mambabae

Tagalog

Etymology

From mam- +‎ babae.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /mambaˈbaʔe/ [mɐm.bɐˈbaː.ʔɛ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔe
  • Syllabification: mam‧ba‧ba‧e

Verb

mambabae (complete nambabae, progressive nambababae, contemplative mambababae, 3rd actor trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ)

  1. to court a girl
  2. to fool around with women
  3. to womanize; to seduce a woman
  4. to have a mistress

Inflection

Verb conjugation for mambabae
affix mang- / ᜋᜅ᜔
root word babae / ᜊᜊᜁ
trigger actor
aspect
infinitive  / ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ
complete nambabae / ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ
progressive nambababae / ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ
contemplative mambababae / ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ
recently
complete
formal kapambababae / ᜃᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ
informal kakapambabae / ᜃᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ
kapapambabae / ᜃᜉᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ
imperative pambabae1 / ᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ

1 Dialectal use only. Not used in Standard Tagalog.