lubay

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: lu‧bay

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Verb

lubay

  1. to supple; to make or become supple

Etymology 2

Compare Waray-Waray labayan.

Noun

lubay

  1. the knife razorfish (Cymolutes praetextatus)

Ilocano

Noun

lubay

  1. earring

Limos Kalinga

Noun

lubay

  1. earring

Tagalog

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /luˈbaj/ [lʊˈbaɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Syllabification: lu‧bay

Noun

lubáy (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜊᜌ᜔)

  1. cessation; relaxation; easing up (of jokes, insults, reproaches, etc.)
    Synonyms: hinto, tigil, lubag, hulaw, paghinto, pagtigil, paglubag, paghulaw
  2. leniency; laxity
    Synonyms: luwag, kaluwagan, pagkamaluwag
  3. looseness (state of not being stretched)
    Antonyms: bagting, kabagtingan

Derived terms
  • kalubayan
  • lubayan
  • lumubay
  • maglubay
  • malubay
  • paglulubay
  • palubayin
  • walang-lubay
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