walay

Amis

Noun

walay

1. noodles

Cebuano

Cebuano numbers ^(edit)

		0	1  → [a], [b]	10  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: waláy, walâ     Spanish cardinal: nulo, sero     Ordinal: ikasero     Adverbial: makasero

Alternative forms

• way — dialectal, Metro Cebu
• waray

Pronunciation

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /waˈlaj/, [wʌˈl̪aɪ̯]

• (Metro Cebu, Bohol) IPA^(key): /ˈwaj/, [ˈwaɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: wa‧lay

Adjective

waláy

1. absent
2. lacking

Numeral

waláy

1. zero

   Synonym: sero

Pronoun

waláy

1. none; nothing

Derived terms

• walay problema

Verb

waláy

1. to disappear; to be gone; to become nonexistent; to go missing

Related terms

• wala

Maguindanao

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waˈlaj/, [waˈlai̯]

Noun

walay (Jawi spelling والاى)

1. house
2. building

Derived terms

• kawalayan
• tiwalayan

 

Maranao

Etymology

From balay, compare Ibanag balay.

Noun

walay

1. house

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ˈlaj/, [wa.ˈlaj]

Noun

walay

1. noodles

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *waray (“to separate, as two people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwalaj/, [ˈwa.laɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: wa‧lay

Noun

walay (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎᜌ᜔)

1. act of separating or living separately from another or others (especially of a member of one's family)
2. act of weaning a child from its mother's breast

Derived terms

• hiwa-hiwalay
• hiwalay
• hiwalayan
• humiwalay
• ihiwalay
• iwalay
• maghiwa-hiwalay
• maghiwalay
• magkahiwa-hiwalay
• magkahiwalay
• magwalay
• mapahiwalay
• mawalay
• nakahiwalay
• paghihiwalay
• paghiwa-hiwalayin
• paghiwalay
• paghiwalayin
• pagkakahiwa-hiwalay
• pagkakahiwalay

 

Further reading

• “walay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018