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bakya

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 木屐 (ba̍k-kiah, “wooden clogs”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bak‧ya
  • IPA(key): /bakˈjaʔ/ [bakˈjaʔ]

Noun

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bakyâ

  1. wooden shoes

Derived terms

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bak‧ya

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Hokkien 木屐 (ba̍k-kiah, “wooden clogs”).

Noun

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bakya

  1. wooden sandal

Etymology 2

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Unknown

Noun

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bakya

  1. a boxfish; any of the family Ostraciidae of squared, bony fish, closely related to the pufferfish and filefish

Mansaka

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 木屐 (ba̍k-kiah, “wooden clogs”).

Noun

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bakyà

  1. wooden sandal; wooden slippers

Masbatenyo

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 木屐 (ba̍k-kiah, “wooden clogs”).

Noun

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bakyà

  1. wooden sandal; wooden slippers

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 木屐 (ba̍k-kiah, “wooden clogs”).[1][2]

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Noun

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bakyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ᜔ᜌ)

  1. wooden sandal
    Synonyms: suwekos, pantukos, sakya

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 130
  2. ^ Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 14

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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Waray-Waray

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 木屐 (ba̍k-kiah, “wooden clogs”).

Noun

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bakyâ

  1. wooden shoes
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