palya

See also: pálya

Enga

Noun

palya

1. shrub or tree species of the subfamily Sapindoideae (Sapindaceae)
   1. Guioa pseudoamabilis
   2. Guioa subsericea

      Synonym: kombam

   3. Sarcopteryx rigida
   4. Arytera multijuga

Kankanaey

Alternative forms

• palia (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palˈja/ [pʌlˈja]
  • Rhymes: -a
• IPA^(key): /ˈpalja/ [ˈpʌl.jʌ]
  • Rhymes: -alja
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan)
  • IPA^(key): /parˈja/ [pʌrˈja]
    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): /ˈparja/ [ˈpʌr.jʌ]
    • Rhymes: -arja
• Syllabification: pal‧ya

Noun

palyá or pálya

1. bitter melon

   Synonym: ampalaya

2. variety of camote with red skin and white flesh

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of palya

Southern / Central
Mt. Province	Sabangan	palya, (elderly) palya / parya
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province	Sagada	palya, (elderly) palya / parya

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “paliá”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[4], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 338
• Allen, Larry (2021), “pálya”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
• Wallace, Judy (2018), “palya”, in Northern Kankanay – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Pangasinan

Noun

palya

1. vegetable

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʎa/, [ˈpɐʎɐ]

Adjective

palya

1. good, okay
2. correct, proper

Antonyms

• kura (“bad”)

Derived terms

• palyanku
• palyaṉi

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish fallar (“to fail; to crash”), ultimately from Latin fallere.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /palˈja/ [pɐlˈja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pal‧ya

Noun

palyá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ᜔ᜌ)

1. failure; breakdown

   Synonym: sira

Derived terms

• pagpalya
• pumalya

Related terms

• palyado
• palyo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish falla (“lack; incompletion”), likely from Catalan falla. Related to etymology 1. See also Spanish falta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpalja/ [ˈpal.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: pal‧ya

Noun

palya (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ᜔ᜌ) (historical)

1. fee equivalent to 1 ½ reales (former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies) to be exempted for a day from polo (forced and unpaid labor)

See also

• polista
• polo

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish palia (“veil”), from Latin pallia, plural of pallium. Doublet of palyo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpalja/ [ˈpal.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: pal‧ya

Noun

palya (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ᜔ᜌ)

1. veil before the tabernacle

Etymology 4

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paria (“bitter melon”). See more at apalya and ampalaya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /palˈja/ [pɐlˈja]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pal‧ya

Noun

palyá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ᜔ᜌ)

1. obsolete form of apalya

Alternative forms

• palla — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Further reading

• “palya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “palya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• alpay, lapya, lapay, aplay, palay