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Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bat‧ya
- IPA(key): /ˈbatja/
Noun
batyà
- Alternative form of batiya
Sambali
Etymology
From Spanish batea, from Mozarabic *baṭíḥa, from Arabic.
Noun
batyâ
- tub
Shona
Etymology
An irregular derivation from Proto-Bantu *ìpácà.
Noun
batya class 5 (plural mapatya class 6)
- twin
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish batea, from Mozarabic *baṭíḥa (“plain”), from Arabic بَطِيحَة (baṭīḥa, “flat area”). Compare Ilocano batea. Alternative etymologies include a Chinese origin, according to Panganiban (1972).
Pronunciation
Noun
batyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆ᜔ᜌ)
- round, shallow wood-carved basin (used in washing clothes)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “batya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 144
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