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English

Noun

laya (uncountable)

  1. (music) tempo in Indian music.

See also

Anagrams

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

  • lay-a

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaʔja/ [ˈl̪aʔ.ja]
  • Hyphenation: la‧ya

Noun

lâya (Basahan spelling ᜎᜌ)

  1. ginger

See also

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ˈlajaʔ/ [ˈl̪a.jɐʔ]

Verb

laya

  1. to wither

Adjective

laya

  1. withered

Noun

laya

  1. a type of cast net
  2. a withered plant, or its parts

Anagrams

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

Noun

laya

  1. ginger

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْآيَة (al-ʔāya).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lāyā̀ f (plural lāyū, possessed form lāyàr̃)

  1. a charm or talisman made of verses from the Qur'an

Iban

Pronunciation

Noun

laya

  1. fight

Derived terms

  • belaya

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈja/ [lɐˈja]
  • Hyphenation: la‧ya

Noun

layá (Kur-itan spelling ᜎᜌ)

  1. ginger

Javanese

Romanization

laya

  1. romanization of ꦭꦪ

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

Pronunciation

Noun

layá

  1. ginger

Kapampangan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlajə/ [ˈläː.jə]
  • Hyphenation: la‧ya

Noun

láya

  1. ginger

Derived terms

Kayapa Kallahan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

Noun

laya

  1. ginger
    Synonym: agat

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

Noun

layá

  1. ginger

Lubuagan Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia.

Noun

laya

  1. ginger

Miskito

Noun

laya

  1. liquid

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.ja/
  • Rhymes: -ja
  • Hyphenation: la‧ya

Etymology 1

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

Noun

laya

  1. dwelling, house
  2. abode
  3. place of rest
Descendants
  • > Javanese: ꦭꦪ (laya) (inherited)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

laya

  1. extinction
  2. dissolution
  3. destruction
  4. death
  5. calamity
  6. misfortune
  7. 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

Alternative scripts
  • 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

  1. brief measure of time

Declension

Declension table of "laya" (masculine)
More information Case \ Number, Singular ...

References

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

Puyuma

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ.

Noun

laya

  1. flag
    a laya i, a pakumauwan.
    A flag is a symbol.

Descendants

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -aʝa
  • Syllabification: la‧ya

Noun

laya f (plural layas)

  1. type; kettle of fish

Further reading

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

Noun

layà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌ)

  1. freedom; liberty
    Synonyms: kalayaan, pagsasarili
  2. ease of movement or performance; facility
    Synonyms: luwag, kaluwagan
  3. (colloquial) right; privilege
    Synonym: karapatan
Derived terms

Adjective

layâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌ)

  1. free; emancipated
    Synonyms: libre, malaya
  2. pampered; given too much freedom
    Synonym: layaw
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

laya (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌ)

  1. cast net

See also

Further reading

  • “laya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
  • Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: 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

Western Fijian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Oceanic *layaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ. Cognate with Bau Fijian laca, Malay layar and Tagalog layag.

Noun

laya

  1. sail

References

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

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