ubaya

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Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

u- +‎ -baya (“bad”)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

ubaya (u class, no plural)

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

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: u‧ba‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ʔuˈbajaʔ/, [ʔʊˈba.jɐʔ]
  • IPA(key): /ʔuˈbaja/, [ʔʊˈba.jɐ]

Noun[edit]

ubayà or ubáya (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜌ)

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

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

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