laya

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English

Noun

laya (uncountable)

1. (music) tempo in Indian music.

See also

• tala
• matra

Anagrams

• Yala, alay

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈlajaʔ/ [ˈl̪a.jɐʔ]

Verb

laya

1. to wither

Adjective

laya

1. withered

Noun

laya

1. a type of cast net
2. a withered plant, or its parts

Anagrams

• laay

Central Bikol

Alternative forms

• lay-a

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔja/ [ˈl̪aʔ.ja]
• Hyphenation: la‧ya

Noun

lâya (Basahan spelling ᜎᜌ)

1. ginger

See also

• salabat

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

Noun

laya

1. ginger

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْآيَة (al-ʔāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /láː.jàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [láː.jàː]

Noun

lāyā̀ f (plural lāyū, possessed form lāyàr̃)

1. a charm or talisman made of verses from the Qur'an

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [la.jaʔ]

Noun

laya

1. fight

Derived terms

• belaya

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈja/ [lɐˈja]
• Hyphenation: la‧ya

Noun

layá (Kur-itan spelling ᜎᜌ)

1. ginger

Javanese

Romanization

laya

1. romanization of ꦭꦪ

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈja/ [lʌˈja]
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA^(key): /raˈja/ [rʌˈja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: la‧ya

Noun

layá

1. ginger

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia. Compare Tagalog luya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlajə/ [ˈläː.jə]
• Hyphenation: la‧ya

Noun

láya

1. ginger

Derived terms

• malaya

Kayapa Kallahan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

Noun

laya

1. ginger

   Synonym: agat

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

Noun

layá

1. ginger

Lubuagan Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

Noun

laya

1. ginger

Miskito

Noun

laya

1. liquid

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ja/
• Rhymes: -ja
• Hyphenation: la‧ya

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit लय (laya, “dwelling, house, residence”).

Noun

laya

1. dwelling, house
2. abode
3. place of rest

Related terms

• alaya

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦭꦪ (laya) (inherited)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit लय (laya, “destruction”).

Noun

laya

1. extinction
2. dissolution
3. destruction
4. death
5. calamity
6. misfortune
7. defeat

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦭꦪ (laya) (inherited)

Further reading

• "laya" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀮𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• लय (Devanagari script)
• লয (Bengali script)
• ලය (Sinhalese script)
• လယ (Burmese script)
• ลย or ละยะ (Thai script)
• ᩃᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ລຍ or ລະຍະ or ລະຢະ (Lao script)
• លយ (Khmer script)
• 𑄣𑄠 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लय (laya).

Noun

laya m

1. brief measure of time

Declension

Declension table of "laya" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	layo	layā
Accusative (second)	layaṃ	laye
Instrumental (third)	layena	layehi or layebhi
Dative (fourth)	layassa or layāya or layatthaṃ	layānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	layasmā or layamhā or layā	layehi or layebhi
Genitive (sixth)	layassa	layānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	layasmiṃ or layamhi or laye	layesu
Vocative (calling)	laya	layā

References

Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 219.

Puyuma

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ.

Noun

laya

1. flag

   a laya i, a pakumauwan.

   A flag is a symbol.

Descendants

• >? Bunun: la-ia

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʝa/ [ˈla.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʝa/ [ˈla.ʝa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʃa/ [ˈla.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʒa/ [ˈla.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: la‧ya

Noun

laya f (plural layas)

1. type; kettle of fish

Further reading

• “laya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Possibly from a blend of layaw (“satisfaction of one's needs and desires”) +‎ haya (“at ease; allow; tolerate”), according to Virgilio S. Almario (1992). However, historian Zeus A. Salazar (1999) argued that the word was a standalone word and was already part of the Tagalog vocabulary by mid-19th century despite not being included in Fr. Noceda and Sanlucar's Vocabulario de la lengua tagala. In addition, malaya (“free”) was listed as a surname in the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos which was first published 1849. See also Ilocano waya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlajaʔ/ [ˈlaː.jɐʔ], (obsolete) /ˈlaja/ [ˈlaː.jɐ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ajaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /laˈjaʔ/ [lɐˈjaʔ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: la‧ya

Noun

layà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌ)

1. freedom; liberty

   Synonyms: kalayaan, pagsasarili

2. ease of movement or performance; facility

   Synonyms: luwag, kaluwagan

3. (colloquial) right; privilege

   Synonym: karapatan

Derived terms

• Araw ng Kalayaan
• batlaya
• ibong malaya
• ikalaya
• ilaya
• kalayaan
• lumaya
• magpalaya
• malaya
• malayang kalakalan
• malayang loob
• malayang merkado
• malayang pamilihan
• nakalalaya
• pagkakapalaya
• pagkamalaya
• pagkapalaya
• paglaya
• pagpapalaya
• palayain

Adjective

layâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌ)

1. free; emancipated

   Synonyms: libre, malaya

2. pampered; given too much freedom

   Synonym: layaw

Derived terms

• kalayaan
• pagkalaya

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlaja/ [ˈlaː.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: la‧ya

Noun

laya (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌ)

1. cast net

See also

• lambat
• dala

Further reading

• “laya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 558
• Almario, Virgilio S. (1992), Kung sino ang kumatha kina Bagongbanta, Ossorio, Herrera, Aquino de Belen, Balagtas, atbp: mga imbestigasyon sa panitikan ng kolonyalismo‎^[1], Anvil Pub., →ISBN
• Bagong kasaysayan: Ang Kartilya ni Emilio Jacinto at ang Diwang Pilipino sa agos ng kasaysayan‎^[2], Palimbagang Kalawakan, 1999

Anagrams

• alay

Western Fijian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Oceanic *layaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ. Cognate with Bau Fijian laca, Malay layar and Tagalog layag.

Noun

laya

1. sail

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “laya”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 137