pilay

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Bikol Central

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *piNay.

Pronunciation

Noun

piláy

  1. cripple

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

piláy

  1. cripple

Ibaloi

Noun

pilay

  1. cripple

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /piˈlaj/
    • IPA(key): (parts of Sabangan) /piˈraj/
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Syllabification: pi‧lay

Noun

piláy

  1. cripple

Karao

Noun

pilay

  1. lameness in both legs

Kavalan

Adjective

pilay

  1. lazy

Kayapa Kallahan

Noun

pilay

  1. cripple

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pilay, from Proto-Austronesian *piNay (“lame, crippled”). Compare Malay pirai (“rheumatic”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈpilaj/ (“limp; sprain”, noun)
    • IPA(key): /piˈlaj/ (“lame; sprained”, adjective; “lame person”, noun)
  • Syllabification: pi‧lay

Noun

pilay (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. limp; lame step or walk
  2. sprain

Derived terms

See also

Adjective

piláy (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. lame; sprained
  2. (figurative) disadvantaged

Noun

piláy (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. cripple; lame person

Further reading

  • “pilay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*piNay”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *piNay.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /pilaj/
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Syllabification: pi‧lay

Adjective

pilay (Sulat Sūg spelling فِلَيْ)

  1. lame
    Synonym: pingka'
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