• IPA^(key):/biˈajaʔ/ [biˈja.jaʔ]
• Hyphenation:bi‧ya‧ya

biyayà (Basahan spellingᜊᜒᜌᜌ)

1. grace;blessing

   Synonyms:grasya,ugay

• biaya —obsolete

Ultimately fromSanskritव्यय(vyaya,“spending”).^[1] Aborrowing fromMalaybiaya(“expense; charge”) is also considered, given trade between the HinduSrivijaya Empire and the pre-colonial Philippines. CompareJavaneseꦧꦶꦪꦪ(biyaya).

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/biˈajaʔ/[ˈbjaː.jɐʔ]
• Rhymes:-ajaʔ
• Syllabification:bi‧ya‧ya

biyayà (Baybayin spellingᜊᜒᜌᜌ)

1. grace
2. bounty;favorgiven
3. blessing;goodfortune

• “biyaya”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
• Rosalio Serrano (1854)Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano‎^[1] (in Spanish), page19
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983)Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1,page52