maya-maya

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Reduplication of maya. See more at maya.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maˌjaʔ maˈjaʔ/ [mɐˌjaʔ mɐˈjaʔ]
    • IPA(key): (with glottal stop elision) /maˌja(ʔ) maˈjaʔ/ [mɐˌjaː mɐˈjaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: ma‧ya-ma‧ya

Adverb

mayâ-mayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜋᜌ)

  1. later in a bit; shortly after
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌmaja ˈmaja/ [ˌmaː.jɐ ˈmaː.jɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Syllabification: ma‧ya-ma‧ya

Noun

maya-maya (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜋᜌ)

  1. red snapper

Further reading

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