babad

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bábad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbabad/
  • IPA(key): /baˈbad/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧bad

Noun

bábad or babád (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊᜇ᜔)

  1. soak
    Synonyms: humom, huom

Derived terms

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧bad

Noun

babad

  1. a coconut palm frond used as a torch

Central Cagayan Agta

Noun

babad

  1. headache

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Javanese ꦧꦧꦢ꧀ (babad, history, chronicle), from Old Javanese *babad,

Pronunciation

Noun

babad (plural babad-babad)

  1. chronicle, annal, historical account.
    1. (literature) Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, Sasak, and Madurese stories containing historical events

Synonyms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

babad

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦧꦢ꧀

Malay

Noun

babad (Jawi spelling بابد, plural babad-babad, informal 1st possessive babadku, 2nd possessive babadmu, 3rd possessive babadnya)

  1. history; chronicle

Further reading

Maranao

Noun

babad

  1. descendant

Verb

babad

  1. to multiply

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajbaj, from Proto-Austronesian *bajbaj (loosen, untie, unwrap; unravel; to clear forest), *-baj (unravel, untie).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.bat/
  • Rhymes: -bat
  • Hyphenation: ba‧bad

Noun

babad

  1. clearing

Verb

babad

  1. to clear land

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦧꦧꦢ꧀ (babad) (inherited)

Further reading

  • "babad" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

O'odham

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan babáádai, Classical Nahuatl cueyatl.

Noun

babad

  1. frog, toad

References

  • Saxton, Dean, Saxton, Lucille, Enos, Susie (1983) Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, second edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bábad.

Pronunciation

Noun

babad (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜇ᜔)

  1. soak; soaking (in liquid)
    Synonyms: tigmak, mamad
  2. prolonged stay in water (in bathing)
  3. (figurative) bad habit of a person (especially of a gambler, etc.)

Derived terms

Adjective

babád (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜇ᜔)

  1. thoroughly soaked; saturated (in liquid)
  2. (figurative) immersed in a bad habit

References

  • babad”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024