bayabas

See also: Bayabas

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• biyabas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba, from Lokono guayabo (“guava tree”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧bas
• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /baˈjabas/ [baˈjaː.bas̪]
• (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA^(key): /baˈd͡ʒabas/ [baˈd͡ʒaː.bas̪]

Noun

bayábas (Badlit spelling ᜊᜌᜊᜐ᜔)

1. guava (tree and fruit)

Verb

bayábas (Badlit spelling ᜊᜌᜊᜐ᜔)

1. to harvest or gather guava fruits
2. to play truant; to skip class; to cut class

Derived terms

• bayabasan
• binayabas

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧bas
• IPA^(key): /baˈjabas/ [baˈja.bas]

Noun

bayábas

1. guava

Ilocano

Alternative forms

• bayabat

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈjabas/ [bɐˈja.bas]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ya‧bas

Noun

bayabas (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜌᜊᜐ᜔)

1. guava

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba

Noun

bayabas

1. guava

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• guyabas — obsolete, Manila, Laguna, Bataan
• tayabas

Etymology

Etymology tree

Taíno *wayababor.

Spanish guayababor.

Tagalog bayabas

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba, from Taíno *wayaba. Compare Central Bikol bayawas, Malay biawas, Brunei Malay biabas, and Chamorro åbas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈjabas/ [bɐˈjaː.bɐs]
• Rhymes: -abas
• Syllabification: ba‧ya‧bas

Noun

bayabas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜊᜐ᜔)

1. guava (tree and fruit)

   Synonyms: (dialectal) tayabas, (dialectal) kalimbahin, (dialectal) kalumbahin

Derived terms

• bayabas-uwak
• bayabasan
• binayabasan

Related terms

• Tayabas

Descendants

• → Aklanon: bayabas

Further reading

• “bayabas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 336: “Guayabas) Bayabas (pp) C. fruta conoçida pero no natural ſino venida de Piru y Mexico”

Tiruray

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guayabas, plural form of guayaba

Noun

bayabas

1. guava