babae
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi. Cognate with Cebuano babaye, Kapampangan babai, Ilocano babai, Mansaka bobay, Maranao bebay, Paiwan vavayan, and Yogad bebay.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧e
- IPA(key): /baˈbaʔe/, [bɐˈba.ʔɛ]
- Rhymes: -aʔe
Noun
babae (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜁ)
- woman; girl; female
- Synonym: (gay slang) gerlalu
- mistress; concubine; other woman
- Synonyms: kaapid, kabit, kalaguyo, kalunya
- Nahuli ko si Tatay na may kasamang babae noong isang gabi sa sa hotel. ― I caught Father with her mistress one night in a hotel.
- 1981, Tomas Quintin D. Andres, Lohika sa kaisipang Pilipino:
- Ipaghalimbawa natin na ang maybahay ay may isang kaibigan na nagsabi sa kaniya na ang kaniyang asawa ay may kasamang babae.
- Let's use as an example of a wife who has a friend that told her that her husband is out with his mistress.
- (electronics, mechanics) female connector; female fastener
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- babaero
- babaihin
- babaysot
- binabae
- dalubhasang babae
- kababaihan
- kilos-babae
- magpakababae
- mambabae
- pagkababae
- pambabae
- sagay-babae
- sakit sa babae
See also
Further reading
- “babae”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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