# bilang
## Aklanon
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

### Verb

bilang
* to reckon, to count

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbilaŋ/ [ˈbi.l̪aŋ]
* Hyphenation: bi‧lang

### Noun

bílang (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)
* count; enumeration
    Synonym: kuwenta
* number
    Synonym: numero

#### Derived terms

* bilangon
* ibilang
* kabilangan
* magbilang

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: bi‧lang
* IPA: /ˈbilaŋ/ [ˈbi.l̪ɐŋ]

### Verb

bílang (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)
* to regard; to consider to treat (something in a given way etc.)
    Synonyms: respeto, isip, taha, tamod

### Anagrams

* baling, bangil, labing, libang, ngabil

## Higaonon
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

### Verb

bilang
* to count

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay bilang, from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbilaŋ/ [ˈbi.laŋ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ilaŋ
* Syllabification: bi‧lang

### Verb

bilang
* (colloquial) to say
    Synonym: berkata
* (dialectal or rare) Synonym of hitung (“to count”)

#### Conjugation

| Active (1) | membilang |
| Active (2) | berbilang |
| Passive (1) | terbilang |
| Passive (2) | dibilang |
| Basic / Imperative | bilang |
| Note(s): Not all of them are commonly used. See also Appendix:Indonesian verbs. ||

#### Derived terms

* berbilang
* berbilang-bilang
* bilangan
* kebilangan
* membilang
* membilangkan
* pembilang
* pembilangan
* sebilang
* sebilangan
* terbilang
* membilang
* membilangi
* membilangkan
* perbilangan

### Further reading

* “bilang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Kankanaey
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈbilaŋ/ [ˈbiː.lʌŋ]
** IPA: (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) /ˈbiraŋ/ [ˈbiː.rʌŋ]
* Rhymes: -ilaŋ, (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) -iraŋ
* Syllabification: bi‧lang

### Noun

bílang (plural bilbilang)
* number (counting)
* count; amount
* act of counting

#### Derived terms

* bilangen
* Bilbilang
* inbilang
* maibilang
* manbilang
* mangipabilang

## Limos Kalinga
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

### Noun

bilang
* number
    Synonym: iyap

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”). Compare Old Javanese wilaṅ and Tagalog bilang.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bilaŋ/
* Rhymes: -laŋ, -aŋ

### Verb

bilang (Jawi spelling بيلڠ)
* to say
    Synonyms: cakap, kata, sebut
* to talk
    Synonyms: cakap, tutur, bicara
* to count (to enumerate or determine number)
    Synonyms: hitung, kira

#### Derived terms

* berbilang
* bilangan
* dibilang
* membilang
* pembilang
* pembilangan
* terbilang

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: bilang

### Further reading

* “bilang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bilaŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Mansaka
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

### Verb

bilang
* to count

## Maranao
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

### Noun

bilang
* number

### Verb

bilang
* to count
* to include

### References

* A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

## Masbatenyo
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

### Noun

bilang
* number
    Synonym: numero

## Sambali
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

### Noun

bilang
* number

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”). Compare Old Javanese wilaṅ, Maranao bilang, and Malay bilang.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈbilaŋ/ [ˈbiː.lɐŋ] (noun)
*** Audio:(file)
*** Rhymes: -ilaŋ
** IPA: /biˈlaŋ/ [bɪˈlaŋ] (adjective)
*** Audio:(file)
*** Rhymes: -aŋ
* Syllabification: bi‧lang

#### Noun

bilang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)
* number (counting)
    Malaki ang bilang ng mga nakiluksa para kay Dating Pangulong Cory Aquino.There was a large number of people who mourned for Former President Cory Aquino.
* count; amount
* act of counting
* condition of belonging or being part of something
    Hindi ka nabibilang sa pangkat.You are not part of the group.(literally, “You don't count on the group.”)
* (Batangas) dowry
    Synonyms: bigay-kaya, dote

##### Alternative forms

* blg., Blg. — abbreviation: "number"

##### Derived terms

* bilang na balhag
* bilang na balho
* bilang na basal
* bilang na ditagwayin
* bilang na gansal
* bilang na lantay
* bilang na likas
* bilang na panalatag
* bilang na panunod
* bilang na paritadlungin
* bilang na paulat
* bilang na pinaglakip
* bilang na tagwayin
* bilang na tatsihain
* bilang na tukol
* bilangan
* bilangin
* bilnuran
* bumilang
* buumbilang
* buumbilangin
* di-mabilang
* gunimbilang
* hatimbilang
* hatimbilangin
* ibilang
* kabilang
* kabilangan
* mabilang
* magkabilang
* nagbibilang ng poste
* pabilangin
* pagbibilang
* pagbibilang ng mga poste sa kalye
* pagbilang
* palabilangan
* pambilang
* pamilang
* sa bilang
* tagabilang
* tambilang

#### Adjective

biláng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)
* counted
* limited; numbered; of a few number
    Bilang na ang mga araw mo.Your days are numbered.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *bilaŋ (“supposing that; as if; to consider, treat as”). May be identical to etymology 1.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbilaŋ/ [ˈbiː.lɐŋ]
* Rhymes: -ilaŋ
* Syllabification: bi‧lang

#### Preposition

bilang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)
* as; in the capacity of; in the role of
* for the purpose of; as; by way of

### Further reading

* “bilang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* libang, langib, baling, labing-, labing

## Woiwurrung
### Noun

bilang
* bag

### References

* ↑ https://geoffpark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/aborigines-of-victoria-extract.pdf

## Yogad
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ (“to count, calculate; hold valuable”).

### Noun

biláng
* number
* count