baya

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See also: báya

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

baya (plural bayas)

  1. Ploceus philippinus, a weaverbird of southern Asia.

Anagrams[edit]

Alangan[edit]

Noun[edit]

baya

  1. fire

Bikol Central[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ya
  • IPA(key): /baˈjaʔ/

Adverb[edit]

bayâ

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ˈbajaʔ/

Noun[edit]

bayà

  1. deferral; disregard; concession
  2. abandonment
    Synonym: abandonar
Derived terms[edit]

Bolinao[edit]

Noun[edit]

baya

  1. ember

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio(file)

Verb[edit]

baya

  1. third-person singular past historic of bayer

Gamilaraay[edit]

Noun[edit]

baya

  1. clothes
  2. cloth

Hausa[edit]

Pronunciation 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bāyā m (possessed form bāyan)

  1. back
  2. outside surface

Pronunciation 2[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

bāya

  1. behind, backwards

Iban[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

baya

  1. crocodile

Indonesian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. age

Adjective[edit]

baya

  1. old

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

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

Further reading[edit]

Jamamadí[edit]

Noun[edit]

baya

  1. (Banawá) palm fronds

References[edit]

Javanese[edit]

Javanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Javanese buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

Noun[edit]

baya (krama ngoko baya)

  1. crocodile (reptile)

References[edit]

  • “[ baya]” in Bausastra Jawa, Yogyakarta: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Yogyakarta].

Mauritian Creole[edit]

Noun[edit]

baya

  1. Alternative form of bayo

References[edit]

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

Sambali[edit]

Noun[edit]

baya

  1. ember

Noun[edit]

bayâ

  1. (anatomy) lung

Seychellois Creole[edit]

Noun[edit]

baya

  1. Alternative form of bayo

References[edit]

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

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • 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]
  • Homophone: vaya
  • Homophone: valla (in dialects with yeísmo)

    • Noun[edit]

    baya f (plural bayas)

    1. berry (a small fruit)

    Derived terms[edit]

    Adjective[edit]

    baya f

    1. feminine singular of bayo

    Further reading[edit]

    Swahili[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Of Bantu origin. Cognate to Zulu bi.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Adjective[edit]

    -baya (declinable)

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

    Inflection[edit]

    Inflected forms of -baya
    Noun class singular plural
    M-wa class mbaya
    M-mi class mbaya mibaya
    Ma class baya mabaya
    Ki-vi class kibaya vibaya
    N class mbaya mbaya
    U class mbaya mbaya
    Pa class pabaya pabaya
    Ku class kubaya kubaya
    Mu class mubaya mubaya

    Derived terms[edit]

    Tagalog[edit]

    Etymology 1[edit]

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

    Pronunciation[edit]

    • Hyphenation: ba‧ya
    • IPA(key): /ˈbajaʔ/, [ˈbɐ.jɐʔ]

    Noun[edit]

    bayà

    1. (obsolete) toleration; allowing (no longer used on its own except in derived terms)
    Derived terms[edit]

    See also[edit]

    Etymology 2[edit]

    Borrowed from Spanish baya.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    • Hyphenation: ba‧ya
    • IPA(key): /ˈbaja/, [ˈbɐ.jɐ]

    Noun[edit]

    baya

    1. bay-colored female horse
    2. berry

    Adjective[edit]

    baya

    1. bay-colored (of a female horse)
    Related terms[edit]

    References[edit]

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

    Tatar[edit]

    Adverb[edit]

    baya

    1. recently

    Ternate[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Malay bayam (“amaranth”).

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    baya

    1. the plant Amaranthus hybridus

    References[edit]

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

    Turkish[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

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

    Adjective[edit]

    baya

    1. Pronunciation spelling of bayağı.

    Adverb[edit]

    baya

    1. Pronunciation spelling of bayağı.
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