ilaya
Tagalog edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya, from Proto-Austronesian *daya (“upriver, toward the interior”). Compare Ilocano daya (“east”), Isnag mandaya (“upstream”), Batad Ifugao Dāya (“heaven”), Kapampangan paralaya (“east”), Bikol Central iraya (“upstream; inland”), Masbatenyo iraya (“upstream; hinterland”), Cebuano ilaya (“area away from the coast or town”), Waray-Waray iraya (“farm”), Maranao raya (“upriver”), Kelabit dayeh (“upriver”), Malay barat daya (“southwest”), and Sangir dala (“interior”). The i- prefix is possibly related to the Proto-Austronesian location marker *i (cf. ito, ibaba).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ilaya (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜌ)
- (geography) northern or upper part of a town or community
- (by extension) north
- (geography) interior part of a town or country
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ilayà (complete inilaya, progressive inilalaya, contemplative ilalaya, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜌ)