buyo

English

Etymology

From Tagalog buyo (“betel”).

Noun

buyo (uncountable)

1. (Philippines) betel

Anagrams

• Oyub, bouy, buoy

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧yo

Noun

buyo

1. the areca palm (Areca catechu); a species of palm which grows in much of the tropical Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa
2. the areca nut

Japanese

Romanization

buyo

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶよ

Spanish

Etymology

From Tagalog buyo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuʝo/ [ˈbu.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbuʝo/ [ˈbu.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈbuʃo/ [ˈbu.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbuʒo/ [ˈbu.ʒo]

• Rhymes: -uʝo
• Syllabification: bu‧yo

Noun

buyo m (plural buyos)

1. (Philippines) a mixture of areca nut, betel pepper leaves and shell lime, used for betelnut chewing in the Philippines and other Asian countries around the Pacific

   Synonyms: bonga, betel

Further reading

• “buyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
• Abella, Venancio María de (1874) Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños.‎^[1], 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 113

Tagalog

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbujo/ [ˈbuː.jo]
• Rhymes: -ujo
• Syllabification: bu‧yo

Noun

buyo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓ)

1. betel pepper (plant and leaves)

   Synonym: ikmo

Descendants

• → English: buyo
• → Spanish: buyo

See also

• hitso
• ibay
• itmo
• kalakpan
• labuyo
• litlit
• luyos
• mam-in
• mama
• nganga
• samat
• saog
• sapa

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈjo/ [bʊˈjo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: bu‧yo

Noun

buyó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓ)

1. condition of being absorbed or engrossed (in what one is doing)
2. seduction

   Synonyms: upat, pang-uupat, sulsol, panunulsol

Adjective

buyó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓ)

1. engrossed; absorbed (in what one is doing)

   Synonym: nabuyo

Derived terms

• buyong-buyo
• mabuyo
• magbuyo
• magbuyo sa masama
• mapabuyo
• pagkakabuyo

 

Further reading

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