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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈajaʔ/
- Hyphenation: bi‧ya‧ya
Noun
biyayà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜌ)
- grace; blessing
- Synonyms: grasya, ugay
Tagalog
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit व्यय (vyaya, “spending”).[1] A borrowing from Malay biaya (“expense; charge”) is also considered, given trade between the Hindu Srivijaya Empire and the pre-colonial Philippines. Compare Javanese ꦧꦶꦪꦪ (biyaya).
Pronunciation
Noun
biyayà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜌ)
- grace
- bounty; favor given
- blessing; good fortune
Derived terms
References
- ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “monetary support”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Further reading
- “biyaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano (in Spanish), page 19
- Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 52