babay

Agutaynen

Etymology

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

Noun

babay

  1. woman; girl

Cebuano

Etymology 1

See babaye.

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

Noun

babáy

  1. Eye dialect spelling of babaye.

Adjective

babáy

  1. Eye dialect spelling of babaye.

Etymology 2

Borrowed English buh-bye.

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

Interjection

babay

  1. goodbye

Noun

babay

  1. goodbye

Verb

babay

  1. to say goodbye

Crimean Tatar

Alternative forms
  • (literary form:) baba

Noun

babay (Northern dialect)

  1. father
  2. dad

Declension
Declension of babay
singular plural
nominative babay babaylar
genitive babaynıñ babaylarnıñ
dative babayğa babaylarğa
accusative babaynı babaylarnı
locative babayda babaylarda
ablative babaydan babaylardan

Ibanag

Noun

babay

  1. woman

Isnag

Noun

babay

  1. woman

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

Itawit

Noun

babay

  1. woman

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

Maguindanao

Noun

babay

  1. woman

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • babye

Etymology

Borrowed from English bye-bye.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

babay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜌ᜔)

  1. goodbye
    Synonyms: paalam, (slang) babu

Derived terms

Noun

babay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜌ᜔)

  1. goodbye
    Synonym: paalam

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

Yogad

Noun

babáy

  1. woman
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