layas

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *layas (“to desert or leave a place”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlajas/,
  • Hyphenation: la‧yas

Adjective

láyas (intensified layason, Basahan spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)

  1. wild; untamed
    Synonym: maulyas

Noun

láyas (Basahan spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)

  1. vagabond, bum
    Synonyms: lakawan, lagaw-lagaw
  2. fleeing, act of running away
    Synonyms: dulag, sibat, rabas
  3. act of sending away
    Synonym: hali

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *layas (“to desert or leave a place”).

Pronunciation 1

  • Hyphenation: la‧yas
  • IPA(key): /ˈlajas/,

Verb

layas

  1. to flee; to run away
  2. to scram

Interjection

layas!

  1. (dismissal) go away!
  2. (literally) get out of here!

Pronunciation 2

  • Hyphenation: la‧yas
  • IPA(key): /laˈjas/,

Noun

layas

  1. (often literary) runaway

Quotations

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Anagrams

Spanish

Noun

layas f pl

  1. plural of laya

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *layas (“to desert or leave a place”). Compare Cebuano layas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlajas/, (noun, interjection)

  • IPA(key): /laˈjas/, (adjective)
  • Hyphenation: la‧yas

Noun

layas (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)

  1. running away; fleeing
  2. elopement
    Synonyms: tanan, pagtatanan

Derived terms

Interjection

layas (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)

  1. get out!; go away!; begone!
    Synonyms: alis, puwera, (slang) supi, (slang) tsupi

Adjective

layás (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)

  1. fond of travel
    Synonyms: lagalag, mapaglakbay, libot, mapaglibot
  2. given to aimless wandering; vagabond
    Synonyms: palaboy, palaboy-laboy
  3. runaway

Derived terms

Further reading

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