pabuya

Tagalog

Etymology

From pa- +‎ buya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈbujaʔ/ [pɐˈbu.jɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ujaʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧bu‧ya

Noun

pabuyà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜊᜓᜌ)

1. reward in return for someone's kindness as a form of gratitude
2. (law enforcement) bounty
3. (neologism) tip

   Synonym: tip

4. (obsolete) food for satiation

References

• “pabuya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot