# laya
## English
### Noun

laya (uncountable)
* (music) tempo in Indian music.

#### See also

* tala
* matra

### Anagrams

* Yala, alay

## Bikol Central
### Alternative forms

* lay-a

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaʔja/ [ˈl̪aʔ.ja]
* Hyphenation: la‧ya

### Noun

lâya (Basahan spelling ᜎᜌ)
* ginger

#### See also

* salabat

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: la‧ya
* IPA: /ˈlajaʔ/ [ˈl̪a.jɐʔ]

### Verb

laya
* to wither

### Adjective

laya
* withered

### Noun

laya
* a type of cast net
* a withered plant, or its parts

### Anagrams

* laay

## Dupaningan Agta
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

### Noun

laya
* ginger

## Fijian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

laya
* (West) sail

#### Related terms

* laca

### References

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

## Hausa
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْآيَة (al-ʔāya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /láː.jàː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [láː.jàː]

### Noun

lāyā̀ f (plural lāyū, possessed form lāyàr̃)
* a charm or talisman made of verses from the Qur'an

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [la.jaʔ]

### Noun

laya
* fight

#### Derived terms

* belaya

## Ilocano
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈja/ [lɐˈja]
* Hyphenation: la‧ya

### Noun

layá (Kur-itan spelling ᜎᜌ)
* ginger

## Javanese
### Romanization

laya
* Romanization of ꦭꦪ

## Kankanaey
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /laˈja/ [lʌˈja]
** IPA: (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) /raˈja/ [rʌˈja]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: la‧ya

### Noun

layá
* ginger

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlajə/ [ˈläː.jə]
* Hyphenation: la‧ya

### Noun

láya
* ginger

#### Derived terms

* malaya

## Kayapa Kallahan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

### Noun

laya
* ginger
    Synonym: agat

## Limos Kalinga
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

### Noun

layá
* ginger

## Lubuagan Kalinga
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

### Noun

laya
* ginger

## Miskito
### Noun

laya
* liquid

## Old Javanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /la.ja/
* Rhymes: -ja
* Hyphenation: la‧ya

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

laya
* dwelling, house
* abode
* place of rest

##### Related terms

* alaya

##### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦭꦪ (laya) (inherited)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

laya
* extinction
* dissolution
* destruction
* death
* calamity
* misfortune
* defeat

##### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦭꦪ (laya) (inherited)

### Further reading

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

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀮𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* लय (Devanagari script)
* লয (Bengali script)
* ලය (Sinhalese script)
* လယ (Burmese script)
* ลย or ละยะ (Thai script)
* ᩃᨿ (Tai Tham script)
* ລຍ or ລະຍະ or ລະຢະ (Lao script)
* លយ (Khmer script)
* 𑄣𑄠 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लय (laya).

### Noun

laya m
* brief measure of time

#### Declension
### References

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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaʝa/ [ˈla.ʝa]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈlaʝa/ [ˈla.ʝa]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈlaʃa/ [ˈla.ʃa]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈlaʒa/ [ˈla.ʒa]
* Rhymes: -aʝa
* Syllabification: la‧ya

### Noun

laya f (plural layas)
* type; kettle of fish

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

layà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌ)
* freedom; liberty
    Synonyms: kalayaan, pagsasarili
* ease of movement or performance; facility
    Synonyms: luwag, kaluwagan
* (colloquial) right; privilege
    Synonym: karapatan

##### Derived terms

* Araw ng Kalayaan
* batlaya
* ibong malaya
* ikalaya
* ilaya
* kalayaan
* lumaya
* magpalaya
* malaya
* malayang loob
* nakalalaya
* pagkakapalaya
* pagkamalaya
* pagkapalaya
* paglaya
* pagpapalaya
* palayain

#### Adjective

layâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌ)
* free; emancipated
    Synonyms: libre, malaya
* pampered; given too much freedom
    Synonym: layaw

##### Derived terms

* kalayaan
* pagkalaya

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

laya (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌ)
* cast net

#### See also

* lambat
* dala

### Further reading

* “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, Anvil Pub., →ISBN
* Bagong kasaysayan: Ang Kartilya ni Emilio Jacinto at ang Diwang Pilipino sa agos ng kasaysayan‎, Palimbagang Kalawakan, 1999

### Anagrams

* alay