tipay

Cebuano

Etymology

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ti‧pay

Noun

tipay

  1. Pinctada maxima, a pearl oyster having two varieties; the white-lipped oyster and the gold-lipped oyster

Maranao

Noun

tipay

  1. pearl

References

  • Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎[1] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Waray-Waray

Noun

tipáy

  1. shell
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