balay

Bikol Central

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlaj/, [baˈl̪aɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lay

Noun

baláy (Basahan spelling ᜊᜎᜌ᜔)

1. (archaic, 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

1. house

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• bay — Metro Cebu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧lay
• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /baˈlaj/, [bʌˈl̪aɪ̯]
• (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) IPA^(key): /ˈbaj/, [ˈbaɪ̯]
• (Surigaonon) IPA^(key): /baˈjaj/, [bʌˈjaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Noun

baláy (Badlit spelling ᜊᜎᜌ᜔)

1. house
2. home base (in sports or children's games)

Quotations

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• balay abotanan (“lodge; stopping place”)
• balay alampuanan (“place of worship”)
• balayan (“home base in hide-and-seek or baseball; network of bamboo strips for climbing plants”)
• balayanan (“matchbox”)
• balay balaoran (“house of parliament”)
• balay-balay (“playhouse; shack; shanty”)
• 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”)
• 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

1. house

Higaonon

Etymology

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

Noun

balay

1. house; home

Hiligaynon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlaj/, [baˈlaɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lay

Noun

baláy

1. home, house
2. building

Derived terms

• balayan
• balaybalay
• magbalay

 

Ibanag

Etymology

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

Noun

baláy

1. house

Ilocano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlaj/, [bɐˈlaɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lay

Noun

baláy (plural balbalay, Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜎᜌ᜔)

1. house

Inflection

Possessive forms of balay

	Singular	Plural/Distributive
1st singular	balayko	balbalayko
2nd singular	balaymo	balbalaymo
3rd singular	balayna	balbalayna
1st dual	balayta	balbalayta
1st plural exclusive	balaymi	balbalaymi
1st plural inclusive	balaytayo	balbalaytayo
2nd plural	balayyo	balbalayyo
3rd plural	balayda	balbalayda

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^(key): /baˈlaj/, [baˈlai̯]
• Hyphenation: ba‧lay

Noun

baláy

1. house

Masbatenyo

Etymology

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

Noun

baláy

1. house

Remontado Agta

Etymology

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

Noun

baláy

1. house

Waray-Waray

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧lay
• IPA^(key): /ˈbalaj/, [ˈba.laɪ̯]

Noun

baláy

1. house