babayi

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, compare Cebuano babaye, Ilocano babai, Kapampangan babai.

Noun

babayi

1. woman

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• babaye
• babai, babae
• bayi, baye

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈbaji/ [baˈba.ji]

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧yi

Noun

babáyi (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ)

1. a woman; a female human

   Coordinate term: lalaki

See also

• babaknit
• siknit

 

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi.

Noun

babayi

1. woman; female

   Coordinate term: lagaki

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈbaji/ [baˈba.ji]
• Rhymes: -aji
• Syllabification: ba‧ba‧yi

Noun

babayi (Hanunoo spelling ᜪᜪᜬᜲ)

1. woman; girl; female

Related terms

• balayi
• bayi
• bayian
• binabayi

 

References

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 61
• Masaru Miyamoto, The Hanunoo-Mangyan (1988)
• ABVD
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bahi”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Hiligaynon

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧yi
• IPA^(key): /baˈbaji/ [baˈba.ji]

Noun

babáyi

1. Alternative form of babaye

References

• Cecile Motus, Hiligaynon Lessons →ISBN

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi.

Noun

babayi

1. female; woman; girl

   Coordinate term: lalaki

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈbaji/ [bɐˈbaː.jɪ]
• Rhymes: -aji
• Syllabification: ba‧ba‧yi

Noun

babayi (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ) (now dialectal, chiefly Southern Tagalog)

1. Alternative form of babae