mambabae

Tagalog

Etymology

From mam- +‎ babae.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /mambaˈbaʔe/ [mɐm.bɐˈba.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 Root word Trigger
mang-
ᜋᜅ᜔		 babae
ᜊᜊᜁ		 actor
Aspect Imperative
Infinitive Complete Progressive Contemplative Recently Complete
mambabae
ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ		 nambabae
ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ		 nambababae
ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ		 mambababae
ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ		 formal kapambababae
ᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ		 pambabae1
ᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ
informal kakapambabae
ᜃᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ
kapapambabae
ᜃᜉᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ
1 Not used in Standard Tagalog. Dialectal use only.
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