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{{also|babái|baba'i}}
==Abenlen Ayta==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|abp|poz-pro|*bahi}}, from {{inh|abp|map-pro|*ba-bahi}}, from {{inh|abp|map-pro|*bahi||woman, female}}.

===Noun===
{{head|abp|noun}}

# [[woman]]

===References===
* ''Austronesian Comparative Dictionary''

{{c|abp|Female|People}}

==Albanian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sq|/baˈbai/|[bäˈbäj]}} 

===Noun===
{{head|sq|noun form}}

# {{inflection of|sq|baba||def||nom|singular}}

==Batad Ifugao==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ifb|poz-pro|*bahi}}, from {{inh|ifb|map-pro|*ba-bahi}}, from {{inh|ifb|map-pro|*bahi||woman, female}}.

===Noun===
{{head|ifb|noun|head=babāi}}

# [[woman]]
#* {{quote-text|ifb|year=2005|author=Manuel B. Dulawan|title=Oral Literature of the Ifugao|page=64
|passage=Mabigat ya nakammodwong nan' '''babai'''.}}

===References===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308105856/http://language.psy.auckland.ac.nz/austronesian/language.php?id=420 ABVD]
* ''Austronesian Comparative Dictionary'' (as ''ba-bāi'')

==Central Bontoc==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|lbk|fafai|fafái}}<!--see refs there-->

===Etymology===
From {{inh|lbk|poz-pro|*bahi}}, from {{inh|lbk|map-pro|*ba-bahi}}, from {{inh|lbk|map-pro|*bahi||woman, female}}.

===Noun===
{{head|lbk|noun|head=babái}}

# [[woman]], [[girl]]
#* {{quote-text|lbk|year=1970|author=Lawrence Andrew Reid|title=Central Bontoc: Sentence, Paragraph, and Discourse|publisher=SIL
|passage=Kanan nan aman nan '''babai''' en, ...<br><code>said the father the girl quote,</code> ...<br>The father of the '''girl''' said, ...}}
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===References===
* ''Austronesian Comparative Dictionary'' (as ''ba-bái'')-->

==Galician==

===Verb===
{{head|gl|verb form}}

# {{gl-reinteg-verb form of|babar}}

==Ilocano==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ilo|map-pro|*ba-bahi}}, from {{m|map-pro|*bahi||woman; female}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{hyphenation|ilo|ba|ba|i}}
* {{IPA|ilo|/baˈbaʔi/|[bɐˈbaʔi]}}

===Adjective===
{{ilo-adj|babái}}

# [[female]]

===Noun===
{{ilo-noun|babái|pl=babbai}}

# [[woman]]; [[female]]; [[girl]]
# [[concubine]]; [[mistress]]

====Derived terms====
{{der3|ilo|babaien|binabai}}

==Iranun==

===Pronunciation===
{{rfp|ill}}

===Noun===
{{head|ill|noun}}

# [[woman]]

==Kankanaey==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|kne|babae}} {{qualifier|used by Atayoc, Guerzon and Tatpiec's 1976 ''Phrase Book for Central Kankanaey''}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|kne|poz-pro|*bahi}}, from {{inh|kne|map-pro|*ba-bahi}}, from {{inh|kne|map-pro|*bahi||woman, female}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{kne-pr|babá7i}}

===Noun===
{{kne-noun|babái|pl=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'')<!-- also:
* Blust's ''Austronesian Comparative Dictionary'' (as ''ba-bái'')-->

==Kapampangan==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|pam|babay||obsolete|Abecedario orthography}}
* {{alt|pam|babayi}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|pam|poz-pro|*bahi}}, from {{inh|pam|map-pro|*ba-bahi}}, from {{inh|pam|map-pro|*bahi||woman, female}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{pam-IPA|babá.i}} {{q|noun:woman}}
* {{pam-IPA|bábá.i}} {{q|noun:women}}
* {{hyph|pam|ba|ba|i}}

===Noun===
{{pam-noun|babái}}

# [[woman]]
#: {{ux|pam|malagung '''babai'''|''beautiful '''woman'''''}}
#* {{quote-text|pam|year=2005|title=Current Issues in Philippine Linguistics and Anthropology|page=340
|passage=(3) [Kapampangan]<sup>4</sup><br>a. Malagu ya ing '''babai'''.<br>beautiful ABS.3SG DET.ABS.SG woman<br>'The '''woman''' is beautiful.' <!--<br>b. Malagu ya.<br>beautiful ABS.3SG<br>'She is beautiful.' -->}}
# [[sister]]

====Derived terms====
{{der3|pam|kababai|binabai|magbabai|pababai|mababai}}

===Noun===
{{pam-noun|bábái}}

# [[women]]

===References===
* Leatrice T. Mirikitani, ''Speaking Kapampangan'' (1971) (sister)
* ''Austronesian Comparative Dictionary'' (woman)<!--also web sources-->

==Limos Kalinga==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|kmk|poz-pro|*bahi}}, from {{inh|kmk|map-pro|*ba-bahi}}, from {{inh|kmk|map-pro|*bahi||woman, female}}.

===Noun===
{{head|kmk|noun}}

# [[woman]]; [[female]]

==Portuguese==

===Verb===
{{head|pt|verb form}}

# {{pt-verb form of|babar}}

==Tausug==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|tsg|poz-pro|*ba-bahi}}, from {{der|tsg|map-pro|*ba-bahi}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{tsg-pr}}

===Noun===
{{tsg-noun|j=+}}

# [[woman]]

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