buyag
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Undetermined.
Verb
[edit]buyag
- to admonish
Etymology 2
[edit]It is believed that over-appreciation of a good trait, e.g, fair skin, shiny hair, compels, in someway admonishes, whatever it is that is causing such trait to stop.
Noun
[edit]buyag
- an affliction caused by appreciation of a trait or character, or a reversal of such trait
- (by extension) similar affliction attributed to a stranger, an evil eye or nature spirits
Etymology 3
[edit]Short for puyra buyag.
Interjection
[edit]buyag
- a customary expression to ward off buyag
Dibabawon Manobo
[edit]Noun
[edit]buyag