baybay

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *baybáy.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bay‧bay
  • IPA(key): /ˈbajbaj/

Noun

báybáy (Basahan spelling ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔)

  1. sand, finely ground rock
    Synonym: basod

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: *baybáy

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baybáy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbajbaj/
  • Hyphenation: bay‧bay

Noun

baybay (Badlit spelling ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔)

  1. beach, shore, coast
    Synonym: lapyahan
  2. a tall variety of coconut

Derived terms

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baybáy.

Noun

baybay

  1. sand
    Synonym: basad

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baybáy.

Noun

báybay

  1. beach, coast, shore

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baybáy.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bay‧bay
  • IPA(key): /baiˈbai/

Noun

baybay

  1. part of the sea close to shore
  2. beach; shore

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: *baybáy

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baybáy.

Noun

baybay

  1. ocean

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baybáy.[1]

Noun

baybáy

  1. sand

References

  1. ^ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: *baybáy

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

Noun

baybay

  1. mosquito net

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baybáy (“beach; shore”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

baybáy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔)

  1. border; edge; side
    Synonyms: gilid, tabi, hanggan
  2. shore; shoreline
    Synonyms: dalampasigan, kosta
  3. guide railing (especially for children learning to walk)
    Synonyms: hawakan, gabay
  4. act of spelling a word
  5. the way a word is spelled
    Synonyms: pagbaybay, ispeling
  6. enumeration; naming one by one
    Synonyms: pagbilang, pagpangalan, pagbanggit
  7. act of tracing or going along the side of a river, street, etc.

Derived terms

Adjective

baybáy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔)

  1. spellable

References

  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*baybáy”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

  • “baybay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bye-bye.

Interjection

baybay

  1. (informal) bye-bye, goodbye

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baybáy.

Noun

baybáy

  1. seashore; coast; beach
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