babaw
Bikol Central
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaw (“shallow”).
Noun
editbábaw (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊᜏ᜔)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editInherited from Proto-Austronesian *babaw (“top, upper surface”).
Noun
editbábaw (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊᜏ᜔)
Derived terms
editCebuano
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editbabaw
- a place on top
Saisiyat
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editbabaw
Tagalog
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawbaw (“shallow”). Compare Tetum fohon.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbabaw/ [ˈbaː.baʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -abaw
- Syllabification: ba‧baw
Noun
editbabaw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜏ᜔)
- shallowness
- frivolousness; superficiality; trifle
- shoal; shallow (place where water is shallow)
- Synonym: kababawan
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther 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; et al. (2023) “*babaw₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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