bababa

Galician

Verb

bababa

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of babar

Tagalog

Etymology

From baba, with initial reduplication on the first syllable.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌbabaˈbaʔ/ [ˌbaː.bɐˈbaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧ba‧ba

Verb

bábabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜊ)

1. contemplative aspect of bumaba

Usage notes

• Together with ba, this is a tounge twister or used to form tounge twisters, like in the sentence below.

  Bababa ba? Bababa.

  Will we go down? Yes, we will go down.