malaya

See also: Malaya

Asturian

FWOTD – 18 March 2019

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈlaʝa/ [maˈla.ʝa]
• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: ma‧la‧ya

Etymology 1

From mal +‎ haya. Similar formation to Spanish mal haya and Portuguese mal haja.

Interjection

malaya

1. darn (used to express annoyance or unpleasant surprise)

Etymology 2

Adjective

malaya

1. feminine singular of malayu

References

• Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, Gramática de la llingua asturiana, 3rd edition (2001)

Javanese

Romanization

malaya

1. romanization of ꦩꦭꦪ

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maˈlaʝa/ [maˈla.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /maˈlaʝa/ [maˈla.ʝa] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /maˈlaʃa/ [maˈla.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /maˈlaʒa/ [maˈla.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: ma‧la‧ya

Noun

malaya f (plural malayas)

1. female equivalent of malayo

Interjection

malaya

1. damned, cursed

   Synonym: maldito

   ¡Malaya sea mi suerteǃ

   Woe is meǃ

   (literally, “Damned be my luck)”)

Adjective

malaya

1. feminine singular of malayo

Further reading

• “malaya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swahili

Etymology

Ultimately from Persian بلایه (balâya, “harlot”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

malaya class IX (plural malaya class X)

1. prostitute, whore

   Synonyms: kiberenge, kahaba, kibiritingoma, mwanamkendege

Derived terms

• umalaya (“prostitution”)

Tagalog

Etymology

From ma- +‎ laya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈlajaʔ/ [mɐˈlaː.jɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ajaʔ
• Syllabification: ma‧la‧ya

Adjective

malayà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜌ)

1. free (to choose)

   Synonym: libre

   Malaya tayong bumoto ng kung sinong pinaniniwalaan nating ikabubuti ng bansa.

   We are free to vote for whom we believe will be beneficial for our country.

2. loose; free (to move)

   Malayang nagtakbuhan sina Inggo sa pagpapatintero nila.

   Inggo and the others freely ran about as they played patintero.

3. freed from prison; not confined in prison

   Malaya ka na.

   You're free to go.

4. independent (from a foreign power)

   Synonyms: awtonomo, independiyente

   Ang Pilipinas ay malaya mula sa banyagang kolonisasyon.

   The Philippines is free from foreign colonization.

Derived terms

• ibong malaya
• malayang loob
• malayang merkado
• malayang pamilihan

See also

• libre

Further reading

• “malaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.