babaye

Aklanon

Alternative forms

• babayi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, compare Cebuano babaye, Ilocano babai, Kapampangan babai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈbaje/ [baˈbaː.je]
• Rhymes: -aje
• Syllabification: ba‧ba‧ye

Noun

babáye

1. woman or girl; female

Derived terms

• binabaye

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

• babay — eye dialect
• babayi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi. Cognate with Tagalog babae, Kapampangan babai, Ilocano babai, Mansaka bobay, Maranao bebay, Paiwan vavayan, and Yogad bebay.

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /baˈbaje/ [baˈbaː.je]
• (Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA^(key): /baˈbad͡ʒe/ [baˈbaː.d͡ʒe]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧ye

Noun

babáye (Badlit spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ)

1. female human, especially an adult; a woman, girl, lady

   Coordinate terms: lalaki (“man”), dalaga (“young/unmarried woman”)

2. (by extension) female animal or plant

   Synonym: baye

3. (by extension) mistress

   Synonym: kabit

Adjective

babáye (Badlit spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ)

1. female
2. feminine, girly

   Synonym: binabaye

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:babaye.

Derived terms

• babayeng buhat
• babayero
• babayhana
• babayin-an
• babayin-on
• balaye
• binabaye
• himabaye
• kababayin-an
• makibabaye
• pamalaye

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈbaje/ [baˈba.je]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧ye

Noun

babáye (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ)

1. alternative spelling of babayi

Hiligaynon

Alternative forms

• babayi
• babae (possibly nonstandard or dated)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi

Hiligaynon babaye

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈbaje/ [baˈba.je]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧ye

Noun

babáye

1. female; woman or girl

   Coordinate term: lalake

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

babaye class IX (plural babaye class X)

1. contraction of baba +‎ yake: his/her father.

Synonyms

• babake

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈbaje/ [bɐˈbaː.jɛ]
• Rhymes: -aje
• Syllabification: ba‧ba‧ye

Noun

babaye (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ) (dialectal, chiefly Southern Tagalog)

1. alternative form of babae

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi

Waray-Waray babaye

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈbaje/, [baˈba.ji]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧ye

Noun

babaye

1. woman

   Antonym: lalaki

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'