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Higaonon
Adjective
mababa
- short
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From ma- + baba (“lowness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈbabaʔ/,
- Hyphenation: ma‧ba‧ba
Adjective
mababà (plural mabababa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜊ)
- low
- Antonym: mataas
- of low stature (of a person)
- Synonym: pandak
- below a level (of a place)
- Synonyms: lubog, malalim
- shallow (of water in rivers, pools, etc.)
- Synonyms: di-malalim, mababaw
- low (of price)
- Synonym: mura
- low (of voice)
- Synonym: mahina
- inferior; poor (of quality)
- Synonym: mahina
- lowly; of low stature (in society)
- Synonyms: hamak, aba
Inflection
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
From ma- + baba (“piggyback”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mabaˈba/,
- Hyphenation: ma‧ba‧ba
Verb
mababá (complete nababa, progressive nabababa, contemplative mabababa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜊ)
- to be able to carry someone piggyback
Conjugation
Verb conjugation for mababa
Further reading
- “mababa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018