# babaye
## Aklanon
### Alternative forms

* babayi

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈbajiː/

### Noun

babáye
* 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)

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈbaje/ [baˈba.je]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧ye

### Noun

babáye (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ)
* Alternative spelling of babayi.

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* babay — eye dialect
* babayi

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi. Cognate with Tagalog babae, Kapampangan babai, Ilocano babai, Mansaka bobay, Maranao bebay, Paiwan vavayan, and Yogad bebay.
First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧ye
* (Standard Cebuano) IPA: /baˈbaje/ [bɐˈba.je]
* (Bohol, Southern Leyte) IPA: /baˈbad͡ʒe/ [bɐˈba.d͡ʒe]

### Noun

babáye (Badlit spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ)
* female human, especially an adult; a woman, girl, lady
    Coordinate terms: lalaki (“man”), dalaga (“young/unmarried woman”)
* (by extension) female animal or plant
    Synonym: baye
* (by extension) mistress
    Synonym: kabit

### Adjective

babáye (Badlit spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ)
* female
* feminine, girly
    Synonym: binabaye

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:babaye.

#### Derived terms

* babayeng buhat
* babayero
* babayhana
* babayin-an
* babayin-on
* balaye
* binabaye
* himabaye
* kababayin-an
* makibabaye
* pamalaye

## Hiligaynon
### Alternative forms

* babayi
* babae (possibly nonstandard or dated)

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈbajɛ/

### Noun

babáye
* female; woman or girl
    Coordinate term: lalake

### References

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

## Old French
### Noun

babaye f
* Alternative form of baboe

## Picard
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

babaye f
* Alternative form of babaille

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

babaye class IX (plural babaye class X)
* Contraction of baba yake: his/her father.

#### Synonyms

* babake

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /baˈbaje/ [bɐˈbaː.jɛ]
* Rhymes: -aje
* Syllabification: ba‧ba‧ye

### Noun

babaye (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜌᜒ) (dialectal, chiefly Southern Tagalog)
* Alternative form of babae

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈbaje/, [baˈba.ji]

### Noun

babaye
* 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'