bahay

== Cebuano == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ba‧hay === Noun === bahay the brown sailor spider (Neoscona nautica) == Quechua == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish bajar. === Verb === bahay (South Bolivian, intransitive) to descend ==== Conjugation ==== === See also === siqaykuy uraqay uray uraykay == Tagalog == === Etymology === Elision of /l/ from *balay, from Proto-Central Philippine *balay, from Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay. Cognate with Kapampangan bale, Asi bayay, Cebuano balay / bay, Hiligaynon balay, Mansaka baray, Tausug bāy, Malay balai, Māori whare, Hawaiian hale, Rukai balriw, Palauan bai, and Yami vahay. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbahaj/ [ˈbaː.haɪ̯] (noun) Rhymes: -ahaj IPA(key): /baˈhaj/ [bɐˈhaɪ̯] (adjective) Rhymes: -aj Syllabification: ba‧hay === Noun === bahay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜌ᜔) house Synonyms: kaligan, (Batangas) basaysay, (gay slang) baler, (slang) haybol edifice; building; hall residence; home; abode; dwelling Synonyms: tirahan, tahanan, tinitirhan, residensiya (card games, mahjong) set; meld (board games) smaller holes of a congkak board ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Adjective === baháy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜌ᜔) (uncommon) always at home === Further reading === “bahay”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “bahay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018