babi

See also: Babi and babí

Albanian

Noun

babi

  1. dad, father

Baba Malay

Etymology

From Malay babi.

Noun

babi

  1. pig; hog
  2. pork

Further reading

Balinese

Romanization

babi

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬩᬶ

Barngarla

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbabi/

Noun

babi

  1. father

References

Betoi

Noun

babi

  1. father

References

  • Raoul Zamponi, Betoi (2003)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaː.bi/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧bi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian بابی.

Noun

babi m (plural babi's)

  1. A Babist, a follower of Báb (Siyyid `Alí Muhammad Shírází) and Babism.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Indonesian babi.

Noun

babi m (plural babi's)

  1. (dated) A pig or wild pig in Indonesia.
  2. pork in an Indonesian or Malay dish.
    • 2003 May 5, E.d.u. S., “Tip: er zijn weer wijnstokken”, in nl.culinair (Usenet):
      Ik ben altijd een groot voorstander geweest van het aran-vuurtje waar je dan zo gezellig naast zat te kipassen terwijl de stukjes babi aan het garen waren.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2009 August 20, Johannes, “Wat is het nut van auto gordels i.c.m. airbags?”, in nl.auto (Usenet):
      En niet te vergeten de kreukelzones en de opvouwbare stuurkolom, die tegenwoordig gemeengoed zijn, maar indertijd waren er geen kreukelzones en was de stuurkolom nog een stijve spies waaraan je geregen kon worden als babi of ajam aan een satéstokje.
      And do not forget the crumple zones and the collapsible steering column, that are commonplace today, but at the times there were no crumple zones and the steering column was still a rigid spear on which you could be impailed like pork or chicken on a satay skewer.
    • 2011 May 29, Claas Compaan, “Het willen verbieden van nertsenfokkerijen.”, in nl.politiek (Usenet):
      Omdat ze in China honden door de babi douwen,[sic] moeten we het dus hier ook doen?
      So because they put dogs in their (Indo-Malay) pork,[sic] we should do the same? (based on the misconception that the dish is Chinese)
Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

babi (feminine babie, masculine plural babis, feminine plural babies)

  1. (relational) Babist

Further reading

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَاب (bāb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /báː.bìː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [báː.bìː]

Noun

bābī̀ m (possessed form bābìn)

  1. chapter (of book)

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *babi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbabi/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧bi

Noun

babi

  1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)
    Synonym: jani

Indonesian

babi

Etymology

From Malay babi, from Proto-Malayic *babi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy. Doublet of bagong.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbabi/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧bi

Noun

babi (first-person possessive babiku, second-person possessive babimu, third-person possessive babinya)

  1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)
    Synonyms: bagong, celeng
  2. (vulgar, figuratively) a greedy person
    • 2023-05-03, Video by Amien Rais Official, youtube.com:
      KITA BUKAN BANGSA "KAMBING" YANG RELA DIKUASAI OLEH PARA "SERIGALA" DAN AKHIRNYA PARA "BABI".
      We are not dumb people ruled by a cruel leader and then by greedy ones.
  3. (vulgar) a contemptible person, a motherfucker
    Aidit babi!
    Fucking Aidit!

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: babi

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

babi

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦧꦶ

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy. Compare Tagalog baboy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbabiʔ/, [ˈbäː.biʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧bi

Noun

bábî

  1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)
  2. pork

Derived terms

See also

  • bigak

Karo Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Batak *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Noun

babi

  1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babьjь. By surface analysis, baba + -i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbabi/
  • Syllabification: ba‧bi

Noun

babi (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) women's, girl's

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “babi”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 4
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “babi”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “babi”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • babi”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Malay

babi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *babi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /babi/
  • Rhymes: -abi, -bi, -i

Noun

babi (Jawi spelling بابي, plural babi-babi, informal 1st possessive babiku, 2nd possessive babimu, 3rd possessive babinya)

  1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)
    Synonym: khinzir
  2. (offensive) a contemptible person

Usage notes

  • The word babi happens to be popularly used as an insult and is very offensive, so it is occasionally replaced by khinzir when talking about the animal.

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

babi

  1. Alternative form of baby

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish babi, from Proto-Slavic *babьjь. By surface analysis, baba + -i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.bi/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -abi
  • Syllabification: ba‧bi

Adjective

babi (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (relational, dated) women's, girl's, womanly
    Synonyms: babski, damski, kobiecy, niewieści, żeński

Declension

Derived terms

noun

Further reading

  • babi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • babi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

babi (Cyrillic spelling баби)

  1. dative/locative singular of baba

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbabi/ [ˈba.β̞i]
  • Rhymes: -abi
  • Syllabification: ba‧bi

Noun

babi m (plural babis)

  1. smock

Further reading

Toba Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Batak *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Noun

babi

  1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English baby.

Pronunciation

Noun

babi m (plural babis)

  1. baby
    Synonym: baban

Derived terms

  • babïaidd (babyish, infantile)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
babi fabi mabi unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “babi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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