bumaba

From baba (“descent, decrease”) +‎ -um-.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /bumaˈbaʔ/ (“to go down; to get off (a vehicle); to land (of an airplane); to decrease; to abdicate”, verb)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • IPA^(key): /buˈmabaʔ/ (“to decrease; to degenerate (physically or mentally)”, verb)
    • Rhymes: -abaʔ
• Syllabification: bu‧ma‧ba

bumabâ (complete bumaba, progressive bumababa, contemplative bababa, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋᜊ)

1. to go down; to descend

   Synonym: pumanaog

2. to travel to a place of low altitude

   Antonym: umakyat

   Bababa kami bukas kasi napakalamig.

   We will go down to the lowlands tomorrow because it's so cold.

3. to get off; to alight (from a vehicle or animal)
4. to land (of an airplane)
5. to decrease; to become lower (of quantity or measurement, such as prices, height, pitch, temperature, etc.)
6. to abdicate; to step down (of officials, kings, etc.)
7. complete aspect of bumaba

bumabà (complete bumaba, progressive bumababa, contemplative bababa, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋᜊ)

1. to decrease; to become lower (of quantity or measurement, such as prices, height, pitch, temperature, etc.)
2. to degenerate; to decline (physically, mentally, etc.)
3. complete aspect of bumaba

From baba (“piggyback”) +‎ -um-.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bumaˈba/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: bu‧ma‧ba

bumabá (complete bumaba, progressive bumababa, contemplative bababa, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋᜊ)

1. to carry a child piggyback
2. complete aspect of bumaba