batabya

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === batavia — Spanish-based spelling === Etymology === Borrowed from Philippine Spanish batavia (“a species of banana”), possibly from Spanish Batavia, former name of Jakarta used during the Dutch East Indies period, from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō (“good island”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /batabˈja/ [bɐ.t̪ɐbˈja], /baˈtabja/ [bɐˈt̪ab.jɐ] Rhymes: -a, -abja Syllabification: ba‧tab‧ya === Noun === batabyá or batabya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜊ᜔ᜌ) alternative form of matabya === Further reading === Madulid, Domingo A. (2001), A Dictionary of Philippine Plant Names‎[1], Bookmark, →ISBN, page 124