luy-a

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Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: luy‧a
  • IPA(key): /luiˈʔa/

Noun

luy-á (Badlit spelling ᜎᜓᜌ᜔ᜀ)

  1. ginger (Zingiber officinale)
  2. rhizome of this plant

Quotations

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

Noun

luy-a

  1. ginger

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

Noun

luy-a

  1. ginger (Zingiber officinale)
  2. rhizome of this plant