ibaba
Rwanda-Rundi
Etymology
Cognate with Swahili ubawa.
Noun
ibabá class 5 (plural amababá class 6)
- wing
Tagalog
Etymology
From i- + baba.
Pronunciation 1
- Hyphenation: i‧ba‧ba
- IPA(key): /ʔibaˈbaʔ/, [ʔɪ.bɐˈbaʔ]
Noun
ibabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜊ)
- place under; underneath; under part
- Synonym: ilalim
- Antonym: itaas
- lower part
- Synonyms: lapag, sahig
- ground floor; basement; downstairs
- Synonym: silong
- base; foot (of a staircase, mountain, etc.)
- Synonyms: puno, paanan
- southern part of a district or town; opposite of the uptown district
- Synonym: timog
- Antonym: ilaya
Derived terms
- paibaba
- tagaibaba
Verb
ibabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜊ, complete ibinaba, progressive ibinababa, contemplative ibababa)
- to bring downstairs
- Synonym: ipanaog
- Antonym: iakyat
- to put down a thing on something
- Synonym: ipatong
- to bring down (from a tree, pole, etc.)
- Synonym: ilapag
- to lower; to make lower (of the position of something)
- Synonym: pababain
- (figurative) to bring down (of prices, rank, position, etc.)
- Synonym: babaan
- to make softer; to lower (of volume)
- Synonyms: hinaan, ihina, babaan
- Antonym: ilakas
Conjugation
Verb conjugation for ibaba
| Affix | Root word | Trigger | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| i- | baba | object | ||
| Aspect | Imperative | |||
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | |
| ibaba | ibinaba | ibinababa inababa1 | ibababa ababa1 | ibaba babaan1 |
| 1 Dialectal use only. | ||||
Pronunciation 2
- Hyphenation: i‧ba‧ba
- IPA(key): /ʔiˈbabaʔ/, [ʔɪˈba.bɐʔ]
Verb
ibabà (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜊ, complete ibinaba, progressive ibinababa, contemplative ibababa)
- to lower or soften (one's voice)
- Synonyms: hinaan, ihina, babaan
Conjugation
Verb conjugation for ibaba
| Affix | Root word | Trigger | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| i- | baba | object | ||
| Aspect | Imperative | |||
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | |
| ibaba | ibinaba | ibinababa inababa1 | ibababa ababa1 | ibaba babaan1 |
| 1 Dialectal use only. | ||||
Pronunciation 3
- Hyphenation: i‧ba‧ba
- IPA(key): /ʔibaˈba/, [ʔɪ.bɐˈba]
Verb
ibabá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜊ, complete ibinaba, progressive ibinababa, contemplative ibababa)
- to carry someone piggyback
- Synonym: babahin
Conjugation
Verb conjugation for ibaba
| Affix | Root word | Trigger | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| i- | baba | object | ||
| Aspect | Imperative | |||
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | |
| ibaba | ibinaba | ibinababa inababa1 | ibababa ababa1 | ibaba babahan1 |
| 1 Dialectal use only. | ||||
Yoruba
Etymology
From iba + iba, literally “father's father”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ī.bā.bā/
Noun
ibaba
- (Ọwọ) paternal grandfather
Coordinate terms
- iyeye (“maternal grandmother”)