babay

Agutaynen

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, compare Mansaka bobay, Ilocano babai.

Noun

babay

1. woman; girl

Cebuano

Etymology 1

See babaye.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧bay
• IPA^(key): /baˈbaj/, [bɐˈbaɪ̯]

Noun

babáy

1. Eye dialect spelling of babaye.

Adjective

babáy

1. Eye dialect spelling of babaye.

Etymology 2

Borrowed English buh-bye.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧bay
• IPA^(key): /ˈbabaj/, [ˈba.bɐɪ̯]

Interjection

babay

1. goodbye

Noun

babay

1. goodbye

Verb

babay

1. to say goodbye

Crimean Tatar

Alternative forms

• (literary form:) baba

Noun

babay (Northern dialect)

1. father
2. dad

Declension

Declension of babay

	singular	plural
nominative	babay	babaylar
genitive	babaynıñ	babaylarnıñ
dative	babayğa	babaylarğa
accusative	babaynı	babaylarnı
locative	babayda	babaylarda
ablative	babaydan	babaylardan

Ibanag

Noun

babay

1. woman

Isnag

Noun

babay

1. woman

References

• Rodolfo Rosario Barlaan, Aspects of Focus in Isnag (Linguistic Society of the Philippines, 1999)
• ABVD

Itawit

Noun

babay

1. woman

References

• James A. Tharp, Mateo C. Natividad, Itawis-English Wordlist (1976), page 7

Maguindanao

Noun

babay

1. woman

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• babye

Etymology

Borrowed from English bye-bye.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbabaj/ [ˈba.baɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -abaj
• Syllabification: ba‧bay

Interjection

babay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜌ᜔)

1. goodbye

   Synonyms: paalam, (slang) babu

Derived terms

• babayan
• magbabay

 

Noun

babay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜌ᜔)

1. goodbye

   Synonym: paalam

Further reading

• “babay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yogad

Noun

babáy

1. woman