balay

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlaj/ [baˈl̪aɪ̯]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lay

Noun

baláy (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. (archaic except Sorsogon) house; home
    Synonym: harong

Derived terms

See also

Binukid

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Noun

balay

  1. house

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Pronunciation

Noun

baláy (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. house
  2. home base (in sports or children's games)

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:balay.

Derived terms

  • balay abotanan (lodge; stopping place)
  • balay alampuanan (place of worship)
  • balay balaoran (house of parliament)
  • balay hukmanan (courthouse)
  • balay ihawan (slaughterhouse)
  • balay kaserahan (boarding house)
  • balay lungsod (town hall)
  • balay nga habog (tower block)
  • balay nga mubo (bungalow)
  • balay paabangan (apartment)
  • balay patigayon (business firm; business establishment)
  • balay paugnatanan (gymnasium)
  • balay prendahan (pawnbroker; pawnshop)
  • balay sa iro (kennel)
  • balay sa kabos (house for the poor)
  • balay sa kaluoy (asylum)
  • balay sa lawalawa (spiderweb)
  • balay sa ligwan (beehive)
  • balay sa mga buang (mental institution)
  • balay sa putyukan (beehive)
  • balay sa utot ((slang, humorous) female genitalia)
  • balay tun-anan (schoolhouse)
  • balay-balay (playhouse; shack; shanty)
  • balayan (home base in hide-and-seek or baseball; network of bamboo strips for climbing plants)
  • balayanan (matchbox)
  • gambalay
  • kabalayan (group of homes)
  • pamalay (housing project; something used only at home; roof frame of a house)
  • panimalay (household)
  • tagbalay (homeowner)
  • tigbalayon (framework of a house; framework of one's thoughts)
  • tungbalay

Cuyunon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Noun

balay

  1. house

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Noun

balay

  1. house; home

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlaj/ [baˈlaɪ̯]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lay

Noun

baláy

  1. home, house
  2. building

Derived terms

Ibanag

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Noun

baláy

  1. house

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlaj/ [bɐˈlaɪ̯]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lay

Noun

baláy (plural balbalay, Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. house

Inflection

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Possessive forms of balay
singular plural/distributive
1st singular balayko balbalayko
2nd singular balaymo balbalaymo
3rd singular balayna balbalayna
1st dual balayta balbalayta
1st plural exclusive balaymi balbalaymi
1st plural inclusive balaytayo balbalaytayo
2nd plural balayyo balbalayyo
3rd plural balayda balbalayda

Derived terms

  • agbalay
  • binalay
  • bumalay
  • ibalay
  • kabbalay

Kinaray-a

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈlaj/, [baˈlai̯]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lay

Noun

baláy

  1. house

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Noun

baláy

  1. house

Remontado Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Noun

baláy

  1. house

Sundanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “probably from PMP *balaj ("boundary")”)

Noun

balay (Sundanese script ᮘᮜᮚ᮪)

  1. stones about the size of a hand neatly arranged on the ground
  2. a structure in the form of a small barrier or wall made by said stones

Derived terms

  • ngabalay

Further reading

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lay
  • IPA(key): /ˈbalaj/, [ˈba.laɪ̯]

Noun

baláy

  1. house