buyo

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish buyo (“betel”). === Noun === buyo (uncountable) (Philippines) betel === Anagrams === Oyub, bouy, buoy == Cebuano == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bu‧yo === Noun === buyo the areca palm (Areca catechu); a species of palm which grows in much of the tropical Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa the areca nut == Japanese == === Romanization === buyo Rōmaji transcription of ぶよ == Spanish == === Etymology === From Tagalog buyo. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uʝo Syllabification: bu‧yo === Noun === buyo m (plural buyos) (Philippines) a mixture of areca nut, betel pepper leaves and shell lime, used for betelnut chewing in the Philippines and other Asian countries around the Pacific Synonyms: bonga, betel ==== Descendants ==== → English: buyo → Tagalog: buyo === Further reading === “buyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Abella, Venancio María de (1874), Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños., 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Philippine Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 113 == Tagalog == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Philippine Spanish buyo, possibly from Cebuano buyo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buyuq (“leaf of a vine chewed with betel nut, betel pepper: Piper betle”). Compare Bikol Central buyo, Aklanon buyo, Tausug buyu', and Chamorro buyu. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbujo/ [ˈbuː.jo] Rhymes: -ujo Syllabification: bu‧yo ==== Noun ==== buyo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓ) betel pepper (plant and leaves) Synonym: ikmo ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈjo/ [bʊˈjo] Rhymes: -o Syllabification: bu‧yo ==== Noun ==== buyó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓ) condition of being absorbed or engrossed (in what one is doing) seduction Synonyms: upat, pang-uupat, sulsol, panunulsol ==== Adjective ==== buyó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓ) engrossed; absorbed (in what one is doing) Synonym: nabuyo ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === “buyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buyuq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI