ibayo

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *ider.

Tagalog *i-

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliw

Tagalog *bayiw

Tagalog ibayiw

Tagalog ibayo

From earlier ibayiw, from *i- (“location marker”) +‎ *bayiw, from elision of /l/ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliw (“return”), from Proto-Austronesian *baliw (“return”). Compare Central Bikol balyo, Aklanon baylo, and Hiligaynon baylo. Doublet of baliw.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈbajo/ [ʔɪˈbaː.jo]
• Rhymes: -ajo
• Syllabification: i‧ba‧yo

Noun

ibayo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜌᜓ)

1. other side; opposite side (of a street, mountain, river, sea, etc.)

   Synonym: kabila

2. something twice as much, as many, or as large
3. (genetics, neologism) allele

Alternative forms

• ibayeo, ibayio, ibayiu, ybayiu, ybayo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• ibayiw — obsolete

Derived terms

• ibayong dagat
• ibayuhin
• kaibayong-anyo
• kaibayuhan
• kaibayunyo
• kaibayunyuan
• kaibayunyuin
• mag-ibayo
• magkaibayo
• mangibayo
• pag-ibayuhin

Adjective

ibayo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜌᜓ)

1. double; twice as much, as many, or as large

   Synonyms: doble, doblado

   • 1996, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines, Philippine Social Sciences Review: Rebyu Ng Agham-panlipunan Ng Pilipinas‎^[1], page 1:

     Ipinahayag din na ang pagkasira ng saribuhay ang nagdudulot ng ibayo pang kaligaligan sa lipunan tulad ng nangyayari sa mga Katutubo.

     It is also reported that the ruin of biodiversity causes further social unrest like in the case of the Indigenous peoples.

2. fold (as in twofold, threefold, fourfold, etc.)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *Si-

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *i-

Tagalog i-

Tagalog bayo

Tagalog ibayo

From i- + bayo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔibaˈjo/ [ʔɪ.bɐˈjo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: i‧ba‧yo

Verb

ibayó (complete ibinayo, progressive ibinabayo, contemplative ibabayo, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜌᜓ)

1. to use for pounding (especially of pestles)

   Synonym: ipambayo

2. to pound something for

   Synonym: ipagbayo

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for ibayo

affix		i-
root word		bayo
trigger		object
aspect
infinitive		ibayo
complete		ibinayo
progressive		ibinabayo inabayo1
contemplative		ibabayo abayo1
imperative		ibayo bayuhan1

¹ Dialectal use only.

References

• “ibayo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “ibayo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por el P. Juan de Noceda y el P. Pedro de Sanlucar. Ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[3] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[4] (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 216: “De aquella) Ibayiu (pp) banda del rio o mar”
  • page 221: “[De la otra parte]) Ybayiu (pp) de rio, o mar”
  • page 459: “Pagar) Ibayio (pp) al doble de lo que preſta como tomo diez y paga .20.”
  • page 466: “Parte) Ibayio (pp) de mar o rrio”
  • page 498: “Prohijar) Ibayiu (pp) de cõçierto que ſi dio al que ſe prohijo vn tae de oro muerto el [le caben] dos dela herençia”
  • page 592: “Vanda) Ibayio (pp) de rio o mar”
  • page 605: “Vſura) Ibayio (pp) que ſe lleua al doble”
• Dalub-unlaran ng Wika, Takaran ng Pamantasang Gregorio Araneta (1979), Gonsalo del Rosario, editor, Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino], 2nd edition (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL
• Zorc, David Paul (1985), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 4, page 173
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Numbers and Units in Old Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 192