layas

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Bikol Central[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *layas (“to desert or leave a place”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlajas/, [ˈl̪a.jas]
  • Hyphenation: la‧yas

Adjective[edit]

láyas (intensified layason, Basahan spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)

  1. wild; untamed
    Synonym: maulyas

Noun[edit]

láyas (Basahan spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)

  1. vagabond, bum
    Synonyms: lakawan, lagaw-lagaw
  2. fleeing, act of running away
    Synonyms: dulag, sibat, rabas
  3. act of sending away
    Synonym: hali

Derived terms[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *layas (“to desert or leave a place”).

Pronunciation 1[edit]

  • Hyphenation: la‧yas
  • IPA(key): /ˈlajas/, [ˈl̪a.jʌs̪]

Verb[edit]

layas

  1. to flee; to run away
  2. to scram

Interjection[edit]

layas!

  1. (dismissal) go away!
  2. (literally) get out of here!

Pronunciation 2[edit]

  • Hyphenation: la‧yas
  • IPA(key): /laˈjas/, [l̪ʌˈjas̪]

Noun[edit]

layas

  1. (often literary) runaway

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:layas.

Anagrams[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

layas f pl

  1. plural of laya

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *layas (“to desert or leave a place”). Compare Cebuano layas.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

layas (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)

  1. running away; fleeing
  2. elopement
    Synonyms: tanan, pagtatanan

Derived terms[edit]

Interjection[edit]

layas (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)

  1. get out!; go away!; begone!
    Synonyms: alis, puwera, (slang) supi, (slang) tsupi

Adjective[edit]

layás (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)

  1. fond of travel
    Synonyms: lagalag, mapaglakbay, libot, mapaglibot
  2. given to aimless wandering; vagabond
    Synonyms: palaboy, palaboy-laboy
  3. runaway

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “layas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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