gadya
Asi edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Sanskrit गज (gaja)
Noun edit
gadyà
Synonyms edit
Bikol Central edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Malay gajah, from Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gadyâ (Basahan spelling ᜄᜇ᜔ᜌ)
- (archaic) elephant
- (vulgar, angry register) animal
- (Naga, angry register) water buffalo; carabao
- (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon, angry register) dog
- Synonym: dayo
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Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Malay gajah, from Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gadyâ (Badlit spelling ᜄᜇ᜔ᜌ)
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Malay gajah, ultimately from Sanskrit गज (gaja); since supplanted in modern times by elepante.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gadyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜇ᜔ᜌ)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “gadya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 264: “Elefante) Garya (pc) animal conoçido y grande”