wahig

== Binukid == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ, compare Malay air. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwahiɡ/ === Noun === wahig water === References === Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283. == Cebuano == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ, compare Malay air. Cognate with the Bukidnon languages (including Binukid and Panobo wahig (“water; river”)) spoken by the neighboring Higaonon and Binukid-speaking populations of northern and central Mindanao. It represents an archaic, deep-register regional variant that has largely been replaced in standard urban Cebuano by the downstream variant suba. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: wa‧hig IPA(key): /ˈwa.hɪɡ/ === Noun === wahig (Badlit spelling ᜏᜑᜒᜄ᜔) (archaic, regional) A river; a natural, continuous flowing watercourse of fresh water draining toward an ocean, lake, or another river basin. Synonym: suba ==== Synonyms ==== suba (standard/widespread; river; stream) sapa (creek; brook; minor stream element) ==== Related terms ==== sulog (current; stream flow velocity) baha (flood; sudden high-volume overflow) == Higaonon == === Noun === wahig water river == Western Bukidnon Manobo == === Noun === wahig water === References === Richard E. Elkins, Major grammatical patterns of western Bukidnon Manobo (1970), page 31