baya

See also: báya

English

Noun

baya (plural bayas)

1. Ploceus philippinus, a weaverbird of southern Asia.

Anagrams

• aaby, abay, ya ba

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Alangan

Noun

baya

1. fire

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Bolinao

Noun

baya

1. ember

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French

Verb

baya

1. third-person singular past historic of bayer

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Gamilaraay

Noun

baya

1. clothes
2. cloth

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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

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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

 

Etymology 2

Noun

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

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

Further reading

• “baya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Jamamadí

Noun

baya

1. (Banawá) palm fronds

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦧꦪ
• Roman: baja

Etymology

From Old Javanese buhaya.

Noun

baya (krama-ngoko baya)

1. crocodile (reptile)

References

• "baya" in Tim Balai Bahasa Yogyakarta, Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa). Kanisius, Yogyakarta

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Mauritian Creole

Noun

baya

1. Alternative form of bayo

References

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

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Sambali

Noun

baya

1. ember

Noun

bayâ

1. (anatomy) lung

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Seychellois Creole

Noun

baya

1. Alternative form of bayo

References

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

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʝa/, [ˈba.ʝa]

• 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

baya f (plural bayas)

1. berry (a small fruit)

Derived terms

• baya de enebro
• baya de junípero
• baya del saúco
• picabayas

Further reading

• “baya” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swahili

Etymology

Of Bantu origin. Cognate to Zulu bi.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Adjective

-baya (declinable)

1. bad, evil
2. (condition) poor

Inflection

Inflected forms of -baya

Noun class	singular	plural
M-wa class	mbaya	wabaya
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

• ubaya

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈbajaʔ/, [ˈbɐjɐʔ]

Noun

bayà

1. (obsolete) toleration; allowing

Derived terms

• bayaan
• kapabayaan
• magpabaya
• mapabayaan
• mapagpabaya
• napabayaan
• pabaya
• pabayaan
• pagkapabaya
• pagkapabaya
• pinabayaan

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish baya.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaja/, [ˈbɐjɐ]

Noun

baya

1. bay-colored female horse
2. berry

Adjective

baya

1. bay-colored (of a female horse)

Related terms

• bayo

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Tatar

Adverb

baya

1. recently

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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