babaw

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbabaw/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧baw

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaw (“shallow”).

Noun

bábaw (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊᜏ᜔)

  1. shallow
    Antonym: rarom
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *babaw (“top, upper surface”).

Noun

bábaw (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊᜏ᜔)

  1. (archaic) top, above
    Antonym: baba
Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaw, from Proto-Austronesian *babaw. Cognate with Paiwan vavaw (“up, above”), Kavalan babaw (“upper surface, upper part, top”), Palauan bab (“area/space above, top, surface”), Maori waho (“outside”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧baw
  • IPA(key): /ˈbabaw/

Noun

babaw

  1. a place on top

Saisiyat

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *babaw. Cognate with Paiwan vavaw (“up, above”), Kavalan babaw (“upper surface, upper part, top”), Palauan bab (“area/space above, top, surface”), and Maori waho (“outside”).

Noun

babaw

  1. top; apex

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawbaw (“shallow”). Compare Tetum fohon.

Pronunciation

Noun

babaw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜏ᜔)

  1. shallowness
    Synonym: kababawan
    Antonyms: lalim, kalaliman
  2. frivolousness; superficiality; trifle
  3. shoal; shallow (place where water is shallow)
    Synonym: kababawan

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “babaw” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “babaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*babaw₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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