Bisaya · Cebuano · Vocabulary
Mabuhi
to survive; to liveverb
- Alternative meanings
To stay alive, survive, or remain living after hardship, danger, illness, accident, or a difficult situation.
- Pronunciation
mah-BOO-hee
- Root and affixes
Related to buhi, alive, and kinabuhi, life. Mabuhi can mean to live or to survive depending on context.
- Variants or conjugations
mabuhi; alive; survived; remain alive; be saved
- Related words and expressions
life; alive; death; safe; danger; illness
- Meaning and usage notes
Mabuhi can mean to live or to survive. For surviving danger with the sense of being saved, maluwas or naluwas may also fit depending on the sentence.
alivebe saveddangerillnesslifelivestormsurvivalsurvivesurvivor
Mabuhi siya bisan lisod ang kahimtang.
He/she will survive even though the situation is difficult.
Nakabuhi sila sa bagyo.
They survived the storm.