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Swahili
Etymology
From u- + -baya (“bad”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ubaya (u class, no plural)
- evil, badness, wickedness, ugliness
- Antonym: uzuri
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit उभय (ubháya).[1] Compare baya, Cebuano baya, Malay bahaya, Sanskrit भय (bhayá).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
ubayà or ubaya (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜌ) (obsolete)
- tolerance; respect for another's opinion (no longer used on its own except in derived terms)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 178 & 300
- ^ Jose G. Kuizon (1964) The Sanskrit Loan-Words in the Cebuano-Bisayan Language, Cebu City: University of San Carlos, archived from the original on 1 April 2022, page 139
Further reading
- “ubaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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