baboy

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.

Related terms

• baktin
• anay, butakal

Anagrams

• yobab

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaboj/ [ˈbaː.boɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aboj
• Syllabification: ba‧boy

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

• ambaboy
• baboy-baboy
• baboy-babuyan
• baboy-gubat
• baboy-ramo
• babuyan
• babuyin
• gababoy
• kababuyan
• karneng-baboy
• magbababoy
• magbabuyan
• magpapatay-baboy
• patabaing-baboy
• taingambabuy
• tubong binaboy

 

See also

• biik
• buwik
• dimon

 

Adjective

baboy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔)

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

See also

• badoy

 

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