baboy

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Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *babuy, From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy.

Noun

baboy

  1. pig

Bikol Central

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧boy
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaboj/ [ˈba.boɪ̯]

Noun

baboy

  1. wild boar
    Synonym: upon

Bolinao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy and Proto-Austronesian *babuy, meaning a pig. Compare Malay and Indonesian babi.

Noun

baboy

  1. pig

Cebuano

Etymology

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

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

  • Hyphenation: ba‧boy
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaboj/ [ˈba.boɪ̯]

Noun

baboy (Badlit spelling ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. pig
  2. fat person
  3. pork

Verb

baboy

  1. to corner

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:baboy.

Anagrams

Hiligaynon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaboj/ [ˈba.boɪ̯]

Noun

baboy

  1. pig (mammal of genus Sus); swine

Kagayanen

Etymology

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

Noun

baboy

  1. pig

Kinaray-a

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaboj/, [ˈba.boi̯]

Noun

baboy

  1. pig
  2. pork

Mansaka

Etymology

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

Noun

baboy

  1. pig

Masbatenyo

Etymology

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

Noun

baboy

  1. pig

Saisiyat

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Noun

baboy

  1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)

Sambali

Etymology

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

Noun

baboy

  1. pig

Tagalog

Inang baboy at kanyang biik.
Mother pig with her piglet.

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy. Compare Kapampangan babi, Amis fafoy, Eastern Bontoc fiafoy, Malay babi, and Acehnese bui.

Pronunciation

Noun

baboy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)
  2. pork
  3. (figurative, offensive) disgusting or filthy person
    Synonym: dugyot
  4. (figurative, offensive) vulgar or indecent person
  5. (figurative, offensive) fat person
    Synonym: tabatsoy

Derived terms

See also

Adjective

baboy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. (figurative) dirty; unsanitary; filthy
  2. (figurative) indecent; vulgar

Further reading

  • “baboy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*babuy₃”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Waray-Waray

Etymology

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

Noun

baboy

  1. pig; hog; swine
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