salabay

salabay

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧la‧bay
• IPA^(key): /saˈlabai/, [saˈlabaɪ̯]

Noun

salábay

1. a man-of-war; a Portuguese man-of-war
2. (by extension) a jellyfish

   Synonym: palit

Derived terms

• masalabayan

 

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧la‧bay
• IPA^(key): /saˈlabaj/, [s̪ʌˈl̪a.baɪ̯]

Noun

salabay

1. a man-of-war; a Portuguese man-of-war
2. (by extension) a jellyfish

   Synonym: bukya

References

• Andrew Frank Gallman, Proto East Mindanao and Its Internal Relationships (1997)

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Tagalog

Pronunciation 1

• Hyphenation: sa‧la‧bay
• IPA^(key): /saˈlabaj/, [sɐˈla.baɪ̯]

Noun

salabay (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜌ᜔)

1. jellyfish

   Synonyms: dikya, likya, labok-labok

2. (obsolete) crossing of one's arms while drinking

Usage notes

• The word salabay refers to a larger jellyfish than a dikya.

Derived terms

• ipagsalabay
• magsalabay
• masalabay
• salabayin

 

Pronunciation 2

• Hyphenation: sa‧la‧bay
• IPA^(key): /salaˈbaj/, [sɐ.lɐˈbaɪ̯]

Noun

salabáy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜊᜌ᜔)

1. (obsolete) object resembling a fish

References

• “salabay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 34: “Aguas) Salabay (pp) de [la mar] que llaman muertas”