salabay

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈlabaj/, [saˈl̪a.baɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: sa‧la‧bay

Noun

salábay (Basahan spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜌ᜔)

1. a man-of-war; a Portuguese man-of-war
2. (by extension) a jellyfish

   Synonym: palit

Derived terms

• masalabayan

 

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧la‧bay
• IPA^(key): /saˈlabaj/, [s̪ɐˈl̪a.bɐɪ̯]

Noun

salabay (Badlit spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜌ᜔)

1. a man-of-war; a Portuguese man-of-war
2. (by extension) a jellyfish

   Synonym: bukya

References

• Andrew Frank Gallman, Proto East Mindanao and Its Internal Relationships (1997)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Tausug sābay.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈlabaj/ [sɐˈla.baɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -abaj
• Syllabification: sa‧la‧bay

Noun

salabay (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜌ᜔)

1. jellyfish

   Synonyms: dikya, likya, labok-labok

2. (obsolete) crossing of one's arms while drinking

Usage notes

• The word salabay refers to a larger jellyfish than a dikya.

Derived terms

• ipagsalabay
• magsalabay
• masalabay
• salabayin

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /salaˈbaj/ [sɐ.lɐˈbaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: sa‧la‧bay

Noun

salabáy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜌ᜔) (obsolete)

1. object resembling a fish

References

• “salabay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 34: “Aguas) Salabay (pp) de [la mar] que llaman muertas”