bakya

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 木屐 (ba̍k-kiah, “wooden clogs”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: bak‧ya
  • IPA(key): /bakˈjaʔ/, [bakˈjaʔ]

Noun

bakyâ

  1. wooden shoes

Derived terms
  • magbakya

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: bak‧ya

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hokkien 木屐 (ba̍k-kiah, “wooden clogs”).

Noun

bakya

  1. wooden sandal

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

bakya

  1. a boxfish; any of the family Ostraciidae of squared, bony fish, closely related to the pufferfish and filefish

Mansaka

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 木屐 (ba̍k-kiah, “wooden clogs”).

Noun

bakyà

  1. wooden sandal; wooden slippers

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 木屐 (ba̍k-kiah, “wooden clogs”).

Noun

bakyà

  1. wooden sandal; wooden slippers

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 木屐 (ba̍k-kiah, “wooden clogs”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bakˈjaʔ/, [bɐkˈjaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: bak‧ya

Noun

bakyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ᜔ᜌ)

  1. wooden sandal
    Synonyms: suwekos, pantukos, sakya

Derived terms
  • babakyain
  • bakyaan
  • bakyain
  • magbabakya
  • magbakya
  • mamakya
  • mamamakya

References
  1. Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 130
  2. Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 14

Further reading
  • “bakya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 木屐 (ba̍k-kiah, “wooden clogs”).

Noun

bakyâ

  1. wooden shoes
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