babaye
Aklanon edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
babáye
References edit
- Filipino-Aklanon Dictionary
- Town of a thousand (1993), page 94: The [Aklan dialect] 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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
babáye (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ)
- Misspelling of babayi.
Cebuano edit
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Etymology edit
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 edit
- Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧ye
- (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /baˈbaje/, [bʌˈba.jɪ]
- (Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA(key): /baˈbad͡ʒe/, [bʌˈba.d͡ʒɪ]
Noun edit
babáye (Badlit spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ)
- female human, especially an adult; a woman, girl, lady
- (by extension) female animal or plant
- Synonym: bayi
- (by extension) mistress
- Synonym: kabit
Adjective edit
babáye (Badlit spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ)
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:babaye.
Coordinate terms edit
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Hiligaynon edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
babáye
References edit
- 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 edit
Noun edit
babaye f
- Alternative form of baboe
Picard edit
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babaye f
- Alternative form of babaille
Swahili edit
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
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babaye (n class, plural babaye)
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Tagalog edit
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babaye (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ) (dialectal)
- Alternative form of babae
Waray-Waray edit
Noun edit
babaye
References edit
- 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'