# baya
## English
### Noun

baya (plural bayas)
* Ploceus philippinus, a weaverbird of southern Asia.

### Anagrams

* aaby, abay, ya ba

## Abenlen Ayta
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq (“lung”).

#### Noun

baya
* (anatomy) lungs

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”).

#### Verb

baya
* to swell; to become swollen

## Alangan
### Noun

baya
* fire

## Bikol Central
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈjaʔ/ [baˈjaʔ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ya

#### Adverb

bayâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜌ)
* really; truly; ever
    Synonyms: talaga, nanggad
* please
    Synonym: tabi

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧ya
* IPA: /ˈbajaʔ/ [ˈba.jaʔ]

#### Noun

bayà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜌ)
* deferral; disregard; concession
* desertion
    Synonym: layas
* abandonment
    Synonym: abandonar

##### Derived terms

* bayaan
* magbaya
* pabaya

## Bolinao
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (“ember, glowing coal”).

### Noun

baya
* ember

## Cornish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bay.

#### Noun

baya m (plural bayys)
* bay
    Synonym: pleg mor

### Etymology 2

bay +‎ -a

#### Verb

baya
* to kiss

### Mutation
## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

baya
* third-person singular past historic of bayer

## Gamilaraay
### Noun

baya
* clothes
* cloth

## Hausa
### Pronunciation 1

* IPA: /báː.jáː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [báː.jáː]

#### Noun

bāyā m (possessed form bāyan)
* back
* outside surface

### Pronunciation 2

* IPA: /báː.já/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [báː.jɛ́]

#### Adverb

bāya
* behind, backwards

## Iban
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya.

### Noun

baya
* crocodile

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.ja/
* Hyphenation: ba‧ya

### Etymology 1

From Malay baya (“age”), from Pali vaya (“age”), from Sanskrit वयस् (vayas, “age”).

#### Noun

baya (plural baya-baya)
* age
* ː Synonyms: usia, umur

#### Adjective

baya
* old

#### Derived terms

* sebaya

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

baya (plural baya-baya)
* (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of bahaya (“danger”)

### Further reading

* “baya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Jamamadí
### Noun

baya
* (Banawá) palm fronds

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Javanese
### Romanization

baya
* Romanization of ꦧꦪ

## Mag-Anchi Ayta
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq (“lung”).

#### Noun

baya
* (anatomy) lungs

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (“ember, glowing coal”).

#### Noun

baya
* ember

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”).

#### Verb

baya
* to swell; to become swollen

## Mauritian Creole
### Noun

baya
* Alternative form of bayo

### References

* Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.ja/
* Rhymes: -ja
* Homophone: bhaya
* Hyphenation: ha‧ya

### Adverb

baya
* possibly, likely
* anyhow

### Further reading

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

## Sambali
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀaq (“lung”).

#### Noun

bayâ
* (anatomy) lung

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (“ember, glowing coal”).

#### Noun

baya
* ember

## Seychellois Creole
### Noun

baya
* Alternative form of bayo

### References

* Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French baie. Cognate with English bay (“bay leaf, bay laurel”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaʝa/ [ˈba.ʝa]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbaʝa/ [ˈba.ʝa]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈbaʃa/ [ˈba.ʃa]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbaʒa/ [ˈba.ʒa]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aʝa
* Syllabification: ba‧ya
* Homophones: vaya, (ll-y neutralization) valla

### Noun

baya f (plural bayas)
* berry (a small fruit)

#### Derived terms

* baya de enebro
* baya de junípero
* baya del saúco
* picabayas

### Adjective

baya f
* feminine singular of bayo

### Further reading

* “baya”, 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

## Swahili
### Etymology

Of Bantu origin. Cognate to Zulu bi.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Adjective

-baya (declinable)
* bad, evil
    Antonym: -zuri
* (condition) poor

#### Derived terms

* ubaya

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish baya, from French baie, from Latin baca.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbaja/ [ˈbaː.jɐ]
* Rhymes: -aja
* Syllabification: ba‧ya

#### Noun

baya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ)
* bay-colored female horse
* berry

#### Adjective

baya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ)
* bay-colored (of a female horse)

##### Related terms

* bayo

### Etymology 2

Possibly from the following:
* From Proto-Philippine *bayáq (“to leave things or people alone; to abandon”). Compare Ilocano bay-a, Hanunoo bay-a, Bikol Central baya, Cebuano baya, and Aklanon baya.
* Related to ubaya. Compare Malay bahaya, and Sanskrit भय (bhaya). See also ubaya.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbajaʔ/ [ˈbaː.jɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -ajaʔ
* Syllabification: ba‧ya

#### Noun

bayà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌ) (obsolete)
* toleration; allowing

##### Usage notes

* No longer used on its own except in derived terms.

##### Derived terms

* bayaan
* kapabayaan
* magpabaya
* mapabayaan
* mapagpabaya
* napabayaan
* pabaya
* pabayaan
* pagkapabaya
* pinabayaan
* yamo

#### See also

* haya

### References

* ↑ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 178 & 300
* ↑ Jose G. Kuizon (1964) The Sanskrit Loan-Words in the Cebuano-Bisayan Language‎, Cebu City: University of San Carlos, page 139

### Further reading

* “baya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bayáq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* abay

## Tatar
### Adverb

baya
* recently

## Ternate
### Etymology

From Malay bayam (“amaranth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈba.ja]

### Noun

baya
* the plant Amaranthus hybridus

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.jaː/
* Hyphenation: ba‧ya

### Adjective

baya
* Pronunciation spelling of bayağı.

### Adverb

baya
* Pronunciation spelling of bayağı.