baya

See also: báya

English

Noun

baya (plural bayas)

1. Ploceus philippinus, a weaverbird of southern Asia.

Anagrams

• aaby, abay, ya ba

Abenlen Ayta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq (“lung”).

Noun

baya

1. (anatomy) lungs

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”).

Verb

baya

1. to swell; to become swollen

Alangan

Noun

baya

1. fire

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈjaʔ/ [baˈjaʔ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ya

Adverb

bayâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜌ)

1. really; truly; ever

   Synonyms: talaga, nanggad

2. please

   Synonym: tabi

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈbajaʔ/ [ˈba.jaʔ]

Noun

bayà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜌ)

1. deferral; disregard; concession
2. desertion

   Synonym: layas

3. abandonment

   Synonym: abandonar

Derived terms

• bayaan
• magbaya
• pabaya

Bolinao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (“ember, glowing coal”).

Noun

baya

1. ember

Cornish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bay.

Noun

baya m (plural bayys)

1. bay

   Synonym: pleg mor

Etymology 2

bay +‎ -a

Verb

baya

1. to kiss

Mutation

Mutation of baya

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
baya	vaya	unchanged	paya	faya	vaya

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

baya

1. third-person singular past historic of bayer

Gamilaraay

Noun

baya

1. clothes
2. cloth

Hausa

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /báː.jáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [báː.jáː]

Noun

bāyā m (possessed form bāyan)

1. back
2. outside surface

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /báː.já/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [báː.jɛ́]

Adverb

bāya

1. behind, backwards

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

Noun

baya

1. crocodile

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ja/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ya

Etymology 1

From Malay baya (“age”), from Pali vaya (“age”), from Sanskrit वयस् (vayas, “age”).

Noun

baya (uncountable)

1. age
2. ː Synonyms: usia, umur

Adjective

baya

1. old

Derived terms

• sebaya

Etymology 2

Noun

baya (uncountable)

1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of bahaya (“danger”).

Further reading

• “baya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Jamamadí

Noun

baya

1. (Banawá) palm fronds

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Javanese

Romanization

baya

1. Romanization of ꦧꦪ

Mag-Anchi Ayta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq (“lung”).

Noun

baya

1. (anatomy) lungs

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (“ember, glowing coal”).

Noun

baya

1. ember

Etymology 3

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”).

Verb

baya

1. to swell; to become swollen

Mauritian Creole

Noun

baya

1. Alternative form of bayo

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Old Javanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ja/
• Rhymes: -ja
• Homophone: bhaya
• Hyphenation: ha‧ya

Adverb

baya

1. possibly, likely
2. anyhow

Further reading

• "baya" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sambali

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq (“lung”).

Noun

bayâ

1. (anatomy) lung

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (“ember, glowing coal”).

Noun

baya

1. ember

Seychellois Creole

Noun

baya

1. Alternative form of bayo

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French baie. Cognate with English bay (“bay leaf, bay laurel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʝa/ [ˈba.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbaʝa/ [ˈba.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈbaʃa/ [ˈba.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbaʒa/ [ˈba.ʒa]

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• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: ba‧ya
• Homophones: vaya, (ll-y neutralization) valla

Noun

baya f (plural bayas)

1. berry (a small fruit)

Derived terms

• baya de enebro
• baya de junípero
• baya del saúco
• picabayas

Adjective

baya f

1. feminine singular of bayo

Further reading

• “baya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Etymology

Of Bantu origin. Cognate to Zulu bi.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adjective

-baya (declinable)

1. bad, evil

   Antonym: -zuri

2. (condition) poor

Declension

Inflected forms of -baya

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mbaya	wabaya
m-mi class(III/IV)	mbaya	mibaya
ji-ma class(V/VI)	baya	mabaya
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kibaya	vibaya
n class(IX/X)	mbaya	mbaya
u class(XI)	mbaya	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pabaya
ku class(XVII)	kubaya
mu class(XVIII)	mubaya

Derived terms

• ubaya

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish baya, from French baie, from Latin baca.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaja/ [ˈbaː.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: ba‧ya

Noun

baya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ)

1. bay-colored female horse
2. berry

Adjective

baya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ)

1. bay-colored (of a female horse)

Related terms

• bayo

Etymology 2

Possibly from the following:

• From Proto-Philippine *bayáq (“to leave things or people alone; to abandon”). Compare Ilocano bay-a, Hanunoo bay-a, Bikol Central baya, Cebuano baya, and Aklanon baya.
• Related to ubaya.^[1] Compare Malay bahaya, and Sanskrit भय (bhaya).^[2] See also ubaya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbajaʔ/ [ˈbaː.jɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ajaʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧ya

Noun

bayà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ) (obsolete)

1. toleration; allowing

Usage notes

• No longer used on its own except in derived terms.

Derived terms

• bayaan
• kapabayaan
• magpabaya
• mapabayaan
• mapagpabaya
• napabayaan
• pabaya
• pabayaan
• pagkapabaya
• pinabayaan
• yamo

See also

• haya

References

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, Cebu City: University of San Carlos, page 139

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• abay

Tatar

Adverb

baya

1. recently

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay bayam (“amaranth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.ja]

Noun

baya

1. the plant Amaranthus hybridus

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.jaː/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ya

Adjective

baya

1. Pronunciation spelling of bayağı.

Adverb

baya

1. Pronunciation spelling of bayağı.