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balay
1
House; home; building; residence. (For the parts of a house, see the Appendices.)
bahay
istaran (istar1)
maN-
To go from house to house.
Pamalay-balay tang mga kandidato mga timpo politika.
Candidates go from house to house during campaign periods.
Tagbalay!
Hello, anybody home?
Literally, this means ‘owner of the house’. When a person approaches a house, he/she calls out Tagbalay! at the gate, to alert the people in the house that they have a visitor.
managbalay
To call out at a house, saying Tagbalay!
-an
To use something as a house; make something into a home, house.
Agbalayan ta namo tang sirong tang katri.
Mosquitoes make their home underneath beds.
2
Anything used to house something; housing.
Ang makinao ang palamedbedan masinlo pa, piro ang balay na galambing da.
My sewing machine is still good, but its cabinet (lit. housing) is already dilapidated.
Olday ka ta balay ta posporo.
Please give me a matchbox (lit. house of the matches).
Aroy, ang koartao nabo-log da ong balay tang koday!
Oh no, my money has fallen into the hole (lit. home) of a land crab!
kamalay
Neighbor.
pamalay-balay
Household.
balay-balay
Playhouse; small house, hut.
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