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ubaya

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Swahili

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Etymology

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From u- +‎ -baya (bad).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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ubaya (u class, no plural)

  1. evil, badness, wickedness, ugliness
    Antonym: uzuri

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit उभय (ubháya).[1] Compare baya, Cebuano baya, Malay bahaya, Sanskrit भय (bhayá).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ubayà or ubaya (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜌ) (obsolete)

  1. tolerance; respect for another's opinion (no longer used on its own except in derived terms)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 178 & 300
  2. ^ Jose G. Kuizon (1964) The Sanskrit Loan-Words in the Cebuano-Bisayan Language[1], Cebu City: University of San Carlos, archived from the original on 1 April 2022, page 139

Further reading

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  • ubaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

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