palya

palya

1. shrub or tree species of the subfamily Sapindoideae (Sapindaceae)
   1. Guioa pseudoamabilis^[1]
   2. Guioa subsericea^[1]

      Synonym: kombam

   3. Sarcopteryx rigida^[2]
   4. Arytera multijuga^[3]

palya

1. vegetable

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʎa/, [ˈpɐʎɐ]

palya

1. good, okay
2. correct, proper

• kura (“bad”)

• palyanku
• palyaṉi

Borrowed from Spanish fallar (“to fail; to crash”), ultimately from Latin fallere.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /palˈja/ [pɐlˈja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pal‧ya

palyá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ᜔ᜌ)

1. failure; breakdown

   Synonym: sira

Borrowed from Spanish falla (“lack; incompletion”), likely from Catalan falla. Related to etymology 1. See also Spanish falta.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpalja/ [ˈpal.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: pal‧ya

palya (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ᜔ᜌ) (historical)

1. fee equivalent to 1 ½ reales (former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies) to be exempted for a day from polo (forced and unpaid labor)

Borrowed from Spanish palia (“veil”), from Latin pallia, plural of pallium. Doublet of palyo.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpalja/ [ˈpal.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: pal‧ya

palya (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ᜔ᜌ)

1. veil before the tabernacle

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paria (“bitter melon”). See more at apalya and ampalaya.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /palˈja/ [pɐlˈja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pal‧ya

palyá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ᜔ᜌ)

1. obsolete form of apalya

• palla — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

• “palya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “palya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• alpay, lapya, lapay, aplay, palay