lubay

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lu‧bay

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Verb

lubay

1. to supple; to make or become supple

Etymology 2

Compare Waray-Waray labayan.

Noun

lubay

1. the knife razorfish (Cymolutes praetextatus)

Ilocano

Noun

lubay

1. earring

Limos Kalinga

Noun

lubay

1. earring

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /luˈbaj/ [lʊˈbaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: lu‧bay

Noun

lubáy (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜊᜌ᜔)

1. cessation; relaxation; easing up (of jokes, insults, reproaches, etc.)

   Synonyms: hinto, tigil, lubag, hulaw, paghinto, pagtigil, paglubag, paghulaw

2. leniency; laxity

   Synonyms: luwag, kaluwagan, pagkamaluwag

3. looseness (state of not being stretched)

   Antonyms: bagting, kabagtingan

Derived terms

• kalubayan
• lubayan
• lumubay
• maglubay
• malubay
• paglulubay
• palubayin
• walang-lubay

 

Anagrams

• bulay, labyu