# babai
## Abenlen Ayta
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi (“woman, female”).

### Noun

babai
* woman

### References

* Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

## Albanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈbai/, [bäˈbäj]

### Noun

babai
* definite nominative singular of baba

## Batad Ifugao
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi (“woman, female”).

### Noun

babāi
* woman
** 2005, Manuel B. Dulawan, Oral Literature of the Ifugao, page 64:Mabigat ya nakammodwong nan' babai.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### References

* ABVD
* Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (as ba-bāi)

## Central Bontoc
### Alternative forms

* fafái

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi (“woman, female”).

### Noun

babái
* woman, girl
** 1970, Lawrence Andrew Reid, Central Bontoc: Sentence, Paragraph, and Discourse, SIL:Kanan nan aman nan babai en, ... said the father the girl quote, ... The father of the girl said, ...(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Galician
### Verb

babai
* (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of babar

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, from *bahi (“woman; female”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧i
* IPA: /baˈbaʔi/, [bɐˈbaʔi]

### Adjective

babái
* female

### Noun

babái (plural babbai)
* woman; female; girl
* concubine; mistress

#### Derived terms

* babaien
* binabai

## Iranun
### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

babai
* woman

## Kankanaey
### Alternative forms

* babae (used by Atayoc, Guerzon and Tatpiec's 1976 Phrase Book for Central Kankanaey)

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi (“woman, female”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /baˈbaʔi/ [bʌˈbaː.ʔi̞]
* Rhymes: -aʔi
* Syllabification: ba‧ba‧i

### Noun

babái (plural babbai)
* woman
    lalaki ya babai : man and woman

### References

* Janet L. Allen, A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis of Kankanaey (2011)
* Din nanlogian di am-in (Kankanaey translation of the Biblical book of Genesis)

## Kapampangan
### Alternative forms

* babay (obsolete, Spanish orthography)
* babayi

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi (“woman, female”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bəˈbai/ [bəˈbäː.i] (noun:woman)
* IPA: /ˌbaˈbai/ [ˌbäːˈbäː.i] (noun:women)
* Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧i

### Noun

babái
* woman
    malagung babaibeautiful woman
** 2005, Current Issues in Philippine Linguistics and Anthropology, page 340:(3) [Kapampangan]$^4$ a. Malagu ya ing babai. beautiful ABS.3SG DET.ABS.SG woman 'The woman is beautiful.'(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* sister

#### Derived terms

* binabai
* kababai
* mababai
* magbabai
* pababai

### Noun

bábái
* women

### References

* Leatrice T. Mirikitani, Speaking Kapampangan (1971) (sister)
* Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (woman)

## Limos Kalinga
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi (“woman, female”).

### Noun

babai
* woman; female

## Portuguese
### Verb

babai
* second-person plural imperative of babar

## Tausug
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /babaʔi/ [ba.βaˈʔi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ba‧ba‧i

### Noun

babai (Sulat Sūg spelling بَبَئِ)
* woman

### References

* Carl R. Galvez Rubino, Intensive Tausug: A Pedagogical Grammar (2006)