espiya

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish espía, from Middle English spien, aphetic variant of earlier espien (“to espy”), from Old French espier (“to spy”), from Frankish *spehōn (“to spy”), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ya

Noun

espiya

  1. a spy

Verb

espiya

  1. to spy
  2. to keep an eye on

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish espía.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ʔesˈpia/, [ʔesˈpi.jɐ]
  • IPA(key): /ʔespiˈa/, [ʔesˈpja]

Noun

espiya or espiyá

  1. spy
    Synonyms: tiktik, batyaw

Derived terms
  • espiyahan
  • kontraespiya
  • mag-espiya
  • mang-espiya
  • paespiyahan
  • pang-eespiya
  • espiyonahe
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