ibabaw

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bawbaw.

ibabaw

1. top

From i- +‎ babaw.

• Hyphenation: i‧ba‧baw
• IPA^(key): /ʔiˈbabaw/ [ʔiˈba.baʊ̯]

ibabaw

1. on top, on the surface

   Synonym: irarom

From i- +‎ babaw.

• Hyphenation: i‧ba‧baw
• IPA^(key): /ʔiˈbabaw/ [ʔɪˈba.bɐʊ̯]

ibabaw

1. above

ibabaw

1. upper

• ibabao — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Austronesian *i babaw (“above, on top of”), from Proto-Austronesian *babaw (“upper surface, top; highlands; on, upon, over, above”). By surface analysis, i- +‎ 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”). The i- prefix is likely related to the Proto-Austronesian *i (location marker) (cf. ito, ilalim, itaas, ilaya).

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

ibabaw (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜊᜏ᜔)

1. top; tip; apex

   Synonyms: punta, taluktok, tuktok, itaas, ituktok

2. upper surface; upper crust

   Synonyms: pangibabaw, pinakamukha

3. face (of fabrics)

   Synonym: karayagan

4. back (of an animal)

   Synonyms: likod, gulugod

5. outward appearance or aspect

   Synonyms: mukha, labas

6. purging cassia (Cassia fistula)

ibabaw (complete ibinabaw, progressive ibinababaw, contemplative ibababaw, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜊᜏ᜔)

1. to place on the surface (usually on a hot surface, to cook or make hot)

   Synonyms: ipaibabaw, ipatong

• 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