lubay

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: lu‧bay

Etymology 1

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Unknown.

Verb

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lubay

  1. to supple; to make or become supple

Etymology 2

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Compare Waray-Waray labayan.

Noun

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lubay

  1. the knife razorfish (Cymolutes praetextatus)

Ilocano

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Noun

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lubay

  1. earring

Limos Kalinga

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Noun

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lubay

  1. earring

Tagalog

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Noun

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lubáy (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜊᜌ᜔)

  1. cessation; relaxation; easing up (of jokes, insults, reproaches, etc.)
    Synonyms: hinto, tigil, lubag, hulaw, paghinto, pagtigil, paglubag, paghulaw
  2. leniency; laxity
    Synonyms: luwag, kaluwagan, pagkamaluwag
  3. looseness (state of not being stretched)
    Antonyms: bagting, kabagtingan

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