Aklanon

Alternative forms

• babayi

Noun

babáye

1. woman or girl; female

References

• Filipino-Aklanon Dictionary
• Town of a thousand (1993), page 94: The [Aklan dialect] book is entitled Urbanidad O Mayad nga Pamatasan Bagay sa mga Ungang Babaye which could be translated "Politeness or Good Breeding expected of Young Girls"
• Alexander de Juan, Aklanon Proverbs: A Preliminary Aklanon Paremiology (2013) (spells it babayi)

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bayi

Noun

babaye

1. female
2. girl, lady, woman

Adjective

babaye

1. feminine, girly
2. female

Coordinate terms

• lalaki

Hiligaynon

Alternative forms

• babayi
• babae (possibly nonstandard or dated)

Noun

babáye

1. female; woman or girl

References

• Cecile Motus, Hiligaynon Lessons (ISBN 5881879775)
• Balangaw sa tingadlaw: tinipon nga mga malip-ot nga sugilanon : a collection of short stories in Hiligaynon (2008)

Old French

Noun

babaye f

1. Alternative form of baboe

Picard

Noun

babaye f

1. Alternative form of babaille

Swahili

Noun

babaye (n class, plural babaye)

1. Contraction of baba yake: his/her father.

Synonyms

• babake

Waray-Waray

Noun

babaye

1. woman

References

• Kandabao: Essays on Waray Language, Literature, and Culture (1982): 'babaye (woman)'
• Bokabularyong traylinggwal: Waray-Filipino-English (2004), page 14: 'asawa - asawa - spouse', 'asawa nga babaye - asawang babae - wife'