salabay
Bikol Central edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
salábay (Basahan spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜌ᜔)
- a man-of-war; a Portuguese man-of-war
- (by extension) a jellyfish
- Synonym: palit
Derived terms edit
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
salabay (Badlit spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜌ᜔)
- a man-of-war; a Portuguese man-of-war
- (by extension) a jellyfish
- Synonym: bukya
References edit
- Andrew Frank Gallman, Proto East Mindanao and Its Internal Relationships (1997)
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation 1 edit
Noun edit
salabay (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜌ᜔)
Usage notes edit
- The word salabay refers to a larger jellyfish than a dikya.
Derived terms edit
Pronunciation 2 edit
Noun edit
salabáy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜌ᜔)
References edit
- “salabay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 34: “Aguas) Salabay (pp) de [la mar] que llaman muertas”