haybol

Cebuano

Etymology

From English highball.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hay‧bol

Verb

haybol

  1. let's go

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhajbol/ [ˈhaɪ̯.bol]
  • Rhymes: -ajbol
  • Syllabification: hay‧bol

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English highball.

Noun

haybol (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜓᜎ᜔) (colloquial)

  1. highball (cocktail)

Etymology 2

From backslang of bahay, with influence of English highball as an opposite to English lowball, due to the typical high prices of houses.

Noun

haybol (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜓᜎ᜔) (slang)

  1. house
    Synonym: bahay

Further reading

  • “haybol”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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