malaya
See also: Malaya
Asturian
FWOTD – 18 March 2019
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈlaʝa/, [maˈla.ʝa]
References
- Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, Gramática de la llingua asturiana, 3rd edition (2001)
Spanish
Swahili
Etymology
Ultimately from Persian بلایه (balâya, “harlot”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Derived terms
- umalaya (“prostitution”)
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈlajaʔ/, [mɐˈla.jɐʔ]
- Hyphenation: ma‧la‧ya
Adjective
malayà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜌ)
- free (to choose)
- Malaya tayong bumoto ng kung sinong pinaniniwalaan nating ikabubuti ng bansa.
- We are free to vote for whom we believe will be beneficial for our country.
- loose; free (to move)
- Malayang nagtakbuhan sina Inggo sa pagpapatintero nila.
- Inggo and the others freely ran about as they played patintero.
- freed from prison; not confined in prison
- Malaya ka na.
- You're free to go.
- independent (from a foreign power)
- Synonym: awtonomo
- Ang Pilipinas ay malaya mula sa banyagang kolonisasyon.
- The Philippines is free from foreign colonization.
See also
Further reading
- “malaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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