# baybay
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *baybáy.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: bay‧bay
* IPA: /ˈbajbaj/ [ˈbaɪ̯.baɪ̯]

### Noun

báybáy (Basahan spelling ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔)
* sand, finely ground rock
    Synonym: basod

#### Derived terms

* baybayan
* baybayon
* magbaybay

#### References

* ↑ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: *baybáy

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baybáy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbajbaj/ [ˈbaɪ̯.bɐɪ̯]
* Hyphenation: bay‧bay

### Noun

baybay (Badlit spelling ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔)
* beach, shore, coast
    Synonym: lapyahan
* a tall variety of coconut

#### Derived terms

* baybayon
* kabaybayonan
* pamaybay

## Dupaningan Agta
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baybáy.

### Noun

baybay
* sand
    Synonym: basad

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baybáy.

### Noun

báybay
* beach, coast, shore

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baybáy.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: bay‧bay
* IPA: /baiˈbai/

### Noun

baybay
* part of the sea close to shore
* beach; shore

#### Derived terms

* mamaybay

### References

* ↑ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: *baybáy

## Kankanaey
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *baybáy.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /bajˈbaj/ [bai̯ˈbai̯]
* Rhymes: -aj
* Syllabification: bay‧bay

### Noun

baybáy
* sea, ocean

#### Synonyms

Southern / Central :
| Mt. Province | Tadian | baybay |
| Mt. Province | Bauko | baybay |
| Mt. Province | Sabangan | baybay |
| Northern / Applai |||
| Mt. Province | Sagada | baybay, (Tanulong) ghayghay |

#### Derived terms

* baybayen

### References

* Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “baybáy”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 78
* Allen, Larry (2021) “baybáy”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary‎, Summer Institute of Linguistics

## Limos Kalinga
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baybáy.

### Noun

baybay
* ocean

## Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baybáy.

### Noun

baybáy
* sand

#### References

* ↑ Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: *baybáy

## Sakizaya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baj.ˈbaj/, [baj.ˈbaj]

### Noun

baybay
* mosquito net

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* bibay — obsolete

### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baybáy (“beach; shore”). Compare Kapampangan bebe.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /bajˈbaj/ [baɪ̯ˈbaɪ̯]
* Rhymes: -aj
* Syllabification: bay‧bay

### Noun

baybáy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔)
* border; edge; side
    Synonyms: gilid, tabi, hanggan
* shore; shoreline
    Synonyms: dalampasigan, kosta
* guide railing (especially for children learning to walk)
    Synonyms: hawakan, gabay
* act of spelling a word
* the way a word is spelled
    Synonyms: pagbaybay, ispeling
* enumeration; naming one by one
    Synonyms: pagbilang, pagpangalan, pagbanggit
* act of tracing or going along the side of a river, street, etc.

#### Derived terms

* baybay-daan
* baybay-dagat
* baybay-ilog
* baybayan
* Baybayin
* baybayin
* baybayin-dagat
* bumaybay
* hibaybay
* himaybay
* kahibaybay
* kahibaybayan
* magbaybay
* mamaybay
* mamaybay-dagat
* nababaybay
* pagbabaybay
* pagbaybay
* palabaybayan

#### Related terms

* Macabebe

### Adjective

baybáy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔)
* spellable

### References

* ↑ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*baybáy”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Further reading

* “baybay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* yabyab

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bye-bye.

### Interjection

baybay
* (informal) bye-bye, goodbye

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baybáy.

### Noun

baybáy
* seashore; coast; beach