baya

See also: báya

English

Noun

baya (plural bayas)

  1. Ploceus philippinus, a weaverbird of southern Asia.

Anagrams

Abenlen Ayta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq (“lung”).

Noun

baya

  1. (anatomy) lungs

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”).

Verb

baya

  1. to swell; to become swollen

Alangan

Noun

baya

  1. fire

Bikol Central

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baˈjaʔ/, [baˈjaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ya

Adverb

bayâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜌ)

  1. really; truly; ever
    Synonyms: talaga, nanggad
  2. please
    Synonym: tabi

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ˈbajaʔ/, [ˈba.jaʔ]

Noun

bayà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜌ)

  1. deferral; disregard; concession
  2. desertion
    Synonym: layas
  3. abandonment
    Synonym: abandonar
Derived terms

Bolinao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (“ember, glowing coal”).

Noun

baya

  1. ember

French

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Verb

baya

  1. third-person singular past historic of bayer

Gamilaraay

Noun

baya

  1. clothes
  2. cloth

Hausa

Pronunciation 1
  • IPA(key): /báː.jáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [báː.jáː]

Noun

bāyā m (possessed form bāyan)

  1. back
  2. outside surface

Pronunciation 2
  • IPA(key): /báː.já/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [báː.jɛ́]

Adverb

bāya

  1. behind, backwards

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

Noun

baya

  1. crocodile

Indonesian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ba.ja/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ya

Etymology 1

From Malay baya (“age”), from Pali vaya (“age”), from Sanskrit वयस् (vayas, “age”).

Noun

baya (first-person possessive bayaku, second-person possessive bayamu, third-person possessive bayanya)

  1. age

Adjective

baya

  1. old

Derived terms
  • sebaya

Noun

baya (first-person possessive bayaku, second-person possessive bayamu, third-person possessive bayanya)

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of bahaya (“danger”).

Further reading

Jamamadí

Noun

baya

  1. (Banawá) palm fronds

References

Javanese

Romanization

baya

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦪ

Mag-Anchi Ayta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq (“lung”).

Noun

baya

  1. (anatomy) lungs

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (“ember, glowing coal”).

Noun

baya

  1. ember

Etymology 3

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”).

Verb

baya

  1. to swell; to become swollen

Mauritian Creole

Noun

baya

  1. Alternative form of bayo

References
  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Old Javanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ba.ja/
  • Rhymes: -ja
  • Homophone: bhaya
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ya

Adverb

baya

  1. possibly, likely
  2. anyhow

Further reading
  • "baya" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sambali

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq (“lung”).

Noun

bayâ

  1. (anatomy) lung

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (“ember, glowing coal”).

Noun

baya

  1. ember

Seychellois Creole

Noun

baya

  1. Alternative form of bayo

References
  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French baie. Cognate with English bay (“bay leaf, bay laurel”).

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbaʝa/ [ˈba.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈbaʃa/ [ˈba.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbaʒa/ [ˈba.ʒa]

Noun

baya f (plural bayas)

  1. berry (a small fruit)

Derived terms

Adjective

baya f

  1. feminine singular of bayo

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

Of Bantu origin. Cognate to Zulu bi.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Adjective

-baya (declinable)

  1. bad, evil
    Antonym: -zuri
  2. (condition) poor

Declension
Inflected forms of -baya
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mbaya
m-mi class(III/IV) mbaya mibaya
ji-ma class(V/VI) baya mabaya
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kibaya vibaya
n class(IX/X) mbaya mbaya
u class(XI) mbaya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pabaya
ku class(XVII) kubaya
mu class(XVIII) mubaya

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish baya, from French baie, from Latin baca.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbaja/ [ˈba.jɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Syllabification: ba‧ya

Noun

baya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ)

  1. bay-colored female horse
  2. berry

Adjective

baya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ)

  1. bay-colored (of a female horse)

Etymology 2

Related to ubaya.[1] Compare Cebuano baya, Malay bahaya, and Sanskrit भय (bhaya).[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbajaʔ/ [ˈba.jɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -ajaʔ
  • Syllabification: ba‧ya

Noun

bayà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ) (obsolete)

  1. toleration; allowing
Usage notes
  • No longer used on its own except in derived terms.
Derived terms

See also

References
  1. Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 178 & 300
  2. Jose G. Kuizon (1964) The Sanskrit Loan-Words in the Cebuano-Bisayan Language‎, Cebu City: University of San Carlos, page 139

Tatar

Adverb

baya

  1. recently

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay bayam (“amaranth”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈba.ja]

Noun

baya

  1. the plant Amaranthus hybridus

References
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈba.jaː/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ya

Adjective

baya

  1. Pronunciation spelling of bayağı.

Adverb

baya

  1. Pronunciation spelling of bayağı.
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