alalay

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From older alabay.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧la‧lay

Noun

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alalay

  1. (obsolete) a handmaid
  2. an assistant; a person who assists or helps someone else, especially as an occupation

Masbatenyo

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Noun

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alalay

  1. assistant

Quechua

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Noun

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alalay

  1. sorrow
  2. cold (sickness)

Declension

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Verb

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alalay

  1. (intransitive) to be cold, freeze
  2. (transitive) to cool

Conjugation

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See also

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Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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alalay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. prop; support; stay; brace
    Synonyms: tukod, suhay, puntal, albay
  2. (architecture) cleat; bracket
  3. (colloquial) servant
    Synonyms: alila, (Marinduque) bataan
  4. slowing down through control (as in driving a car, eating, drinking, etc.)
  5. care; carefulness (in doing, holding, or carrying something)

Derived terms

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Adjective

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alaláy (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. cautiously careful; exercising control
    Synonyms: ingat, maingat, dahan-dahan

Further reading

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  • alalay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018