baboy
Aklanon
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy.
Noun
baboy
- pig
Bikol Central
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧boy
- IPA(key): /ˈbaboi/, [ˈbaboɪ̯]
Noun
baboy
- wild boar
- Synonym: upon
Bolinao
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy and Proto-Austronesian *babuy, meaning a pig. Compare Malay and Indonesian babi.
Noun
baboy
- pig
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.
First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧boy
- IPA(key): /ˈbaboj/, [ˈba.buɪ̯]
Noun
baboy
- a pig; any member of the genus Sus
- a fat person
- pork; the meat of a pig
Verb
baboy
- to corner
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:baboy.
Related terms
- baktin
- anay, butakal
Anagrams
- yobab
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.
Noun
báboy
- pig (mammal of genus Sus); swine
Kagayanen
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.
Noun
baboy
- pig
Mansaka
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.
Noun
baboy
- pig
Masbatenyo
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.
Noun
baboy
- pig
Saisiyat
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *babuy.
Noun
baboy
- pig (mammal of genus Sus)
Sambali
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.
Noun
baboy
- pig
Tagalog
![](Images/wiktionary/Sow_with_piglet.jpg.webp)
Mother pig with her piglet.
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy. Compare Kapampangan babi, Amis fafoy, Eastern Bontoc fiafoy, Malay babi, and Acehnese bui.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧boy
- IPA(key): /ˈbaboj/, [ˈba.boɪ̯]
Noun
baboy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔)
- pig (mammal of genus Sus)
- pork
- (figurative, offensive) disgusting or filthy person
- Synonym: dugyot
- (figurative, offensive) vulgar or indecent person
- (figurative, offensive) fat person
- Synonym: tabatsoy
Derived terms
- baboy-baboy
- baboy-babuyan
- baboy-gubat
- baboy-ramo
- babuyan
- babuyin
- gababoy
- kababuyan
- karneng-baboy
- magbababoy
- magbabuyan
- magpapatay-baboy
See also
- biik
- buwik
- dimon
Adjective
baboy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔)
- (figurative) dirty; unsanitary; filthy
- (figurative) indecent; vulgar
Further reading
- “baboy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Waray-Waray
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.
Noun
baboy
- pig; hog; swine