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Hiligaynon
[edit]Noun
[edit]babáe
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- babaye, babayi — dialectal, chiefly Southern Tagalog
- babai
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈbaʔe/ [bɐˈbaː.ʔɛ]
- Rhymes: -aʔe
- Syllabification: ba‧ba‧e
Noun
[edit]babae (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜁ)
- woman; girl; female
- Synonym: (gay slang) gerlalu
- 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.
- (electronics, mechanics) female connector; female fastener
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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”
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