buyo

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English

Etymology

From Tagalog buyo (“betel”).

Noun

buyo (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) betel

Anagrams

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧yo

Noun

buyo

  1. the areca palm (Areca catechu); a species of palm which grows in much of the tropical Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa
  2. the areca nut

Japanese

Romanization

buyo

  1. 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)

  1. (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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • Venancio M. de Abella (1874) Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog‎, 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 113

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbujo/,
  • Hyphenation: bu‧yo

Noun

buyo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓ)

  1. betel pepper (plant and leaves)
    Synonym: ikmo
Descendants
  • → Spanish: buyo
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈjo/,
  • Hyphenation: bu‧yo

Noun

buyó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓ)

  1. condition of being absorbed or engrossed (in what one is doing)
  2. seduction
    Synonyms: upat, pang-uupat, sulsol, panunulsol

Adjective

buyó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓ)

  1. engrossed; absorbed (in what one is doing)
    Synonym: nabuyo
Derived terms

Further reading

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