biak

biak

1. young

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbiak/ [ˈbi.ak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: bi‧ak
• Homophone: Biak

Inherited from Malay biak.

biak (active membiak, imperative biak, emphatic-jussive biaklah)

1. to flourish, to increase, to multiply.
2. to proliferate.
3. to grow

   Synonym: tumbuh

4. to develop

   Synonym: kembang

Inherited from Malay biak (“muddy”), from Minangkabau biak (“wet”).

biak (comparative lebih biak, superlative paling biak)

1. (dialectal) wet

   Synonym: basah

Borrowed from Gayo [Term?].

biak (plural biak-biak)

1. (dialectal) a term of address for a close friend who is considered a sibling [since 2017]

• “biak”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Minangkabau biak (“wet”).

• IPA^(key): /bijaʔ/ [bi.jaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: bi‧ak

biak

1. muddy: Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).^[1]

   Hati-hati ado jalan bobiak kek situ. ― Be careful, there's a muddy path there.

• → Malay: biak

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biˈʔak/ [bɪˈʔak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: bi‧ak

biák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜀᜃ᜔)

1. alternative form of biyak

biák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜀᜃ᜔)

1. alternative form of biyak

• bika