laya

laya (uncountable)

1. (music) tempo in Indian music.

• tala
• matra

• Yala, alay

• lay-a

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔja/ [ˈl̪aʔ.ja]
• Hyphenation: la‧ya

lâya (Basahan spelling ᜎᜌ)

1. ginger

• Hyphenation: la‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˈlajaʔ/ [ˈl̪a.jɐʔ]

laya

1. to wither

laya

1. withered

laya

1. a type of cast net
2. a withered plant, or its parts

• laay

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

laya

1. ginger

From Proto-Oceanic *layaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ (cognate to Malay layar), from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ. Doublet of laca.

laya

1. (West) sail

• laca

• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “laya”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 137

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْآيَة (al-ʔāya).

• IPA^(key): /láː.jàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [láː.jàː]

lāyā̀ f (plural lāyū, possessed form lāyàr̃)

1. a charm or talisman made of verses from the Qur'an

• IPA^(key): [la.jaʔ]

laya

1. fight

• belaya

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

• IPA^(key): /laˈja/ [lɐˈja]
• Hyphenation: la‧ya

layá (Kur-itan spelling ᜎᜌ)

1. ginger

laya

1. romanization of ꦭꦪ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

• IPA^(key): /laˈja/ [lʌˈja]
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA^(key): /raˈja/ [rʌˈja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: la‧ya

layá

1. ginger

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia. Compare Tagalog luya.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlajə/ [ˈläː.jə]
• Hyphenation: la‧ya

láya

1. ginger

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

laya

1. ginger

   Synonym: agat

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

layá

1. ginger

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

laya

1. ginger

laya

1. liquid

• IPA^(key): /la.ja/
• Rhymes: -ja
• Hyphenation: la‧ya

Borrowed from Sanskrit लय (laya, “dwelling, house, residence”).

laya

1. dwelling, house
2. abode
3. place of rest

• > Javanese: ꦭꦪ (laya) (inherited)

Borrowed from Sanskrit लय (laya, “destruction”).

laya

1. extinction
2. dissolution
3. destruction
4. death
5. calamity
6. misfortune
7. defeat

• > Javanese: ꦭꦪ (laya) (inherited)

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

Inherited from Sanskrit लय (laya).

laya m

1. brief measure of time

Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 219.

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: la‧ya

laya f (plural layas)

1. type; kettle of fish

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

Possibly from a blend of layaw (“satisfaction of one's needs and desires”) +‎ haya (“at ease; allow; tolerate”), according to Virgilio S. Almario (1992). However, historian Zeus A. Salazar (1999) argued that the word was a standalone word and was already part of the Tagalog vocabulary by mid-19th century despite not being included in Fr. Noceda and Sanlucar's Vocabulario de la lengua tagala. In addition, malaya (“free”) was listed as a surname in the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos which was first published 1849. See also Ilocano waya.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlajaʔ/ [ˈlaː.jɐʔ], (obsolete) /ˈlaja/ [ˈlaː.jɐ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ajaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /laˈjaʔ/ [lɐˈjaʔ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: la‧ya

layà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌ)

1. freedom; liberty

   Synonyms: kalayaan, pagsasarili

2. ease of movement or performance; facility

   Synonyms: luwag, kaluwagan

3. (colloquial) right; privilege

   Synonym: karapatan

layâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌ)

1. free; emancipated

   Synonyms: libre, malaya

2. pampered; given too much freedom

   Synonym: layaw

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlaja/ [ˈlaː.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: la‧ya

laya (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌ)

1. cast net

• lambat
• dala

• “laya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 558.
• Almario, Virgilio S. (1992) Kung sino ang kumatha kina Bagongbanta, Ossorio, Herrera, Aquino de Belen, Balagtas, atbp: mga imbestigasyon sa panitikan ng kolonyalismo‎^[1], Anvil Pub., →ISBN
• Bagong kasaysayan: Ang Kartilya ni Emilio Jacinto at ang Diwang Pilipino sa agos ng kasaysayan‎^[2], Palimbagang Kalawakan, 1999

• alay