babaw

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbabaw/ [ˈba.baʊ̯]

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• Hyphenation: ba‧baw

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaw (“shallow”).

Noun

bábaw (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊᜏ᜔)

1. shallow

   Antonym: rarom

Derived terms

• hababaw
• kababawan

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *babaw (“top, upper surface”).

Noun

bábaw (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊᜏ᜔)

1. (archaic) top, above

   Antonym: baba

Derived terms

• ibabaw

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaw, from Proto-Austronesian *babaw. Cognate with Paiwan vavaw (“up, above”), Kavalan babaw (“upper surface, upper part, top”), Palauan bab (“area/space above, top, surface”), Maori waho (“outside”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧baw
• IPA^(key): /ˈbabaw/ [ˈba.bɐʊ̯]

Noun

babaw

1. a place on top

Hanunoo

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *babaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbabaw/ [ˈba.bɐw]
• Rhymes: -abaw
• Syllabification: ba‧baw

Noun

babaw (Hanunoo spelling ᜪᜪᜯ᜴)

1. surface; top; uppermost surface
2. mountain; highlands
3. source of a river; upstream

Related terms

• ababaw

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 61
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*babaw₃”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Saisiyat

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *babaw. Cognate with Paiwan vavaw (“up, above”), Kavalan babaw (“upper surface, upper part, top”), Palauan bab (“area/space above, top, surface”), and Maori waho (“outside”).

Noun

babaw

1. top; apex

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawbaw (“shallow”). Compare Tetum fohon.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbabaw/ [ˈbaː.baʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -abaw
• Syllabification: ba‧baw

Noun

babaw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜏ᜔)

1. shallowness

   Synonym: kababawan

   Antonyms: lalim, kalaliman

2. frivolousness; superficiality; trifle
3. shoal; shallow (place where water is shallow)

   Synonym: kababawan

Derived terms

• ambabaw
• babawan
• bumabaw
• ibabaw
• kababawan
• mababaw

See also

• ibabaw

Further reading

• “babaw”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “babaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*babaw₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• abwab