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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Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

baya

1. age

Adjective

baya

1. old

Derived terms

• sebaya

 

Further reading

• “baya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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

Etymology

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

Noun

baya

1. crocodile (reptile)

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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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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

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• 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]

• IPA^(key): [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
• picabayas

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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(I/II)	mbaya	wabaya
m-mi class(III/IV)	mbaya	mibaya
ji-ma class(V/VI)	baya	mabaya
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kibaya	vibaya
n class(IX/X)	mbaya	mbaya
u class(XI)	mbaya	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pabaya
ku class(XVII)	kubaya
mu class(XVIII)	mubaya

Derived terms

• ubaya

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Tatar

Adverb

baya

1. recently