| WMP |
| Isneg |
bíxa |
Elephant's ear, Alocasia indica (Roxb.) Schott.. Its sap is a contact poison |
| Ifugaw |
bíla |
kind of wild taro which serves as food for the pigs |
|
bīla |
a wild taro growing in forested areas: Araceae Alocasia heterophylla |
| Kankanaey |
bila-bíla |
elephant ear: Alocasia sp. Araceous herbs with very large sagittate leaves |
| Ifugaw (Batad) |
bīla |
a wild taro growing in forested areas: Araceae Alocasia heterophylla |
| Casiguran Dumagat |
bíha |
an uncultivated aroid, Alocasia macrorrhiza, with very large leaves (leaves are used for a sort of umbrella, and for the roofing on temporary shelters; it is never eaten; the sap will cause a stinging itch on the skin; the leaf is sometimes placed on the head as a medicine for sores |
| Ilokano |
bíga |
elephant's ear, Alocasia indica (Roxb.) Schott.. A coarse, erect, araceous plant with very large leaves, broadly ovate, up to 1.5 meters in length |
| Chamorro |
pigaʔ |
kind of acrid, inedible taro: Alocasia indica |
| Aklanon |
bigá-on |
oversexed (female) |
|
bígaʔ |
sexual excitement or feeling |
| Cebuano |
pa-bígaʔ |
aphrodisiac |
|
bigaʔ-ún |
libidinous, oversexed |
|
bígaʔ |
plant cultivated for its edible corms, member of the Araceae family, similar in appearance to the (Alocasia macrorrhiza, but smaller and growing in dry fields); great sexual desire; stimulate one's sexual desire; have sexual desire |
| Palauan |
bísəʔ |
wild taro (makes mouth itchy); fish with black and yellow stripes (makes mouth itchy); easily aroused sexually |
| Tiruray |
biraʔ |
elephant's ear, Alocasia macrorrhiza (Linn.) Schott. |
| Acehnese |
birah |
easily hurt, hypersensitive; a type of Alocasia |
| Sangir |
biha |
kind of taro plant |
|
bem-biha |
tree which resembles the plant |
| Dairi-Pakpak Batak |
birah |
kind of taro with very large leaves and edible root |
| Simalur |
bila |
a taro: Alocasia indica |
| Toba Batak |
bira |
tuberous plant with large leaves resembling the (Colocasia esculenta); its roots are eaten |
| Karo Batak |
birah |
type of taro with very large leaves |
| Iban |
birah |
an aroid associated with itchiness: Alocasia macrorrhiza |
| Malay |
birah |
an aroid, Alocasia spp., especially Alocasia indica. Associated with itchiness and used as a term of abuse = hot stuff, lascivious, harlot (in Brunei and Sarawak) |
| Mongondow |
bigaʔ |
kind of inedible (poisonous) tuber |
| Ngaju Dayak |
biha |
a plant resembling the ( , tuberous fruits); however the root is not bulbous, but elongated; its sap causes violent itching; not edible; the boiled root is applied as medicine to putrid wounds |
| Makassarese |
bira |
wild taro with inedible tuber: Alocasia macrorrhiza; the cylindrical stalks contain a sap that causes itching |
| Sasak |
biraʔ |
type of taro which grows in dry places and causes itching: Alocasia indica |
| Malagasy |
via |
large species of arum |
| Bikol |
bígaʔ |
coarse plant with large leaves and thick trunk, producing edible stems and bulbs: Alocasia macrorrhiza |
| CMP |
| Buruese |
fiha |
wild taro |
| Asilulu |
hila |
giant taro: Alocasia macrorrhiza |
| Watubela |
wilak |
a tuber |
| Fordata |
vira |
a tuber which causes itching |
| Yamdena |
bire |
large native tuber |
| Rembong |
wiraʔ |
wild taro: Alocasia macrorrhiza |
| Bimanese |
wia |
kind of taro which causes strong itching |
| Tetun |
fia |
a variety of yam. It is edible, but care must be taken in cooking or it will irritate the mouth and tongue and cause swelling (a member of the Arum family) |
| Rotinese |
fia |
kind of tuberous water plant, yam; icon for a male person |
| SHWNG |
| Taba |
bia |
taro |
| Kowiai/Koiwai |
fira |
taro |