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Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luya.
Pronunciation
Noun
lúya (Basahan spelling ᜎᜓᜌ)
- weakness; feebleness
- sluggishness
- Antonym: liksi
Derived terms
Brooke's Point Palawano
Etymology
Noun
luya
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Adjective
luya
Derived terms
- luyahon
- magluya
- maluya
- maluyahon
Spanish
Verb
luya
- inflection of luir:
Tagalog
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia. Compare Ilocano laya, Kapampangan laya, Brooke's Point Palawano luya, Bikol Central laya, Aklanon euy-a, Cebuano luy-a, Hiligaynon luy-a, Maranao loya, Tausug luuya, and Malay halia. See also laiya.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈluja/ [ˈluː.jɐ]
- Rhymes: -uja
- Syllabification: lu‧ya
Noun
luya (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜌ)
- ginger
- Synonym: henhibre
Derived terms
- luya-luyahan
- luyahan
- luyang-dilaw
- luyang-usiw
See also
Further reading
- “luya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “luya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte. (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 374: “Ienjibre) Luya (pp) que pica y quema, ay mucho en eſta tierra, es eſte caſero y ſe ſiembra”
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*laqia”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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