espiya
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from English spy, from Middle English spien, aphetic variant of earlier espien (“to espy”), from Old French espier (“to spy”), from Frankish *spehōn (“to spy”), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ya
Noun
espiya
- a spy
Verb
espiya
- to spy
- to keep an eye on