different between bebay vs begay

English

Etymology

From be- +? bay (“to bend”), from Middle English beien, be?en, from Old English b?e?an (“to bend, turn, turn back, incline, depress, abase, humiliate, subject, persuade, convert”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *baugijan?.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?

Verb

bebay (third-person singular simple present bebays, present participle bebaying, simple past and past participle bebayed)

1. (rare, transitive) To bay around or about; embay; hem in; surround.

Anagrams

• Abbey, abbey

Maranao

Noun

bebay

1. woman

References

• B. & E. M. Macaraya, Maranao Words and Phrases (1991)

Yogad

Noun

bebay

1. ocean

English

Etymology

From be- +? gay.

Verb

begay (third-person singular simple present begays, present participle begaying, simple past and past participle begayed)

1. (transitive) To make cheerful or merry.
   • 1985, Percy Grainger, Kay Dreyfus, The farthest north of humanness:

     I find it the finest land & folk yet, finer even than Denmark & the Danes, though truly not so begaying & behopefulling.

Anagrams

• gabey

Maranao

Noun

begay

1. gift