bayabas

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

biyabas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba, from Lokono guayabo (“guava tree”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧bas
(Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /baˈjabas/
(Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA^(key): /baˈd͡ʒabas/

Noun

bayábas (Badlit spelling ᜊᜌᜊᜐ᜔)

guava (tree and fruit)

Verb

bayábas (Badlit spelling ᜊᜌᜊᜐ᜔)

to harvest or gather guava fruits
to play truant; to skip class; to cut class

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bayabas.

Derived terms

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧bas
IPA^(key): /baˈjabas/

Noun

bayábas

guava

Ilocano

Alternative forms

bayabat

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baˈjabas/
Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧bas

Noun

bayabas (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜌᜊᜐ᜔)

guava

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba

Noun

bayabas

guava

Tagalog

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bayabas

Alternative forms

tayabas

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba, from Taíno / Lokono. Compare Bikol Central bayawas, Malay biawas, and Brunei Malay biabas.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈjabas/
Rhymes: -abas
Syllabification: ba‧ya‧bas

Noun

bayabas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜊᜐ᜔)

guava (tree and fruit)
Synonyms: (dialectal) tayabas, (dialectal) kalimbahin, (dialectal) kalumbahin

Derived terms

Related terms

Tayabas

Further reading

“bayabas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 336: “Guayabas) Bayabas (pp) C. fruta conoçida pero no natural ſino venida de Piru y Mexico”

Tiruray

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba

Noun

bayabas

guava

Wikious

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