layas
Bikol Central edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *layas (“to desert or leave a place”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
láyas (intensified layason, Basahan spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)
Noun edit
láyas (Basahan spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)
- vagabond, bum
- Synonyms: lakawan, lagaw-lagaw
- fleeing, act of running away
- act of sending away
- Synonym: hali
Derived terms edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *layas (“to desert or leave a place”).
Pronunciation 1 edit
Verb edit
layas
Interjection edit
layas!
Pronunciation 2 edit
Noun edit
layas
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:layas.
Anagrams edit
Spanish edit
Noun edit
layas f pl
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *layas (“to desert or leave a place”). Compare Cebuano layas.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
layas (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)
- running away; fleeing
- elopement
- Synonyms: tanan, pagtatanan
Derived terms edit
Interjection edit
layas (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)
Adjective edit
layás (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)
- fond of travel
- Synonyms: lagalag, mapaglakbay, libot, mapaglibot
- given to aimless wandering; vagabond
- Synonyms: palaboy, palaboy-laboy
- runaway
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “layas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018