babine

Are

Noun

babine

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

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Arifama-Miniafia

Noun

babine

1. old woman

Related terms

• babin (“woman”)

Further reading

• David Wakefield, Grammar Notes on Arifama-Miniafia (available: 2011, created: 1975)
• Stanley Oyabua, Alfred Urasabey (authors), Venessa Sogiri (facilitator), Tentative Grammar Description for the Miniafia-Oyan [Min] Language (2016)

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Doga

Noun

babine

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

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French

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.bin/

Noun

babine f (plural babines)

1. prominent or pendulous animal lip (of camel, monkey etc.)
2. (colloquial) (human) lip

Further reading

• “babine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Roro

Noun

babine

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)