bisig

• besiġ, bysiġ

From Proto-West Germanic *bisīg (“diligent, zealous, busy”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.sij/, [ˈbi.zij]

bisiġ

1. busy

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• bisgian

• Middle English: bisy, bysy, bisie, bysie, bisi, bysi, bysye, bisiȝ, besi, besy, besie, besye, busy, busi, busie
  • English: busy
  • Scots: bissy, besy, bussie

From Proto-Philippine *bisəʀ (“hard; firm”). Compare Pangasinan bisel (“hard; harden”) / biskeg (“strength, power, might, force”), Cebuano bisog (“strenuous”), and Maranao biseg (“work hard; exert great energy”).

• Hyphenation: bi‧sig
• IPA^(key): /ˈbisiɡ/, [ˈbi.sɪɡ]

bisig (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜒᜄ᜔)

1. (anatomy) arm; forearm

   Synonyms: braso, (uncommon) kamay

2. labor; manpower

   Synonyms: paggawa, lakas-tao

• “bisig”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 135.
• Daluz, Eusebio T. (1915) Filipino-English vocabulary: with practical example of Filipino and English grammars‎, Manila: Akademya ng Wikang Filipino.
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 51