Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

From older alabay.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: a‧la‧lay

Noun edit

alalay

  1. (obsolete) a handmaid
  2. an assistant; a person who assists or helps someone else, especially as an occupation

Masbatenyo edit

Noun edit

alalay

  1. assistant

Quechua edit

Noun edit

alalay

  1. sorrow
  2. cold (sickness)

Declension edit

Verb edit

alalay

  1. (intransitive) to be cold, freeze
  2. (transitive) to cool

Conjugation edit

See also edit

Tagalog edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ʔaˈlalaj/, [ʔɐˈla.laɪ̯] (noun)
    • IPA(key): /ʔalaˈlaj/, [ʔɐ.lɐˈlaɪ̯] (adjective)
  • Rhymes: (noun) -alaj, (adjective) -aj
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧lay

Noun edit

alalay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. prop; support; stay; brace
    Synonyms: tukod, suhay, puntal, albay
  2. (architecture) cleat; bracket
  3. (colloquial) servant
    Synonyms: alila, (Marinduque) bataan
  4. slowing down through control (as in driving a car, eating, drinking, etc.)
  5. care; carefulness (in doing, holding, or carrying something)

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

alaláy (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. cautiously careful; exercising control
    Synonyms: ingat, maingat, dahan-dahan

Further reading edit

  • alalay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018