babai

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See also: babái and baba'i

Abenlen Ayta[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

babai

  1. woman

References[edit]

  • Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Albanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /baˈbai/, [bäˈbäj]

Noun[edit]

babai

  1. definite nominative singular of baba

Batad Ifugao[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

babāi

  1. woman
    • 2005, Manuel B. Dulawan, Oral Literature of the Ifugao, page 64:
      Mabigat ya nakammodwong nan' babai.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References[edit]

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

Central Bontoc[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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, ...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

babai

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of babar

Ilocano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

babái

  1. female

Noun[edit]

babái (plural babbai)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Iranun[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

babai

  1. woman

Kankanaey[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

babái

  1. woman
    lalaki ya babai : man and woman

References[edit]

  • 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)

Kapampangan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bəˈbai/, [bəˈbäː.i] (noun:woman)
  • IPA(key): /ˌbaˈbai/, [ˌbäːˈbäː.i] (noun:women)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧i

Noun[edit]

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.'
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. sister

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

bábái

  1. women

References[edit]

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

Limos Kalinga[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

babai

  1. woman; female

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

babai

  1. second-person plural imperative of babar

Tausug[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi

Noun[edit]

babai

  1. woman

References[edit]

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