mabuhayint.
/maˈbuːhʌɪ/, U.S. /məˈbuˌhaɪ/, Philippine English /ˌmɑˈbuˌhɑɪ/ Philippine English.
An exclamation of salutation or greeting: long live ——! good luck (to you)! hurrah! cheers!
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1930 Kingsport (Tennessee) Times 19 Sept. 3/4 General Macarthur was given a tremendous send-off... He left amid shouts of ‘Mabuhay’, the tagalog equivalent of ‘viva’.
1941 Rotarian Apr. 49/1 So, as we were wont to say out there, ‘Mabuhay Rotary’, meaning not only ‘Good-by’, but ‘May good fortune attend Rotary.’
1973 Press-Courier (Oxnard, Calif.) 17 Feb. 2/3 Mrs. Adrian gave the major a big cloth sign which said ‘Mabuhay, Maj. Bob Peel.’
2013 Philippine Panorama 27 Jan. 3/1 We wish them all the best and success in all their endeavors. Congratulations and Mabuhay!
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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