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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)
- ginger (Zingiber officinale)
- rhizome of this plant
Quotations
Higaonon
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.
Noun
luy-a
- ginger
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.
Noun
luy-a
- ginger (Zingiber officinale)
- rhizome of this plant