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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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

Noun

bāyā m

1. back
2. outside surface

Adverb

bāya

1. behind, backwards

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

Noun

baya

1. crocodile (reptile)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French baie.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ja/
• (Rioplatense) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ʝa /, /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

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Swahili

Etymology

Of Bantu origin. Cognate to Zulu bi.

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