babaye

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Aklanon

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Pronunciation

Noun

babáye

  1. woman or girl; female

References

  • Filipino-Aklanon Dictionary
  • Town of a thousand (1993), page 94: The book is entitled Urbanidad O Mayad nga Pamatasan Bagay sa mga Ungang Babaye which could be translated "Politeness or Good Breeding expected of Young Girls"
  • Alexander de Juan, Aklanon Proverbs: A Preliminary Aklanon Paremiology (2013) (spells it babayi)

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈbaje/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧ye

Noun

babáye (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ)

  1. Alternative spelling of babayi.

Cebuano

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Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi. Cognate with Tagalog babae, Kapampangan babai, Ilocano babai, Mansaka bobay, Maranao bebay, Paiwan vavayan, and Yogad bebay.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

Noun

babáye (Badlit spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ)

  1. female human, especially an adult; a woman, girl, lady
    Coordinate terms: lalaki (“man”), dalaga (“young/unmarried woman”)
  2. (by extension) female animal or plant
    Synonym: baye
  3. (by extension) mistress
    Synonym: kabit

Adjective

babáye (Badlit spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ)

  1. female
  2. feminine, girly
    Synonym: binabaye

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Hiligaynon

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Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi.

Pronunciation

Noun

babáye

  1. female; woman or girl
    Coordinate term: lalake

References

  • Cecile Motus, Hiligaynon Lessons →ISBN
  • Balangaw sa tingadlaw: tinipon nga mga malip-ot nga sugilanon : a collection of short stories in Hiligaynon (2008)

Old French

Noun

babaye f

  1. Alternative form of baboe

Picard

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Noun

babaye f

  1. Alternative form of babaille

Swahili

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

babaye (n class, plural babaye)

  1. Contraction of baba yake: his/her father.

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

babaye (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ) (dialectal, chiefly Southern Tagalog)

  1. Alternative form of babae

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi.

Pronunciation

Noun

babaye

  1. woman

References

  • Kandabao: Essays on Waray Language, Literature, and Culture (1982): 'babaye (woman)'
  • Bokabularyong traylinggwal: Waray-Filipino-English (2004), page 14: 'asawa - asawa - spouse', 'asawa nga babaye - asawang babae - wife'
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