The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*bihaR captive, one taken alive in war; to spare, allow to live

PWMP bihaR captive, one taken alive in war; to spare, allow to live

WMP
Itbayaten vihay life
Ivatan viyay alive
Ivatan (Isamorong) viyay alive
Isneg biāg life
Pangasinan bilá-biláy everyday life
biláy life; to live
Ilokano biág life
ag-biág to live
Kapampangan bié life
Tagalog bíhag captive
Aklanon bíhag capture; get the prize (at a cockfight)
pa-míhag invade and capture, take over, seize
Hiligaynon bíhag captive, hostage
mag-bíhag capture, abduct, kidnap, attract, to bait
Cebuano bíhag bring into captivity; attract the attention; for fowls to attack another fowl not belonging to the flock; defeat in a contest such that the loser is given to the winner, most commonly in cockfighting; person captured; fowls attracted to another flock; something lost in a contest where the winner takes the loser, esp. the defeated cock
Binukid bihag captive; to take (someone) as a captive
bi-biag-en livestock, domestic animals (kept for service or raised for food)
Maranao biag abduct, kidnap
bi-biag alive
Manobo (Western Bukidnon) bihag in raiding, live captives which are brought home; in cockfighting, the defeated dead rooster which is kept as a prize by the owner of the victorious rooster; to capture
Mansaka biág to capture (as an enemy in war)
Murut (Timugon) manam-biag to raise, care for (plants, animals, etc.)
biag living, alive
Acehnese bieuë permit, allow, let
Sangir ba-wiaheʔ live bait
biaheʔ living, alive
Malay biar permitting; allowing; letting
Mongondow biag live, grow, exist; shoot, sprout; end of a rope; kindling of a fire, lighting of a cigarette; care for, tend, raise, bring up
Gorontalo bia-biahu being cared for (as a domesticated animal)
Proto-Sangiric biaR alive; to live
Bikol bíhag captive, hostage; to capture (as during a war or raid); take hostage

PPh bihaR-en allowed to live, given life; made captive

WMP
Itbayaten vihay-en start the engine, make alive
Ilokano biág-en enliven, vivify, make vivid
Hiligaynon bihág-un capture, abduct, kidnap; to attract, to bait
Bikol bihag-on capture (as during a war or raid); take hostage

PPh ka-bihaR-an (gloss uncertain)

WMP
Itbayaten ka-vihay-an way of life, livelihood
Mongondow ko-biag-an grow, come into being

PPh ma-bihaR live, be alive; be captive

WMP
Itbayaten ma-vihay be able to thrive/grow, be alive, live
Isneg ma-biāg to live
Pangasinan ma-biláy alive, living
Kapampangan ma-bie alive
Mongondow mo-biag living, alive
Bikol ma-bíhag be taken captive or hostage

PPh maŋ-bihaR make alive, give life to

WMP
Itbayaten ma-mihay one who makes one live, one who takes charge of childbirth or the treatment of the sick
Sangir ma-miaheʔ bring to life (as a watch that has "died")
Mongondow mo-miag care for, look after, rear, raise; kindle a fire
Gorontalo mo-miahu look after, care for, give life to