pabuya
Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /paˈbujaʔ/ [pɐˈbuː.jɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -ujaʔ
- Syllabification: pa‧bu‧ya
Noun
pabuyà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜊᜓᜌ)
- reward in return for someone's kindness as a form of gratitude
- (law enforcement) bounty
- (neologism) tip
- Synonym: tip
- (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