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English

Noun

baya (plural bayas)

  1. Ploceus philippinus, a weaverbird of southern Asia.

Anagrams

Abenlen Ayta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq (“lung”).

Noun

baya

  1. (anatomy) lungs

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”).

Verb

baya

  1. to swell; to become swollen

Alangan

Noun

baya

  1. fire

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈjaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ya

Adverb

bayâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜌ)

  1. really; truly; ever
    Synonyms: talaga, nanggad
  2. please
    Synonym: tabi

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ˈbajaʔ/,

Noun

bayà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜌ)

  1. deferral; disregard; concession
  2. desertion
    Synonym: layas
  3. abandonment
    Synonym: abandonar
Derived terms

Bolinao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (“ember, glowing coal”).

Noun

baya

  1. ember

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

baya

  1. third-person singular past historic of bayer

Gamilaraay

Noun

baya

  1. clothes
  2. cloth

Hausa

Pronunciation 1

Noun

bāyā m (possessed form bāyan)

  1. back
  2. outside surface

Pronunciation 2

Adverb

bāya

  1. behind, backwards

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

Noun

baya

  1. crocodile

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.ja/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ya

Etymology 1

From Malay baya (“age”), from Pali vaya (“age”), from Sanskrit वयस् (vayas, “age”).

Noun

baya (first-person possessive bayaku, second-person possessive bayamu, third-person possessive bayanya)

  1. age

Adjective

baya

  1. old

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

baya (first-person possessive bayaku, second-person possessive bayamu, third-person possessive bayanya)

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of bahaya (“danger”).

Further reading

Jamamadí

Noun

baya

  1. (Banawá) palm fronds

References

Javanese

Romanization

baya

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦪ

Mag-Anchi Ayta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq (“lung”).

Noun

baya

  1. (anatomy) lungs

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (“ember, glowing coal”).

Noun

baya

  1. ember

Etymology 3

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”).

Verb

baya

  1. to swell; to become swollen

Mauritian Creole

Noun

baya

  1. Alternative form of bayo

References

  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Old Javanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Adverb

baya

  1. possibly, likely
  2. anyhow

Further reading

  • "baya" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sambali

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq (“lung”).

Noun

bayâ

  1. (anatomy) lung

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (“ember, glowing coal”).

Noun

baya

  1. ember

Seychellois Creole

Noun

baya

  1. Alternative form of bayo

References

  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French baie. Cognate with English bay (“bay leaf, bay laurel”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbaʝa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈbaʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbaʒa/

Noun

baya f (plural bayas)

  1. berry (a small fruit)

Derived terms

Adjective

baya f

  1. feminine singular of bayo

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

Of Bantu origin. Cognate to Zulu bi.

Pronunciation

Adjective

-baya (declinable)

  1. bad, evil
    Antonym: -zuri
  2. (condition) poor

Declension

Inflected forms of -baya
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mbaya
m-mi class(III/IV) mbaya mibaya
ji-ma class(V/VI) baya mabaya
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kibaya vibaya
n class(IX/X) mbaya mbaya
u class(XI) mbaya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pabaya
ku class(XVII) kubaya
mu class(XVIII) mubaya

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish baya, from French baie, from Latin baca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaja/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ya

Noun

baya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ)

  1. bay-colored female horse
  2. berry

Adjective

baya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ)

  1. bay-colored (of a female horse)
Related terms

Etymology 2

Related to ubaya. Compare Cebuano baya, Malay bahaya, and Sanskrit भय (bhaya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbajaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ya

Noun

bayà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ) (obsolete)

  1. toleration; allowing
Usage notes
  • No longer used on its own except in derived terms.
Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 178 & 300
  2. ^ Jose G. Kuizon (1964) The Sanskrit Loan-Words in the Cebuano-Bisayan Language‎, Cebu City: University of San Carlos, page 139

Tatar

Adverb

baya

  1. recently

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay bayam (“amaranth”).

Pronunciation

Noun

baya

  1. the plant Amaranthus hybridus

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.jaː/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ya

Adjective

baya

  1. Pronunciation spelling of bayağı.

Adverb

baya

  1. Pronunciation spelling of bayağı.
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