babaye

Aklanon

Alternative forms

• babayi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baˈbaːyih]

Noun

babáye

1. woman or girl; female

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)

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

• (eye dialect) babay

Etymology

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

Noun

babaye

1. a female
2. a girl, a lady or a woman

Adjective

babaye

1. feminine, girly
2. female

Coordinate terms

• lalaki

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:babaye.

Derived terms

• binabaye

Usage notes

The words babaye, pangadye, sikwate, dayeg, parayeg and their derivatives are the only native words with an e in the final syllable.

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Hiligaynon

Alternative forms

• babayi
• babae (possibly nonstandard or dated)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

babáye

1. female; woman or girl

References

• Cecile Motus, Hiligaynon Lessons →ISBN
• Balangaw sa tingadlaw: tinipon nga mga malip-ot nga sugilanon : a collection of short stories in Hiligaynon (2008)

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Old French

Noun

babaye f

1. Alternative form of baboe

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Picard

Noun

babaye f

1. Alternative form of babaille

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Swahili

Noun

babaye (n class, plural babaye)

1. Contraction of baba yake: his/her father.

Synonyms

• babake

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Waray-Waray

Noun

babaye

1. woman

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'