kabayo

Asi

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballo, from Latin caballus.

Noun

kabayo

1. horse

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ba‧yo
• IPA^(key): /kaˈbajo/ [kɐˈba.jo]

Noun

kabayo

1. horse
2. (chess) knight
3. wooden stool with a toothed blade attached at front for grating coconut meat

   Synonym: kudkoran

Derived terms

• kabayohon
• magkabayo

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballo. Doublet of kabalyo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbajo/ [kaˈba.jo]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ba‧yo

Noun

kabáyo (Basahan spelling ᜃᜊᜌᜓ)

1. horse

Derived terms

• kabayohan
• kabayong sadit
• karo-kabayo
• magkabayo
• mangabayo

Higaonon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballo.

Noun

kabayo

1. horse

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballo, from Latin caballus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kabaˈjo/ [ka.baˈjo]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ba‧yo

Noun

kabayó

1. horse

Kagayanen

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballo, from Latin caballus. Cognate with Tagalog kabayo (“horse”).

Noun

kabayo

1. horse

Kinaray-a

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballo, from Latin caballus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kabaˈjo/, [ka.baˈjo]

Noun

kabayó

1. horse

Mansaka

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballo, from Latin caballus.

Noun

kabayò

1. horse

Maranao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballo, from Latin caballus. Cognate with Tagalog kabayo (“horse”).

Noun

kabayo

1. knight
2. horseman

References

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎^[1] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Sambali

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballo (“horse”).

Noun

kabayo

1. horse

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cabayo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.?

Late Latin caballus

Early Modern Spanish caballobor.

Tagalog kabayo

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish caballo (then spelled as cavallo), from Late Latin caballus. During time of borrowing, Spanish ⟨ll⟩ (/ʝ/) still corresponds to Tagalog /j/, as per yeísmo. Compare Cebuano kabayo, Ilocano kabalio, Chamorro kabåyu, and Tontemboan kawayo. Doublet of kabalyo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈbajo/ [kɐˈbaː.jo]
• Rhymes: -ajo
• Syllabification: ka‧ba‧yo

Noun

kabayo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜌᜓ)

1. horse
2. ironing board

   Synonym: plantsahan

3. (chess) knight
4. (card games, dated) knight

   Synonym: reyna

Usage notes

• (card games): In Spanish-suited playing cards, the knight face cards replace the queen cards. However, there are instances of historical decks having both knight and queen cards with the knight being a lower value than the queen card. See also Spanish sota, caballo y rey.

Derived terms

• aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo
• ay kabayo
• bakal ng kabayo
• kabayong bastos
• kabayong pangarera
• kabayong-dagat
• kabayuhan
• kabayuhin
• kabling-kabayo
• karera ng kabayo
• kiling ng kabayo
• magkabayo
• mangabayo
• mangangabayo
• nakakabayo
• palahing kabayo
• pangangabayo
• suob-kabayo
• suwag-kabayo

Related terms

• kabalyerisa
• kabalyeriya
• kabalyero
• kabalyerosidad
• kabalyete
• kabalyo

See also

Playing cards in Tagalog · baraha (layout · text)
alas	dos	tres	kuwatro	singko	seis	siyete
otso	nuwebe	diyes	sota	reyna, kabayo	hari	diyoker

Further reading

• “kabayo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 153: “Cavallo) Cabayo (pp) C. animal de Caſtilla, que antes no le auia”

Teribe

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballo.

Noun

kabayo

1. horse

References

• Gamarra A., Enrique; Villagra S., Inocencio (1980), Llëbo ñaglo lok kibokwogo ëre e lanyo = Vocabulario ilustrado teribe-español‎^[3] (overall work in Teribe and Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Cultura & Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 23

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caballo, from Latin caballus.

Noun

kabayo

1. horse