# balay
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈlaj/ [baˈl̪aɪ̯]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lay

### Noun

baláy (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜌ᜔)
* (archaic except Sorsogon) house; home
    Synonym: harong

#### Derived terms

* balay-balay
* balayan
* kabalayan
* kagbalay
* magbalay

#### See also

* langag

## Binukid
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

### Noun

balay
* house

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* bay — Metro Cebu

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Cebuano) IPA: /baˈlaj/ [bɐˈl̪aɪ̯]
* (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) IPA: /ˈbaj/ [ˈbaɪ̯]
* (Surigaonon) IPA: /baˈjaj/ [bɐˈjaɪ̯]
* Rhymes: -aɪ
* Hyphenation: ba‧lay

### Noun

baláy (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜌ᜔)
* house
* home base (in sports or children's games)

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:balay.

#### Derived terms

* balay abotanan (“lodge; stopping place”)
* balay alampuanan (“place of worship”)
* balay balaoran (“house of parliament”)
* balay hukmanan (“courthouse”)
* balay ihawan (“slaughterhouse”)
* balay kaserahan (“boarding house”)
* balay lungsod (“town hall”)
* balay nga habog (“tower block”)
* balay nga mubo (“bungalow”)
* balay paabangan (“apartment”)
* balay patigayon (“business firm; business establishment”)
* balay paugnatanan (“gymnasium”)
* balay prendahan (“pawnbroker; pawnshop”)
* balay sa iro (“kennel”)
* balay sa kabos (“house for the poor”)
* balay sa kaluoy (“asylum”)
* balay sa lawalawa (“spiderweb”)
* balay sa ligwan (“beehive”)
* balay sa mga buang (“mental institution”)
* balay sa putyukan (“beehive”)
* balay sa utot (“(slang, humorous) female genitalia”)
* balay tun-anan (“schoolhouse”)
* balay-balay (“playhouse; shack; shanty”)
* balayan (“home base in hide-and-seek or baseball; network of bamboo strips for climbing plants”)
* balayanan (“matchbox”)
* gambalay
* kabalayan (“group of homes”)
* pamalay (“housing project; something used only at home; roof frame of a house”)
* panimalay (“household”)
* tagbalay (“homeowner”)
* tigbalayon (“framework of a house; framework of one's thoughts”)
* tungbalay

## Cuyunon
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

### Noun

balay
* house

## Higaonon
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

### Noun

balay
* house; home

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈlaj/ [baˈlaɪ̯]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lay

### Noun

baláy
* home, house
* building

#### Derived terms

* balayan
* balaybalay
* magbalay

## Ibanag
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

### Noun

baláy
* house

## Ilocano
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈlaj/ [bɐˈlaɪ̯]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lay

### Noun

baláy (plural balbalay, Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜎᜌ᜔)
* house

#### Derived terms

* agbalay
* binalay
* bumalay
* ibalay
* kabbalay

## Kinaray-a
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈlaj/, [baˈlai̯]
* Hyphenation: ba‧lay

### Noun

baláy
* house

## Masbatenyo
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

### Noun

baláy
* house

## Remontado Agta
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

### Noun

baláy
* house

## Sundanese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “probably from PMP *balaj ("boundary")”)

### Noun

balay (Sundanese script ᮘᮜᮚ᮪)
* stones about the size of a hand neatly arranged on the ground
* a structure in the form of a small barrier or wall made by said stones

#### Derived terms

* ngabalay

### Further reading

* Maman Sumantri, et al. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
* "BALAJ", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧lay
* IPA: /ˈbalaj/, [ˈba.laɪ̯]

### Noun

baláy
* house