babaw
Bikol Central edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaw (“shallow”).
Noun edit
bábaw (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊᜏ᜔)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *babaw (“top, upper surface”).
Noun edit
bábaw (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊᜏ᜔)
Derived terms edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaw, from Proto-Austronesian *babaw. Cognate with Paiwan vavaw (“up, above”), Kavalan babaw (“upper surface, upper part, top”), Palauan bab (“area/space above, top, surface”), Maori waho (“outside”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
babaw
- a place on top
Saisiyat edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Austronesian *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”).
Noun edit
babaw
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawbaw (“shallow”). Compare Tetum fohon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
babaw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜏ᜔)
- shallowness
- frivolousness; superficiality; trifle
- shoal; shallow (place where water is shallow)
- Synonym: kababawan
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “babaw” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “babaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*babaw₂”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary