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Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈlabaj/
- Hyphenation: sa‧la‧bay
Noun
salábay (Basahan spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜌ᜔)
- a man-of-war; a Portuguese man-of-war
- (by extension) a jellyfish
- Synonym: palit
Derived terms
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧la‧bay
- IPA(key): /saˈlabaj/
Noun
salabay (Badlit spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜌ᜔)
- a man-of-war; a Portuguese man-of-war
- (by extension) a jellyfish
- Synonym: bukya
References
- Andrew Frank Gallman, Proto East Mindanao and Its Internal Relationships (1997)
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Compare Kapampangan salabe and Tausug sābay.
Pronunciation
Noun
salabay (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜌ᜔)
- jellyfish
- Synonyms: dikya, likya, labok-labok
- (obsolete) crossing of one's arms while drinking
Usage notes
- The word salabay refers to a larger jellyfish than a dikya.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
salabáy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜌ᜔) (obsolete)
- object resembling a fish
References
- “salabay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 34: “Aguas) Salabay (pp) de [la mar] que llaman muertas”