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Word:

 

Word - rootword - affixes
pagkabinihag - bihag - ^in~pagka-~
pag.ka.bi.ni.hag. - 5 syllables

^in = binihag
pagka- = pagkabinihag
pagkabinihag

pagkabinihag : captivity (n.)
bihag [bí.hag.] : captive (n.); hostage (n.); quarry (n.)

Derivatives of bihag


Glosses:
captivity
n. (state)1. captivity, immurement, imprisonment, incarcerationthe state of being imprisoned.; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"
~ confinementthe state of being confined.; "he was held in confinement"
~ duranceimprisonment (especially for a long time).
~ life imprisonmenta sentence of imprisonment until death.
~ internmentconfinement during wartime.
n. (state)2. captivity, enslavementthe state of being a slave.; "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"
~ subjection, subjugationforced submission to control by others.
hostage
n. (person)1. hostage, suretya prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms.
~ captive, prisonera person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war.
quarry
n. (person)1. fair game, prey, quarry, targeta person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence.; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt"
~ victiman unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance.
n. (artifact)2. pit, quarry, stone pita surface excavation for extracting stone or slate.; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"
~ chalk pit, chalkpita quarry for chalk.
~ excavationa hole in the ground made by excavating.
~ gravel pita quarry for gravel.
n. (animal)3. prey, quarryanimal hunted or caught for food.
~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, faunaa living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
v. (consumption)4. quarryextract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry.; "quarry marble"
~ quarryingthe extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry.
~ exploit, tapdraw from; make good use of.; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"
~ cut into, delve, dig, turn overturn up, loosen, or remove earth.; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"