babaye

Aklanon

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [baˈbaːyih]

Noun

babáye

  1. woman or girl; female

References

  • Filipino-Aklanon Dictionary
  • Town of a thousand (1993), page 94: The [Aklan dialect] book is entitled Urbanidad O Mayad nga Pamatasan Bagay sa mga Ungang Babaye which could be translated "Politeness or Good Breeding expected of Young Girls"
  • Alexander de Juan, Aklanon Proverbs: A Preliminary Aklanon Paremiology (2013) (spells it babayi)

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Noun

babaye

  1. a female
  2. a girl, a lady or a woman

Adjective

babaye

  1. feminine, girly
  2. female

Coordinate terms

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:babaye.

Derived terms

Usage notes

The words babaye, pangadye, sikwate, dayeg, parayeg and their derivatives are the only native words with an e in the final syllable.


Hiligaynon

Alternative forms

Noun

babáye

  1. female; woman or girl

References

  • Cecile Motus, Hiligaynon Lessons →ISBN
  • Balangaw sa tingadlaw: tinipon nga mga malip-ot nga sugilanon : a collection of short stories in Hiligaynon (2008)

Old French

Noun

babaye f

  1. Alternative form of baboe

Picard

Noun

babaye f

  1. Alternative form of babaille

Swahili

Noun

babaye (n class, plural babaye)

  1. Contraction of baba yake: his/her father.

Synonyms


Waray-Waray

Noun

babaye

  1. woman

References

  • Kandabao: Essays on Waray Language, Literature, and Culture (1982): 'babaye (woman)'
  • Bokabularyong traylinggwal: Waray-Filipino-English (2004), page 14: 'asawa - asawa - spouse', 'asawa nga babaye - asawang babae - wife'
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