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Cebuano
Etymology
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
Noun
tipay
- Pinctada maxima, a pearl oyster having two varieties; the white-lipped oyster and the gold-lipped oyster
Maranao
Noun
tipay
- pearl
References
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya (Honolulu 1967)
Waray-Waray
Noun
tipáy
- shell