batabya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish batavia (“a species of banana”), possibly from Spanish Batavia, former name of Jakarta used during the Dutch East Indies period, from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō (“good island”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /batabˈja/ [bɐ.t̪ɐbˈja], /baˈtabja/ [bɐˈt̪ab.jɐ]
  • Rhymes: -a, -abja
  • Syllabification: ba‧tab‧ya

Noun

batabyá or batabya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜊ᜔ᜌ)

  1. alternative form of matabya

Further reading

  • Madulid, Domingo A. (2001), A Dictionary of Philippine Plant Names‎[1], Bookmark, →ISBN, page 124
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