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baya

/bah-yuh, bah-yah/US // ˈbɑ yə, bɑˈyɑ //

巴亚,巴耶,巴雅

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a common weaverbird, Ploceus philippinus, of India.

Examples

  • The more money ISIS has, the more Baya [an Islamic oath of loyalty] they will get.

  • Que la ley slica, que dizien, es baya, y las armas la allanarian.

  • Not in the least daunted the baya makes a fresh effort and flies off, still gripping the strand firmly.

  • In the rainy season two other birds weave nests, which are nearly as elegant as those woven by the baya.

  • Then, grasping with its beak the edge of this blade above the notch, the baya flies away and thus strips off a narrow strand.

  • The weaver-bird (Ploceus baya), the wren-warbler (Prinia inornata) are past masters of the art of weaving.