bayabas

See also: Bayabas

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• biyabas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba, from Lokono guayabo (“guava tree”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧bas
• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /baˈjabas/, [bʌˈja.bʌs̪]
• (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA^(key): /baˈd͡ʒabas/, [bʌˈd͡ʒa.bʌs̪]

Noun

bayábas (Badlit spelling ᜊᜌᜊᜐ᜔)

1. guava (tree and fruit)

Verb

bayábas (Badlit spelling ᜊᜌᜊᜐ᜔)

1. to harvest or gather guava fruits
2. to play truant; to skip class; to cut class

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bayabas.

Derived terms

• bayabasan
• binayabas

 

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧bas
• IPA^(key): /baˈjabas/, [baˈja.bas]

Noun

bayábas

1. guava

Ilocano

Alternative forms

• bayabat

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈjabas/, [bɐˈja.bas]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧bas

Noun

bayabas (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜌᜊᜐ᜔)

1. guava

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba

Noun

bayabas

1. guava

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tayabas

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba, from Taíno / Lokono. Compare Malay biawas and Brunei Malay biabas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈjabas/, [bɐˈja.bɐs]
• Rhymes: -abas
• Syllabification: ba‧ya‧bas

Noun

bayabas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜊᜐ᜔)

1. guava (tree and fruit)

   Synonyms: (dialectal) tayabas, (dialectal) kalimbahin, (dialectal) kalumbahin

Derived terms

• bayabas-uwak
• bayabasan
• binayabasan

 

Related terms

• Tayabas

 

Further reading

• “bayabas”, 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 336: “Guayabas) Bayabas (pp) C. fruta conoçida pero no natural ſino venida de Piru y Mexico”

Tiruray

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba

Noun

bayabas

1. guava