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Aklanon
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawbaw.
Noun
ibabaw
- top
Bikol Central
Etymology
From i- + babaw.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: i‧ba‧baw
- IPA(key): /ʔiˈbabaw/,
Adverb
ibabaw
- on top, on the surface
- Synonym: irarom
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology
From i- + babaw.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: i‧ba‧baw
- IPA(key): /ʔiˈbabaw/,
Adverb
ibabaw
- above
Adjective
ibabaw
- upper
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *i babaw (“above, on top of”), from Proto-Austronesian *babaw (“upper surface, top; highlands; on, upon, over, above”). By surface analysis, i- + 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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔiˈbabaw/,
- Hyphenation: i‧ba‧baw
Noun
ibabaw (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜊᜏ᜔)
- top; tip; apex
- Synonyms: punta, taluktok, tuktok, itaas, ituktok
- upper surface; upper crust
- Synonyms: pangibabaw, pinakamukha
- face (of fabrics)
- Synonym: karayagan
- back (of an animal)
- Synonyms: likod, gulugod
- outward appearance or aspect
- Synonyms: mukha, labas
- purging cassia (Cassia fistula)
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Verb
ibabaw (complete ibinabaw, progressive ibinababaw, contemplative ibababaw, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜊᜏ᜔)
- to place on the surface (usually on a hot surface, to cook or make hot)
- Synonyms: ipaibabaw, ipatong
Conjugation
Verb conjugation for ibabaw