buyag
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Cebuano[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Undetermined.
Verb[edit]
buyag
- to admonish
Etymology 2[edit]
It is believed that over-appreciation of a good trait, e.g, fair skin, shiny hair, compels, in someway admonishes, whatever it is that is causing such trait to stop.
Noun[edit]
buyag
- an affliction caused by appreciation of a trait or character, or a reversal of such trait
- (by extension) similar affliction attributed to a stranger, an evil eye or nature spirits
Etymology 3[edit]
Short for puyra buyag.
Interjection[edit]
buyag
- a customary expression to ward off buyag
Dibabawon Manobo[edit]
Noun[edit]
buyag