babine
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See also: Babine
English
Noun
babine (uncountable)
Are
Noun
babine
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
Arifama-Miniafia
Noun
babine
Related terms
- babin (“woman”)
Further reading
- David Wakefield, Grammar Notes on Arifama-Miniafia (available: 2011, created: 1975)
- Stanley Oyabua, Alfred Urasabey (authors), Venessa Sogiri (facilitator), Tentative Grammar Description for the Miniafia-Oyan Language (2016)
Doga
Noun
babine
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle French babine (“lip”), probably of Germanic origin, compare dialectal German Bäppe (“lips, muzzle”), Middle High German beffen (“to scold, bicker”). Compare also French babouin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.bin/
Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun
babine f (plural babines)
- prominent or pendulous animal lip (of camel, monkey etc.)
- (colloquial) (human) lip
Derived terms
Further reading
- “babine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Roro
Noun
babine
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)