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

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bayi

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.

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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