BALAY
BALAY is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...
balay n {1} house.
alampuánan house of worship.
sa lawàlawà spiderweb.
sa ligwan, putyúkan beehive, hornets nest.
lungsud city hall.
patigáyun business firm.
{2} home base in games.
v [A; b] build a house.
Nagbalay siya daplin sa baybáyun, He built a house near the shore.
Balayan kung ímung lúti, Ill build a house on your lot.
() v [A; a] form a thought, compose a song.
Mubálay kug bálak, Ill compose a poem.
Baláya ang ímung tubag sa ímung hunàhúnà, Work your answer out carefully in your mind.
-an n {1} home base in a game of hide and seek or in baseball.
{2} network of bamboo strips mounted like a platform for climbing plants.
v [A2] reach home in baseball, touch base in hide and seek.
Ug mubayan kag úna sa búang, libri ka, If you reach the goal ahead of the one whos it, youre free.
-anan n {1} matchbox.
Isulud ang palítu sa bayanan, Place the matchsticks in the matchbox.
{2} shell of eggs, sea animals.
Bayanan sa itlug, Egg shells.
Bayanan sa pawíkan, Turtle shell.
Bayanan sa kinhasun, Clam shell.
{3} = -an.
4 sa utut female genitalia (humorous slang).
ka-an n group of homes.
paN- n {1} housing project, group of homes.
Ang pruyiktu sa pamalay álang sa mga kabus, The housing project for the poor.
{2} s.t.
used in the house.
Pamalay na lang ning sinináa, This dress is only for house use.
{3} roof framework of a house.
paniN-n {1} household.
Buluhatun sa panimalay, Household chores.
{2} home.
Ang asáwa mauy hára sa panimalay, The wife is the queen of the home.
tag-, tag-() n owner of the house.
tig-un() n {1} framework of a house.
Hápit na mahuman ang tigbáyun sa ákung balay, The framework of my house is almost finished.
{2} framework of ones thoughts.
Natumpag ang tigbáyun sa ákung mga damgu, The framework of my dreams collapsed.
gam-() see gambálay.
panum- see tungbálay.
alampuánan house of worship.
sa lawàlawà spiderweb.
sa ligwan, putyúkan beehive, hornets nest.
lungsud city hall.
patigáyun business firm.
{2} home base in games.
v [A; b] build a house.
Nagbalay siya daplin sa baybáyun, He built a house near the shore.
Balayan kung ímung lúti, Ill build a house on your lot.
() v [A; a] form a thought, compose a song.
Mubálay kug bálak, Ill compose a poem.
Baláya ang ímung tubag sa ímung hunàhúnà, Work your answer out carefully in your mind.
-an n {1} home base in a game of hide and seek or in baseball.
{2} network of bamboo strips mounted like a platform for climbing plants.
v [A2] reach home in baseball, touch base in hide and seek.
Ug mubayan kag úna sa búang, libri ka, If you reach the goal ahead of the one whos it, youre free.
-anan n {1} matchbox.
Isulud ang palítu sa bayanan, Place the matchsticks in the matchbox.
{2} shell of eggs, sea animals.
Bayanan sa itlug, Egg shells.
Bayanan sa pawíkan, Turtle shell.
Bayanan sa kinhasun, Clam shell.
{3} = -an.
4 sa utut female genitalia (humorous slang).
ka-an n group of homes.
paN- n {1} housing project, group of homes.
Ang pruyiktu sa pamalay álang sa mga kabus, The housing project for the poor.
{2} s.t.
used in the house.
Pamalay na lang ning sinináa, This dress is only for house use.
{3} roof framework of a house.
paniN-n {1} household.
Buluhatun sa panimalay, Household chores.
{2} home.
Ang asáwa mauy hára sa panimalay, The wife is the queen of the home.
tag-, tag-() n owner of the house.
tig-un() n {1} framework of a house.
Hápit na mahuman ang tigbáyun sa ákung balay, The framework of my house is almost finished.
{2} framework of ones thoughts.
Natumpag ang tigbáyun sa ákung mga damgu, The framework of my dreams collapsed.
gam-() see gambálay.
panum- see tungbálay.