baboy

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy.

Noun

baboy

  1. pig

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ba‧boy
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaboj/, [ˈba.boɪ̯]

Noun

baboy

  1. wild boar
    Synonym: upon

Bolinao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy and Proto-Austronesian *babuy, meaning a pig. Compare Malay and Indonesian babi.

Noun

baboy

  1. pig

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

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: ba‧boy
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaboj/, [ˈba.boɪ̯]

Noun

baboy (Badlit spelling ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. pig
  2. fat person
  3. pork

Verb

baboy

  1. to corner

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:baboy.

Anagrams

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaboj/, [ˈba.boɪ̯]

Noun

baboy

  1. pig (mammal of genus Sus); swine

Kagayanen

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Noun

baboy

  1. pig

Kinaray-a

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaboj/, [ˈba.boi̯]

Noun

baboy

  1. pig
  2. pork

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Noun

baboy

  1. pig

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Noun

baboy

  1. pig

Saisiyat

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Noun

baboy

  1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)

Sambali

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Noun

baboy

  1. pig

Tagalog
Inang baboy at kanyang biik.
Mother pig with her piglet.

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy. Compare Kapampangan babi, Amis fafoy, Eastern Bontoc fiafoy, Malay babi, and Acehnese bui.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbaboj/ [ˈba.boɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -aboj
  • Syllabification: ba‧boy

Noun

baboy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)
  2. pork
  3. (figurative, offensive) disgusting or filthy person
    Synonym: dugyot
  4. (figurative, offensive) vulgar or indecent person
  5. (figurative, offensive) fat person
    Synonym: tabatsoy

Derived terms

See also

Adjective

baboy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. (figurative) dirty; unsanitary; filthy
  2. (figurative) indecent; vulgar

Further reading
  • “baboy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*babuy₃”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Noun

baboy

  1. pig; hog; swine
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