walay

walay

1. noodles

• wala'y
• way, wa'y — dialectal, "l"-elision
• waray, wara'y

From wala (“no, none”) +‎ -y.

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /waˈlaj/ [wɐˈl̪aɪ̯]
• (Metro Cebu, Bohol) IPA^(key): /ˈwaj/ [ˈwaɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: wa‧lay

waláy

1. indefinite-marked form of wala (“no, none, not having, without doing”)

   walay tawo ― there isn't anyone/there are no people

   walay konsensiya si Juan ― Juan has no conscience

2. (+ a noun or adjective) -less, un-, lacking

   walay lami ― tasteless

   batang walay panudlay ― uncombed child

• If the subject modified by wala is definite, the base form is used instead:

  walay lalaki ― no man is present ("lalaki" is indefinite)

  wala ang lalaki ― the man is not present ("ang" marks "lalaki" as definite)

From Proto-Philippine *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

• IPA^(key): /waˈlaj/, [waˈlai̯]

walay (Jawi spelling والاى)

1. house
2. building

From balay, compare Ibanag balay.

walay

1. house

• IPA^(key): /wa.ˈlaj/, [wa.ˈlaj]

walay

1. noodles

From Proto-Austronesian *waray (“to separate, as two people”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈwalaj/ [ˈwaː.laɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -alaj
• Syllabification: wa‧lay

walay (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎᜌ᜔)

1. act of separating or living separately from another or others (especially of a member of one's family)
2. act of weaning a child from its mother's breast

• “walay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• layaw, laway