balay

Binukid

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.

Noun

balay

1. house

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• bay — Metro Cebu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /baˈlaj/ [bɐˈl̪aɪ̯]
• (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) IPA^(key): /ˈbaj/ [ˈbaɪ̯]
• (Surigaonon) IPA^(key): /baˈjaj/ [bɐˈjaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Hyphenation: ba‧lay

Noun

baláy (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜌ᜔)

1. house
2. home base (in sports or children's games)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:balay.

Derived terms

• balay abotanan (“lodge; stopping place”)
• balay alampuanan (“place of worship”)
• balay balaoran (“house of parliament”)
• balay hukmanan (“courthouse”)
• balay ihawan (“slaughterhouse”)
• balay kaserahan (“boarding house”)
• balay lungsod (“town hall”)
• balay nga habog (“tower block”)
• balay nga mubo (“bungalow”)
• balay paabangan (“apartment”)
• balay patigayon (“business firm; business establishment”)
• balay paugnatanan (“gymnasium”)
• balay prendahan (“pawnbroker; pawnshop”)
• balay sa iro (“kennel”)
• balay sa kabos (“house for the poor”)
• balay sa kaluoy (“asylum”)
• balay sa lawalawa (“spiderweb”)
• balay sa ligwan (“beehive”)
• balay sa mga buang (“mental institution”)
• balay sa putyukan (“beehive”)
• balay sa utot (“(slang, humorous) female genitalia”)
• balay tun-anan (“schoolhouse”)
• balay-balay (“playhouse; shack; shanty”)
• balayan (“home base in hide-and-seek or baseball; network of bamboo strips for climbing plants”)
• balayanan (“matchbox”)
• gambalay
• kabalayan (“group of homes”)
• pamalay (“housing project; something used only at home; roof frame of a house”)
• panimalay (“household”)
• tagbalay (“homeowner”)
• tigbalayon (“framework of a house; framework of one's thoughts”)
• tungbalay

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlaj/ [baˈl̪aɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lay

Noun

baláy (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜌ᜔)

1. (archaic except Sorsogon) house; home

   Synonym: harong

Derived terms

• balay-balay
• balayan
• kabalayan
• kagbalay
• magbalay

See also

• langag

Cuyunon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.

Noun

balay

1. house

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.

Noun

balay

1. house; home

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlaj/ [baˈlaɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lay

Noun

baláy

1. home, house
2. building

Derived terms

• balayan
• balaybalay
• magbalay

Ibanag

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.

Noun

baláy

1. house

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlaj/ [bɐˈlaɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lay

Noun

baláy (plural balbalay, Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜎᜌ᜔)

1. house

Inflection

Possessive forms of balay

	singular	plural/distributive
1st singular	balayko	balbalayko
2nd singular	balaymo	balbalaymo
3rd singular	balayna	balbalayna
1st dual	balayta	balbalayta
1st plural exclusive	balaymi	balbalaymi
1st plural inclusive	balaytayo	balbalaytayo
2nd plural	balayyo	balbalayyo
3rd plural	balayda	balbalayda

Derived terms

• agbalay
• binalay
• bumalay
• ibalay
• kabbalay

Kinaray-a

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlaj/, [baˈlai̯]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lay

Noun

baláy

1. house

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.

Noun

baláy

1. house

Old Sundanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “probably from PMP *balaj ("boundary")”)

Noun

balay

1. stones about the size of a hand neatly arranged on the ground
2. a structure in the form of a small barrier or wall made by said stones
   • (Can we date this quote?), Sanghyang Swawarcinta, 20, recto:

     Batur ta di Jamburaya, ṅaranna Puñcak Niskala, dibalay[a] sakuli‹li›ṅna,

     The hermitage in Jamburaya, its name is Puncak Niskala; it is surrounded by a stone barrier

Derived terms

• dibalay
• ngabalay
• ṅadu balay

Descendants

• Sundanese: balay

Remontado Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.

Noun

baláy

1. house

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Sundanese balay

Noun

balay (Sundanese script ᮘᮜᮚ᮪)

1. stones about the size of a hand neatly arranged on the ground
2. a structure in the form of a small barrier or wall made by said stones

Derived terms

• ngabalay

Further reading

• "balay" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
• "BALAJ", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalaj/, [ˈba.laɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lay

Noun

baláy

1. house