babin

Arifama-Miniafia

Noun

babin

1. woman

Related terms

• babine (“old woman”)

Further reading

• David Wakefield, Grammar Notes on Arifama-Miniafia (available: 2011, created: 1975)
• David Wakefield, Miniafia Organised Phonology Data (available: 2011, created: 1992)
• Stanley Oyabua, Alfred Urasabey (authors), Venessa Sogiri (facilitator), Tentative Grammar Description for the Miniafia-Oyan [Min] Language (2016)

Maranao

Noun

babin

1. (sewing) bobbin

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babinъ. By surface analysis, baba +‎ -in. First attested in 1417.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /babi(ː)n/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /babin/

Adjective

babin

1. (relational) grandmother's (belonging to a parent's mother)
   • 1974 [1417], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty kaliskie, volume IV, number 559:

     Yako tho szwyadczø, ysz ye wydzers[l]al dwanaczcze lath w mirze w [p]ocoyw babyn posaag

     [Jako to świadczę, iż je wydzierż[l]ał dwanaćcie lat w mirze w [p]okoju babin posag]

Descendants

• Middle Polish: babin

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “babin”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish babin, from Proto-Slavic *babinъ. By surface analysis, baba +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈba.bin/

Adjective

babin (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (relational, Middle Polish) midwife's
2. (relational, Middle Polish) woman's

Further reading

• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “babin”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Krystyna Siekierska (09.11.2009) “BABIN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “babin”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎^[1]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “babin”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 78

Wandamen

Noun

babin

1. woman

References

• Austronesian in Papua