEANING: clothes; attire; outfit
This verb is transitive, requiring an object (the person/thing being dressed).
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🇵🇭 Tulungan mo akong bihisan ang manika para sa kanyang parada.
🇺🇸 Help me dress the doll for its parade.
🇵🇭 Maingat niyang binihisan ang kanyang lola na may sakit.
🇺🇸 She carefully dressed her sick grandmother.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.