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English
Etymology
From Tagalog buyo (“betel”).
Noun
buyo (uncountable)
- (Philippines) betel
Anagrams
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Noun
buyo
- the areca palm (Areca catechu); a species of palm which grows in much of the tropical Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa
- the areca nut
Japanese
Romanization
buyo
- Rōmaji transcription of ぶよ
Spanish
Etymology
From Tagalog buyo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbuʝo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈbuʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbuʒo/
- Rhymes: -uʝo
- Syllabification: bu‧yo
Noun
buyo m (plural buyos)
- (Philippines) a mixture of areca nut, betel pepper leaves and shell lime, used for betelnut chewing in the Philippines and other Asian countries around the Pacific
- Synonyms: bonga, betel
Further reading
- “buyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
- Abella, Venancio María de (1874) Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños., 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 113
Tagalog
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
Noun
buyo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓ)
- betel pepper (plant and leaves)
- Synonym: ikmo
Descendants
See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
buyó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓ)
- condition of being absorbed or engrossed (in what one is doing)
- seduction
- Synonyms: upat, pang-uupat, sulsol, panunulsol
Adjective
buyó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓ)
- engrossed; absorbed (in what one is doing)
- Synonym: nabuyo
Derived terms
Further reading
- “buyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018