"Bilas" is a word in TAGALOG, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
bilas
Definition: (noun) the spouse of the brother or sister of one's own spouse (term of reference)
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bílas - (Sp. vela) Candle, taper, dip. Isá ka
bílas. One candle. N.B. Compare: Isá ka
métros—one metre; isá ka sántos—a saint,
etc., the Sp. plural form being often used
for the Visayan singular. (cf. béla, bíla,
kandílà).
bilás - Brother-in-law, sister-in-law. Unlike
"bayáw”, the term "bilás” is strictly
confined to the husbands and wives (not
otherwise related to each other) of two (or
more) sisters or brothers respectively. (cf.
birás; bayáw).
bílas n eye infection, conjunctivitis.
v [A123P; a4] have sore eyes.
Gibílas ákung mata, I have conjunctivitis.
bilas n the husband or wife of ones husbands or wifes sibling.
v [C; a12] be bilas.
Magbílas na ta kay gipakaslan kung igsúun sa ímung asáwa, Were bilas now because I married your wifes sister.
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