babae

Hiligaynon

Noun

babáe

1. dame, maid, mistress, girl

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• babaye, babayi — dialectal, chiefly Southern Tagalog
• babai

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈbaʔe/ [bɐˈba.ʔɛ]
• Rhymes: -aʔe
• Syllabification: ba‧ba‧e

Noun

babae (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜁ)

1. woman; girl; female

   Synonym: (gay slang) gerlalu

2. mistress; concubine; other woman

   Synonyms: kaapid, kabit, kalaguyo, kalunya

   Nahuli ko si Tatay na may kasamang babae noong isang gabi sa sa hotel. ― I caught Father with her mistress one night in a hotel.

   • 1981, Tomas Quintin D. Andres, Lohika sa kaisipang Pilipino:

     Ipaghalimbawa natin na ang maybahay ay may isang kaibigan na nagsabi sa kaniya na ang kaniyang asawa ay may kasamang babae.

     Let's use as an example of a wife who has a friend that told her that her husband is out with his mistress.

3. (electronics, mechanics) female connector; female fastener

Coordinate terms

• lalaki

Derived terms

• babaero
• babaihin
• babaysot
• binabae
• dalubhasang babae
• haring babae
• hindurugong-babae
• kababaihan
• kilos-babae
• magpakababae
• mambabae
• pagkababae
• pambabae
• sagay-babae
• sakit sa babae

 

Related terms

• binibini

Further reading

• “babae”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 348: “Hembra) Babayi (pp) entre los animales”
  • page 436: “Muger) Babayi (pp) qualquiera”