Meaning of inay

inay

Cebuano

prep. instead of


inay

Cebuano

n. 1. short for Nánay mother. Háin man si inay mu (ang ímung inay)? Where’s your mother? 2. exclamation expressing great emotion. Inay, bitin, Mama! A snake! -an n. mother hen or mother of other kind of fowl; v. raise a mother bird.


inay

Cebuano

instead of (doing so-and-so). Inay magtuun nagpúnay man hinúug liguy, Instead of studying he was always truant.


inay

Cebuano

I don’t know. Inay diin kahà nákù tu ikabutang ang lápis, I don’t know where I must have put the pencil.