mababa
Higaonon edit
Adjective edit
mababa
Tagalog edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mababà (plural mabababa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜊ)
- low
- Antonym: mataas
- of low stature (of a person)
- Synonym: pandak
- below a level (of a place)
- 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)
Inflection edit
Degrees of mababa
positive | singular | plural | root | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mababa | mabababa | baba | ||||
superiority | inferiority | equality | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
comparative | mas mababa | mas mabababa | hindi gaanong mababa | hindi gaanong mabababa | kasimbaba | |
relative | absolute | |||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
superlative | ang pinakamababa | ang pinakamabababa | napakamababa | napakamabababa | pagkababa | pagkababa-baba |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From ma- + baba (“piggyback”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mababá (complete nababa, progressive nabababa, contemplative mabababa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜊ)
Conjugation edit
Verb conjugation for mababa
Further reading edit
- “mababa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018