maya-maya

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Reduplication of maya. See more at maya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˌjaʔ maˈjaʔ/ [mɐˌjaʔ mɐˈjaʔ]
  • IPA^(key): (with glottal stop elision) /maˌja(ʔ) maˈjaʔ/ [mɐˌjaː mɐˈjaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ma‧ya-ma‧ya

Adverb

mayâ-mayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜋᜌ)

1. later in a bit

Derived terms

• magpamaya-maya
• mamaya-maya
• maya-mayain
• pamaya-maya

 

Related terms

• mamaya

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌmaja ˈmaja/ [ˌmaː.jɐ ˈmaː.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: ma‧ya-ma‧ya

Noun

maya-maya (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜋᜌ)

1. red snapper

Further reading

• “maya-maya” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “maya-maya”, 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^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier