sabay

Bulungan

Etymology

Cognate with Burusu sabay (“yam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsabaj/

Noun

sabay

1. yam

Further reading

• Adul, M. Asfandi (1985), “sabay”, in Struktur Bahasa Bulungan‎^[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa.

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧bay
• IPA^(key): /saˈbaj/ [saˈbaɪ̯]

Verb

sabáy

1. to go with; to go together with

   Synonym: iba

2. to coincide; to do something at the same time

   Synonym: dungan

3. to do something together

   Synonym: abay

Derived terms

• kasabay
• magsabay
• makisabay
• pagsabay
• sabay-sabay

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sa(m)bay, from Proto-Austronesian *sabay (“do something together with others”). Cognate with Old Javanese sambe (“to call, beckon, invite”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈbaj/ [sɐˈbaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: sa‧bay

Adjective

sabáy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜌ᜔)

1. at the same time; simultaneous

   Synonyms: sabay-sabay, magkasabay

2. travelling together (of people to the same place)

Derived terms

• ipagsabay
• isabay
• kasabay
• kasabayan
• kasabayin
• magkakasabay
• magkasabay
• magsabay
• magsabay-sabay
• magsabayan
• makisabay
• mapasabay
• masabay
• pagkakasabay
• pagkakasabay-sabay
• pagsabay-sabayin
• pagsabayin
• panabay
• pasabay
• sabay-sabay
• sabay-sabayan
• sabay-sabayin
• sabayan
• sabayang pagbigkas
• sabayin
• sumabay

Adverb

sabáy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜌ᜔)

1. at the same time; simultaneously
2. together (of people travelling to the same place)
3. then (soon afterward)

   kain sabay tulog ― eating then sleep

Noun

sabáy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜊᜌ᜔)

1. act of travelling to the same place together

   Synonyms: sama, pagsama

2. act of doing something at the same time
3. simultaneous occurrence

Further reading

• “sabay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sabay₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI