"Ilaya" is a word in HILIGAYNON
iláya - (H) Towards the land, remote from
the sea, in the interior, land-ward, inland;
up river. Diín ang ginapúy-an mo?—Sa
iláya. Where do you live?—Up river, in the
direction of the mountains. Nagpailáya siá
kahápon. Yesterday he went up country, up
river.
ilayá - (H) Landward, etc.; to be situated in
a direction away from the sea, etc. but not
so far as the distance implied by "iláya”.
Ang ákon baláy nailayá sa simbáhan. My
home is situated near the Church—or—a
little behind the Church (in the direction of
the mountains). (cf. iláya; iláwod,
ilawód—seaward).
The owner of the Agut d'Avignon had the air of a 1920s dandy who had ruined himself with one mad night of gambling at baccarat and had only been saved by this restaurant, which he seemed to cherish as if it were his wife or a good fountain pen.
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iráya - See iláya—up-river, etc. (cf. irayá, ilayá).
Read the complete definitionirayánhon - (B) Away from the coast-line, up-river, inland; people living in the interior. (cf. iraháynon, iráya, iráynon, iláya).
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