ibaba
Rwanda-Rundi edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ibabá class 5 (plural amababá class 6)
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation 1 edit
Noun edit
ibabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜊ)
- place under; underneath; under part
- lower part
- ground floor; basement; downstairs
- Synonym: silong
- base; foot (of a staircase, mountain, etc.)
- southern part of a district or town; opposite of the uptown district
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
ibabâ (complete ibinaba, progressive ibinababa, contemplative ibababa, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜊ)
- to bring downstairs
- to put down a thing on something
- Synonym: ipatong
- to bring down (from a tree, pole, etc.)
- Synonym: ilapag
- to lower; to make lower (of the position of something)
- Synonym: pababain
- (figurative) to bring down (of prices, rank, position, etc.)
- Synonym: babaan
- to make softer; to lower (of volume)
Conjugation edit
Verb conjugation for ibaba
Pronunciation 2 edit
Verb edit
ibabà (complete ibinaba, progressive ibinababa, contemplative ibababa, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜊ)
Conjugation edit
Verb conjugation for ibaba
Pronunciation 3 edit
Verb edit
ibabá (complete ibinaba, progressive ibinababa, contemplative ibababa, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜊ)
Conjugation edit
Yoruba edit
Etymology edit
From iba + iba, literally “father's father”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ibaba
Coordinate terms edit
- iyeye (“maternal grandmother”)