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Webster 1913 Edition


Baya


Ba′ya

,
Noun.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
The East Indian weaver bird (
Ploceus Philippinus
).

Definition 2024


baya

baya

See also: báya

English

Noun

baya (plural bayas)

  1. Ploceus philippinus, a weaverbird of southern Asia.

Bolinao

Noun

baya

  1. ember

French

Verb

baya

  1. third-person singular past historic of bayer

Gamilaraay

Noun

baya

  1. clothes
  2. cloth

Hausa

Noun

bāyā m

  1. back
  2. outside surface

Adverb

bāya

  1. behind, backwards

Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

Noun

baya

  1. crocodile (reptile)

Spanish

Etymology

From French baie

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈba.ja/
  • (Rioplatense) IPA(key): /ˈba.ʝa /, /ˈba.ʒa/
  • Homophone: vaya
  • Homophone: valla (in dialects with yeísmo)

Noun

baya f (plural bayas)

  1. berry (a small fruit)

Derived terms


Swahili

Etymology

Of Bantu origin. Cognate to Zulu bi.

Adjective

-baya (declinable)

  1. bad, evil
  2. (condition) poor

Derived terms

Inflection