Bisaya

Bisaya

1. An indigenous people of Borneo.

• Hyphenation: Bi‧sa‧ya
• IPA^(key): /biˈsajaʔ/ [biˈsa.jaʔ]

Bisayà

1. Visayan (person)

Bisayà

1. Visayan (dialect continuum)
2. Cebuano (language)

Bisayà

1. Visayan

In the sense of "Visayan person", often denotes a person who is ethnically Cebuano in addition to the peoples of the Visayas in general. People who speak a Visayan language, but is not ethnically Visayan or from the Visayas region, such as the natives of Masbate or southern Sorsogon, do not consider themselves Visayan.

Hiligaynon/Ilonggo and Waray are also considered Visayans, and also call their respective languages "Bisaya" in addition to autonyms, but they would prefer being called by their respective ethnonyms instead. In the regions in the Visayas where they are native to (Panay and Negros, and Samar and Leyte), "Bisaya" usually denotes a Cebuano speaker.

Unknown. Possibly related to Sanskrit विषय (viṣaya, “kingdom; dominion; region; territory; domain; realm”), according to Potet (2016). Compare Sabah Bisaya Bisaya, Brunei Bisaya Bisaya, Tatana Bisaya, Khmer វិស័យ (visay), Thai วิสัย (wí-sǎi), Pali visaya. Other theories include:

• From Malay Sri Vijaya (“Sri Vijaya”), from Sanskrit श्री विजय (śrī vijayá). During the 1950s to the 1960s, various authors have claimed that Bisaya is derived from Sri Vijaya, claiming the early settlers of Panay were either from Sri Vijaya or subjects of Sri Vijaya. However, linguist Eugene Verstraelen refutes these claims by pointing out that Vijaya would have been "Bidaya" or "Biraya". Compare Malay bisai.
• From Sanskrit वैश्य (váiśya) which would have been what Indian traders and/or pirates might have described the settlers of Panay.

• Hyphenation: Bi‧sa‧ya
• IPA^(key): /bisaˈjaʔ/ [bɪ.s̪ɐˈjaʔ]

Bisayâ (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜌ)

1. Visayan (person)

   Filipino ang mga Bisaya.

   Visayans are Filipinos.

Bisayâ (Badlit spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜌ)

1. Cebuano (language) (see usage notes)
2. a surname from Cebuano

Most speakers of the language, while speaking in Cebuano, would usually call the language as Bisaya or Binisaya. Speakers outside Cebu may refuse to call the language Cebuano since the language is also used in other parts of the Visayas and Mindanao. In Cebu, and in media, the language is called Sinugboanon. Cebuano, as a name of the language, is almost only used in English.

Furthermore, other similar languages under the Visayan language continuum refers their language also as Bisaya or Binisaya, but in most instances they call their own language in their exonym to avoid confusion.

• Bisayista
• Binisaya
• Kabisay-an

• Bisaya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ethnologue Subgroup List under Bisaya
• Ethnologue entry for Bisaya, ceb ⁠
• Cebuano Wiktionary

Bisayâ

1. Visayan

Binisayâ

1. any of the Visayan language

   Synonym: Binisaya

2. (specifically) Cebuano (language)

• Binisaya
• Kabisayaan

• Ethnologue Subgroup List under Bisaya
• Ethnologue entry for Bisaya, hil ⁠

• Visaya — obsolete

Borrowed from Cebuano Bisaya, of uncertain origin, possibly Sanskrit. Possibly related to Sanskrit विषय (viṣaya, “kingdom; dominion; region; territory; domain; realm”), according to Potet (2016).^[1] Compare Khmer វិស័យ (visay), Thai วิสัย (wí-sǎi), Pali visaya, Sabah Bisaya Bisaya, Brunei Bisaya Bisaya, Tatana Bisaya. Other theories include:

• From Old Malay Sri Vijaya (“Sri Vijaya”), from Sanskrit श्री विजय (śrī vijayá). During the 1950s to the 1960s, various authors have claimed that Bisaya is derived from Sri Vijaya, claiming the early settlers of Panay were either from Sri Vijaya or subjects of Sri Vijaya. However, linguist Eugene Verstraelen refutes these claims by pointing out that Vijaya would have been "Bidaya" or "Biraya". Compare Malay bisai, from Tamil விசை (vicai).
• From Sanskrit वैश्य (váiśya) which would have been what Indian traders and/or pirates might have described the settlers of Panay.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /biˈsajaʔ/ [bɪˈsaː.jɐʔ] (common)
    • Rhymes: -ajaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /bisaˈjaʔ/ [bɪ.sɐˈjaʔ]
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: Bi‧sa‧ya

Bisayà or Bisayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜌ)

1. (strictly) Cebuano language

   Synonym: Cebuano

2. Visayan (dialect continuum)

Bisayà or Bisayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜌ)

1. Visayan (pertaining to Visayas)

Bisayà or Bisayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜌ)

1. Visayan (person from the Visayan region)
2. Cebuano (speaker of Cebuano)

   Synonym: Cebuano

• In Tagalog, the term Bisaya usually refers to Cebuanos—the people, their language, and its speakers. Other Visayan groups (e.g., Hiligaynon, Waray) also call their languages Bisaya, but they often use the term to mean Cebuano, which can cause confusion or offense.
• Cebuano speakers outside Cebu often use Bisaya for the Cebuano variety of Cebu, while local variants have specific names (e.g., Boholano, Kana).
• In Mindanao, groups like the Surigaonon and Butuanon distinguish their own language groups but may still use Bisaya to mean a Cebuano or Hiligaynon speaker, which can likewise be misleading. Despite this, Bisaya has become the preferred ethnonym for Cebuano speakers in Mindanao, where the Cebuano language (called Binisaya) spread widely due to migration and cultural assimilation throughout the 20th century.

• “Bisaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Ethnologue Subgroup List under Bisaya