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buyo

English edit

Etymology edit

From Tagalog buyo (“betel”).

Noun edit

buyo (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) betel

Anagrams edit

Cebuano edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: bu‧yo

Noun edit

buyo

  1. the areca palm (Areca catechu); a species of palm which grows in much of the tropical Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa
  2. the areca nut

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

buyo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶよ

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Tagalog buyo.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbuʝo/ [ˈbu.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈbuʃo/ [ˈbu.ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbuʒo/ [ˈbu.ʒo]

  • Rhymes: -uʝo
  • Syllabification: bu‧yo

Noun edit

buyo m (plural buyos)

  1. (Philippines) a mixture of areca nut, betel pepper leaves and shell lime, used for betelnut chewing in the Philippines and other Asian countries around the Pacific
    Synonyms: bonga, betel

Further reading edit

Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

buyo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓ)

  1. betel pepper (plant and leaves)
    Synonym: ikmo
Descendants edit
  • → Spanish: buyo
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

buyó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓ)

  1. condition of being absorbed or engrossed (in what one is doing)
  2. seduction
    Synonyms: upat, pang-uupat, sulsol, panunulsol

Adjective edit

buyó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓ)

  1. engrossed; absorbed (in what one is doing)
    Synonym: nabuyo
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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