Wiktionary

babay

Agutaynen edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, compare Mansaka bobay, Ilocano babai.

Noun edit

babay

  1. woman; girl

Cebuano edit

Etymology 1 edit

See babaye.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ba‧bay
  • IPA(key): /baˈbaj/, [bʌˈbaɪ̯]

Noun edit

babáy

  1. Eye dialect spelling of babaye.

Adjective edit

babáy

  1. Eye dialect spelling of babaye.

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed English buh-bye.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ba‧bay
  • IPA(key): /ˈbabaj/, [ˈba.baɪ̯]

Interjection edit

babay

  1. goodbye

Noun edit

babay

  1. goodbye

Verb edit

babay

  1. to say goodbye

Crimean Tatar edit

Alternative forms edit

  • (literary form:) baba

Noun edit

babay (Northern dialect)

  1. father
  2. dad

Declension edit

Declension of babay
singular plural
nominative babay babaylar
genitive babaynıñ babaylarnıñ
dative babayğa babaylarğa
accusative babaynı babaylarnı
locative babayda babaylarda
ablative babaydan babaylardan

Ibanag edit

Noun edit

babay

  1. woman

Isnag edit

Noun edit

babay

  1. woman

References edit

  • Rodolfo Rosario Barlaan, Aspects of Focus in Isnag (Linguistic Society of the Philippines, 1999)
  • ABVD

Itawit edit

Noun edit

babay

  1. woman

References edit

  • James A. Tharp, Mateo C. Natividad, Itawis-English Wordlist (1976), page 7

Maguindanao edit

Noun edit

babay

  1. woman

Tagalog edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English bye-bye.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbabaj/, [ˈba.baɪ̯]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧bay

Interjection edit

babay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜌ᜔)

  1. goodbye
    Synonyms: paalam, (slang) babu

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

babay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜌ᜔)

  1. goodbye
    Synonym: paalam

Further reading edit

  • “babay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yogad edit

Noun edit

babáy

  1. woman
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