alalay

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Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From older alabay.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧la‧lay

Noun[edit]

alalay

  1. (obsolete) a handmaid
  2. an assistant; a person who assists or helps someone else, especially as an occupation

Masbatenyo[edit]

Noun[edit]

alalay

  1. assistant

Quechua[edit]

Noun[edit]

alalay

  1. sorrow
  2. cold (sickness)

Declension[edit]

Verb[edit]

alalay

  1. (intransitive) to be cold, freeze
  2. (transitive) to cool

Conjugation[edit]

See also[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ʔaˈlalaj/, [ʔɐˈla.laɪ̯] (noun)
    • IPA(key): /ʔalaˈlaj/, [ʔɐ.lɐˈlaɪ̯] (adjective)
  • Rhymes: (noun) -alaj, (adjective) -aj
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧lay

Noun[edit]

alalay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. prop; support; stay; brace
    Synonyms: tukod, suhay, puntal, albay
  2. (architecture) cleat; bracket
  3. (colloquial) servant
    Synonyms: alila, (Marinduque) bataan
  4. slowing down through control (as in driving a car, eating, drinking, etc.)
  5. care; carefulness (in doing, holding, or carrying something)

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

alaláy (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. cautiously careful; exercising control
    Synonyms: ingat, maingat, dahan-dahan

Further reading[edit]

  • alalay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018