layas

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

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

láyas (intensified layason, Basahan spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)

1. wild; untamed

   Synonym: maulyas

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

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

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

layas

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

layas!

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

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

layas

1. (often literary) runaway

For quotations using this term, see Citations:layas.

• alyas, salay, sayal

layas f pl

1. plural of laya

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

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlajas/ [ˈla.jɐs] (noun, interjection)
    • Rhymes: -ajas
  • IPA^(key): /laˈjas/ [lɐˈjas] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: la‧yas

layas (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)

1. running away; fleeing
2. elopement

   Synonyms: tanan, pagtatanan

layas (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜐ᜔)

1. get out!; go away!; begone!

   Synonyms: alis, puwera, (slang) supi, (slang) tsupi

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

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