"Balay" is a word in WARAY, ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO

Balay - house

n. [pl. BALBALAY or BABBALAY] house, home. abode residence, habitation, dwelling. v. /AG-/ to build one’s house; to establish one’s home, residence or dwelling place; to reside. Agbalay tayo idiay ili dagiti appo tayo. Let’s reside in the town of our ancestors. --see KABBALAY.

v. /AG-/ to curdle, coagulate, solidify (as lard or cooking in cold weather). Nagbalay ti manteka. The cooking oil solidified.

balay sa lamígas ant hill.
tag- call shouted upon reaching the house of a friend to announce ones presence.

bálay - To start building a house,
commence the erection of a building; in
baseball: to make a home-run. Nagabálay
silá. They are starting to build a house.

balatián – bálhag
Baláya ang baláy. Commence building the
house. Nagbálay na silá sing makaduhá.
They have made two home-runs already.

baláy - House, home; building, dwelling,
abode; nest, breeding place, shell of a snail,
of a turtle, etc. Diín ang baláy mo? Where
is your home? Anó nga baláy ang
ginadayónan mo dirí? What house are you
staying at here? Ang baláy sang ánay. The
nest of termites, a white ants’ nest. Ang
baláy sang pawíkan. The shell of a
tortoise, tortoise-shell.

balay n {1} house.
alampuánan house of worship.
sa lawàlawà spiderweb.
sa ligwan, putyúkan beehive, hornets nest.
lungsud city hall.
patigáyun business firm.
{2} home base in games.
v [A; b] build a house.
Nagbalay siya daplin sa baybáyun, He built a house near the shore.
Balayan kung ímung lúti, Ill build a house on your lot.
() v [A; a] form a thought, compose a song.
Mubálay kug bálak, Ill compose a poem.
Baláya ang ímung tubag sa ímung hunàhúnà, Work your answer out carefully in your mind.
-an n {1} home base in a game of hide and seek or in baseball.
{2} network of bamboo strips mounted like a platform for climbing plants.
v [A2] reach home in baseball, touch base in hide and seek.
Ug mubayan kag úna sa búang, libri ka, If you reach the goal ahead of the one whos it, youre free.
-anan n {1} matchbox.
Isulud ang palítu sa bayanan, Place the matchsticks in the matchbox.
{2} shell of eggs, sea animals.
Bayanan sa itlug, Egg shells.
Bayanan sa pawíkan, Turtle shell.
Bayanan sa kinhasun, Clam shell.
{3} = -an.
4 sa utut female genitalia (humorous slang).
ka-an n group of homes.
paN- n {1} housing project, group of homes.
Ang pruyiktu sa pamalay álang sa mga kabus, The housing project for the poor.
{2} s.t.
used in the house.
Pamalay na lang ning sinináa, This dress is only for house use.
{3} roof framework of a house.
paniN-n {1} household.
Buluhatun sa panimalay, Household chores.
{2} home.
Ang asáwa mauy hára sa panimalay, The wife is the queen of the home.
tag-, tag-() n owner of the house.
tig-un() n {1} framework of a house.
Hápit na mahuman ang tigbáyun sa ákung balay, The framework of my house is almost finished.
{2} framework of ones thoughts.
Natumpag ang tigbáyun sa ákung mga damgu, The framework of my dreams collapsed.
gam-() see gambálay.
panum- see tungbálay.