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== Rwanda-Rundi == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *ìpàpá. Cognate with Swahili ubawa. === Noun === ibabá class 5 (plural amababá class 6) wing == Tagalog == === Etymology 1 === From i- +‎ baba (“lowness; descent”). The i- prefix for the noun is likely related to the Proto-Austronesian *i (location marker) (cf. ito, ilalim, ibabaw, ilaya, itaas). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔibaˈbaʔ/ [ʔɪ.bɐˈbaʔ] (“lower part; base; southern part of a district”, noun; “to bring down; to lower (volume)”, verb) Rhymes: -aʔ IPA(key): /ʔiˈbabaʔ/ [ʔɪˈbaː.bɐʔ] (“to lower (one's voice)”, verb) Rhymes: -abaʔ Syllabification: i‧ba‧ba ==== 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 ===== ==== Verb ==== ibabâ (complete ibinaba, progressive ibinababa, contemplative ibababa, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜊ) 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 ==== ibabà (complete ibinaba, progressive ibinababa, contemplative ibababa, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜊ) to lower or soften (one's voice) Synonyms: hinaan, ihina, babaan ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === From i- +‎ baba (“carried piggyback”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔibaˈba/ [ʔɪ.bɐˈba] Rhymes: -a Syllabification: i‧ba‧ba ==== Verb ==== ibabá (complete ibinaba, progressive ibinababa, contemplative ibababa, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜊ) to be carried piggyback Synonym: babahin ===== Conjugation ===== === Further reading === Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*generic marker of location in space or time”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI == 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”)