babai

See also: babái and baba'i

Abenlen Ayta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi (“woman, female”).

Noun

babai

1. woman

References

• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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Batad Ifugao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi (“woman, female”).

Noun

babāi

1. woman
   • 2005, Manuel B. Dulawan Oral Literature of the Ifugao, page 64:

     Mabigat ya nakammodwong nan' babai.

References

• ABVD
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (as ba-bāi)

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Central Bontoc

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi (“woman, female”).

Alternative forms

• fafái

Noun

babái

1. woman, girl
   • 1970, Lawrence Andrew Reid, Central Bontoc: Sentence, Paragraph, and Discourse (SIL):

     Kanan nan aman nan babai en, ...

     said the father the girl quote, ...

     The father of the girl said, ...

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Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, from *bahi (“woman; female”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧i
• IPA^(key): /baˈbaʔi/, [bɐˈbaʔi]

Adjective

babái

1. female

Noun

babái (plural babbai)

1. woman; female; girl
2. concubine; mistress

Derived terms

• babaien
• binabai

 

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Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi (“woman, female”).

Alternative forms

• babae (used by Atayoc, Guerzon and Tatpiec's 1976 Phrase Book for Central Kankanaey)

Noun

babái

1. woman

   lalaki ya babai : man and woman

References

• Janet L. Allen, A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis of Kankanaey (2011)
• Din nanlogian di am-in (Kankanaey translation of the Biblical book of Genesis)

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Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi (“woman, female”).

Noun

babai (babái)

1. woman

   malagung babai

   beautiful woman

   • 2005, Current Issues in Philippine Linguistics and Anthropology, page 340:

     (3) [Kapampangan]⁴

     a. Malagu ya ing babai.

     beautiful ABS.3SG DET.ABS.SG woman

     'The woman is beautiful.'

2. sister

References

• Leatrice T. Mirikitani, Speaking Kapampangan (1971) (sister)
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (woman)

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Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi (“woman, female”).

Noun

babai

1. woman; female

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Portuguese

Verb

babai

1. second-person plural (vós, sometimes used with vocês) affirmative imperative of babar

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Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi.

Noun

babai

1. woman

References

• Carl R. Galvez Rubino, Intensive Tausug: A Pedagogical Grammar (2006)