gadya
Asi
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit गज (gaja)
Noun
gadyà
- (angry register) dog
Synonyms
- iro
Bikol Central
Alternative forms
- gamadya
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: gad‧ya
- IPA(key): /ɡadˈjaʔ/, [ɡaˈd͡ʒaʔ]
Noun
gadyâ
- (archaic) elephant
- (vulgar, angry register) animal
- (Naga, angry register) water buffalo; carabao
- (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon, angry register) dog
- Synonym: dayo
See also
- (elephant): elepante
- (animal): hayop
- (water buffalo, carabao): damulag, karabaw
- (dog, canine): ayam, ido
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay gajah, from Sanskrit गज (gaja).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ga‧dya
- IPA(key): /ɡadˈjaʔ/, [ɡʌd̪ˈjaʔ]
Noun
gadyâ
- elephant
- Synonym: elepante
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- garya
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay gajah, ultimately from Sanskrit गज (gaja); since supplanted in modern times by elepante.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: gad‧ya
- IPA(key): /ɡadˈja/, [ɡɐˈd͡ʒa]
- IPA(key): /ɡadˈjaʔ/, [ɡɐˈd͡ʒaʔ]
Noun
gadyá or gadyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜇ᜔ᜌ)
- (archaic) elephant
- Synonym: elepante
See also
- bulalay
Further reading
- “gadya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier