tipay

Cebuano

Etymology

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ti‧pay

Noun

tipay

1. Pinctada maxima, a pearl oyster having two varieties; the white-lipped oyster and the gold-lipped oyster

Maranao

Noun

tipay

1. pearl

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya (Honolulu 1967)

Waray-Waray

Noun

tipáy

1. shell