babay

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Agutaynen[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, compare Mansaka bobay, Ilocano babai.

Noun[edit]

babay

  1. woman; girl

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

See babaye.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ba‧bay
  • IPA(key): /baˈbaj/, [bʌˈbaɪ̯]

Noun[edit]

babáy

  1. Eye dialect spelling of babaye.

Adjective[edit]

babáy

  1. Eye dialect spelling of babaye.

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed English buh-bye.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ba‧bay
  • IPA(key): /ˈbabaj/, [ˈba.baɪ̯]

Interjection[edit]

babay

  1. goodbye

Noun[edit]

babay

  1. goodbye

Verb[edit]

babay

  1. to say goodbye

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (literary form:) baba

Noun[edit]

babay (Northern dialect)

  1. father
  2. dad

Declension[edit]

Ibanag[edit]

Noun[edit]

babay

  1. woman

Isnag[edit]

Noun[edit]

babay

  1. woman

References[edit]

  • Rodolfo Rosario Barlaan, Aspects of Focus in Isnag (Linguistic Society of the Philippines, 1999)
  • ABVD

Itawit[edit]

Noun[edit]

babay

  1. woman

References[edit]

  • James A. Tharp, Mateo C. Natividad, Itawis-English Wordlist (1976), page 7

Maguindanao[edit]

Noun[edit]

babay

  1. woman

Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English bye-bye.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbabaj/, [ˈba.baɪ̯]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧bay

Interjection[edit]

babay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜌ᜔)

  1. goodbye
    Synonyms: paalam, (slang) babu

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

babay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜌ᜔)

  1. goodbye
    Synonym: paalam

Further reading[edit]

  • babay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yogad[edit]

Noun[edit]

babáy

  1. woman