paypay

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: pay‧pay
  • IPA(key): /ˈpajpaj/, [ˈpaɪ̯.paɪ̯]

Noun

paypay

  1. fan

Verb

paypay

  1. to fan
  2. to hang out to dry
    Synonym: hayhay

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog paypay (“fan”).

Noun

paypáy

  1. fan

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *paypáy (“to wave the hand, as in beckoning someone or in fanning oneself”). Onomatopoeic in origin.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pajˈpaj/ [paɪ̯ˈpaɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Syllabification: pay‧pay

Noun

paypáy (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜌ᜔ᜉᜌ᜔)

  1. act of fanning
    Synonym: pagpaypay
  2. a hand fan
    Synonyms: pamaypay, abaniko
  3. a flap of air
    Synonym: ihip
  4. shoulder blade
    Synonyms: payumpong, balagat, eskapula, bleyd
  5. (colloquial) shoulder
    Synonym: balikat

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Spanish: paipay

Further reading
  • “paypay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*paypáy”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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