kalayo

Cebuano

Etymology 1

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Cebuano ka-

Proto-Philippine *adayuq

Cebuano layo

Cebuano kalayo

From ka- + layo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /kalaˈjoʔ/ [ka.l̪aˈjoʔ]
• (Southern Leyte, Bohol) IPA^(key): /kalaˈd͡ʒoʔ/ [ka.l̪aˈd͡ʒoʔ]
• Rhymes: -jo, -dʒo
• Hyphenation: ka‧la‧yo

Noun

kalayô (Badlit spelling ᜃᜎᜌᜓ)

1. distance; remoteness

   Antonym: kaduol

Alternative forms

• kalajo — Bohol, Southern Leyte

Derived terms

• kalay-on

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bisayan *kalayu, from Proto-Central Philippine *kalayu (cf. Central Bikol kalayo).

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

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /kaˈlajo/ [kaˈl̪aː.jo]
• (Metro Cebu, Northern Cebu, Masbate, Northern Leyte) IPA^(key): /ˈkajo/ [ˈkaː.jo]
• (Southern Leyte, Bohol) IPA^(key): /ˈkad͡ʒo/ [ˈkaː.d͡ʒo]
• (Surigaonon) IPA^(key): /kaˈjajo/ [kaˈjaː.jo]
• Rhymes: -ajo, -adʒo
• Hyphenation: ka‧la‧yo

Noun

kaláyo (Badlit spelling ᜃᜎᜌᜓ)

1. fire; flame

   Synonyms: siga, sunog

Alternative forms

• kayo — Metro Cebu
• kajo — Bohol, Southern Leyte

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlajo/ [kaˈl̪a.jo]
• Hyphenation: ka‧la‧yo

Noun

kaláyo (Basahan spelling ᜃᜎᜌᜓ)

1. fire; flame

   Synonym: laad

Derived terms

• magkalayo
• pakalayo

Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧la‧yo
• IPA^(key): /kaˈlajo/ [kaˈla.jo]

Noun

kaláyo

1. fire; flame

   Synonyms: dabadaba, sunog

Inonhan

Noun

kalayo

1. fire; flame

Kinaray-a

Noun

kalayo

1. fire; flame

Ratagnon

Noun

kalayo

1. fire; flame

Romblomanon

Noun

kalayo

1. fire; flame

Waray-Waray

Noun

kalayo

1. fire; flame