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baya

baya

9.9
A small brown and yellow bird that builds hanging nests
  • noun
  • /ˈbaɪə/
  • Indian
translation icon : baya
  • Around the corner, there were several medium-sized trees that were liberally festooned with baya weaver nests.

Examples

  • Thus, people reading these stories come to believe that FTZ women workers as a group are women without lajja-baya.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Moreover, the image of the sexually aggressive woman, who by definition has no lajja-baya, has made the general public consider sexual violence in the area "normal."

    Academic text (2006)
  • We thank Colette Baya and Manuel Hallen for their help during the study and K Vuylsteek and the members of the COMAC for their support.

    Academic text (2001)
  • In May, his play, The Crocodile of Zambezi, co-written with Raisedon Baya, was banned by the Zimbabwean government because of its political content.

    Academic text (2009)
  • This deterioration of lajja-baya was what Sinhala nationalists feared most about FTZ employment.

    Academic text (2006)
  • In addition, Yellow-vented Bulbuls, Baya Weavers, and Lesser Coucals showed a preference for warmer temperatures (Figure 3).

    Academic text (2015)
  • Lyle was an older American man they had met and chatted with most mornings on their walk beside the baya man. Mark had thought before that he was pretty obviously smitten with Laura and embarrassed by it because he was quite a bit older, and because Mark was sick, a poor rival.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The baya weaver is famous for its intricate nests, which are woven from grass and leaves.

  • During the summer, many baya birds can be seen nesting in the fields near my home.

  • I watched a baya weaving its nest, skillfully threading the blades of grass together.

Synonyms

weaver
vsbaya
1 7.5

A small bird that makes hanging nests from grass and twigs

is the single common Indian member rather than the whole bird family
Ploceus philippinus
vsbaya
  • Specialized
9.9

A small bird from India that builds hanging woven nests

is the common brown and yellow South Asian bird rather than the species label
weaverbird
vsbaya
  • Indian
8.8

A small African or Asian bird that builds woven nests in groups

is the specific brown and yellow South Asian bird rather than the broader group

Surface Forms

baya singular
bayas plural

Etymology

Baya comes from South Asia; it is the local name in Hindi and Bengali for the small 'weaver' bird that makes hanging, woven nests. So English borrowed the name baya, and today the word means that nest-building bird.