"mababa" meaning in Tagalog

See mababa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /maˈbabaʔ/, [mɐˈbaː.bɐʔ], /mabaˈbaʔ/, [mɐ.bɐˈbaʔ]
Rhymes: -abaʔ, -aʔ Etymology: From ma- + baba (“lowness; descent”). Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:af|ma-|baba<t:lowness; descent>|text=+|tree=1}} From ma- + baba (“lowness; descent”). Head templates: {{tl-adj|mababà|b=+|pl=mabababa}} mababà (plural mabababa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜊ) Forms: mababà [canonical], mabababa [plural], ᜋᜊᜊ [Baybayin], no-table-tags [table-tags], baba [root], mababa [singular], mabababa [plural], mas mababa [singular, superior], mas mabababa [plural, superior], hindi gaanong mababa [inferior, singular], hindi gaanong mabababa [inferior, plural], kasimbaba [equal], ang pinakamababa [relative, singular], ang pinakamabababa [plural, relative], napakamababa [absolute, singular], napakamabababa [absolute, plural], pagkababa [absolute, singular], pagkababa-baba [absolute, plural]
  1. low
    Sense id: en-mababa-tl-adj-bB~wnbOn
  2. of low stature (of a person) Synonyms: pandak
    Sense id: en-mababa-tl-adj-jz5oG9uz Categories (other): Tagalog entries with etymology texts Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology texts: 3 14 3 15 6 3 3 20 15 17
  3. below a level (of a place) Synonyms: lubog, malalim
    Sense id: en-mababa-tl-adj-dfRb41EB
  4. shallow (of water in rivers, pools, etc.) Synonyms: di-malalim, mababaw
    Sense id: en-mababa-tl-adj-MCz851-9 Categories (other): Tagalog entries with etymology texts, Tagalog terms prefixed with ma-, Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation, Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation, Tagalog terms with maragsa pronunciation Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology texts: 3 14 3 15 6 3 3 20 15 17 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms prefixed with ma-: 3 7 3 24 7 3 3 13 18 18 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 4 8 4 22 8 4 4 13 16 16 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation: 4 9 4 24 8 4 4 24 17 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with maragsa pronunciation: 5 10 5 27 9 5 5 16 19
  5. low (of price) Synonyms: mura
    Sense id: en-mababa-tl-adj-AbAVVX-p
  6. low (of voice) Synonyms: mahina
    Sense id: en-mababa-tl-adj-D7kwGlct
  7. inferior; poor (of quality) Synonyms: mahina
    Sense id: en-mababa-tl-adj-~0JsQkLQ
  8. lowly; of low stature (in society) Synonyms: hamak, aba
    Sense id: en-mababa-tl-adj-AlJRWXXC Categories (other): Tagalog entries referencing ambiguous etymons, Tagalog entries referencing missing etymons, Tagalog entries with etymology texts, Tagalog entries with etymon, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 4 8 4 15 7 4 4 24 15 15 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries referencing missing etymons: 4 8 4 15 7 4 4 24 14 17 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology texts: 3 14 3 15 6 3 3 20 15 17 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymon: 6 11 6 11 10 6 6 32 6 6 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 2 16 6 2 2 34 10 12 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 3 7 3 18 6 3 3 31 13 13 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation: 4 9 4 24 8 4 4 24 17 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 3 6 3 18 6 3 3 31 12 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ibong mababa ang lipad, kalapating mababa ang lipad, mababa ang luha, mababang kapulungan, mababang paaralan, mababang-loob Related terms: mura
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /maˈbabaʔ/, [mɐˈbaː.bɐʔ], /mabaˈbaʔ/, [mɐ.bɐˈbaʔ] Forms: mababâ [canonical], nababa [completive], nabababa [progressive], mabababa [contemplative], ᜋᜊᜊ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -abaʔ, -aʔ Etymology: From ma- + baba (“lowness; descent”). Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:af|ma-|baba<t:lowness; descent>|text=+|tree=1}} From ma- + baba (“lowness; descent”). Head templates: {{tl-verb|mababâ|nababa|nabababa|mabababa|b=+}} mababâ (complete nababa, progressive nabababa, contemplative mabababa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜊ)
  1. to be able to lower something
    Sense id: en-mababa-tl-verb-JYmmGPlg Categories (other): Tagalog entries with etymology texts, Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology texts: 3 14 3 15 6 3 3 20 15 17 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation: 4 9 4 24 8 4 4 24 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /mabaˈba/ [Standard-Tagalog], [mɐ.bɐˈba] [Standard-Tagalog]
Rhymes: -a Etymology: From ma- + baba (“piggyback”). Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:af|ma-|baba<t:piggyback>|text=+|tree=1}} From ma- + baba (“piggyback”). Head templates: {{tl-verb|mababá|nababa|nabababa|mabababa|b=+}} mababá (complete nababa, progressive nabababa, contemplative mabababa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜊ) Inflection templates: {{tl-infl-ma|b|a|ba|object|title=mababa}}, {{tl-infl-table3|ma-|object|mababa|nababa|nabababa|mabababa|baba|title=mababa}} Forms: mababá [canonical], nababa [completive], nabababa [progressive], mabababa [contemplative], ᜋᜊᜊ [Baybayin], no-table-tags [table-tags], baba [error-unrecognized-form], mababa [infinitive, objective], nababa [error-unrecognized-form, objective], nabababa [objective, progressive], mabababa [error-unrecognized-form, objective]
  1. to be able to carry someone piggyback
    Sense id: en-mababa-tl-verb-q~aO6ep0 Categories (other): Tagalog entries with etymology texts Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology texts: 3 14 3 15 6 3 3 20 15 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ibong mababa ang lipad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kalapating mababa ang lipad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mababa ang luha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mababang kapulungan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mababang paaralan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mababang-loob"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "ma-",
        "4": "baba<t:lowness; descent>",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "From ma- + baba (“lowness; descent”).",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ma- + baba (“lowness; descent”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mababà",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mabababa",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜋᜊᜊ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "root"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mabababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mas mababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "superior"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mas mabababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "superior"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hindi gaanong mababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inferior",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hindi gaanong mabababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inferior",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasimbaba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "equal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang pinakamababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang pinakamabababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napakamababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "absolute",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "napakamabababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "absolute",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pagkababa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "absolute",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pagkababa-baba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "absolute",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mababà",
        "b": "+",
        "pl": "mabababa"
      },
      "expansion": "mababà (plural mabababa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜊ)",
      "name": "tl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ma‧ba‧ba"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ma‧ba‧ba"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mura"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mataas"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "low"
      ],
      "id": "en-mababa-tl-adj-bB~wnbOn",
      "links": [
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 14 3 15 6 3 3 20 15 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "of low stature (of a person)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mababa-tl-adj-jz5oG9uz",
      "links": [
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "stature",
          "stature"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pandak"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "below a level (of a place)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mababa-tl-adj-dfRb41EB",
      "links": [
        [
          "below",
          "below"
        ],
        [
          "level",
          "level"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lubog"
        },
        {
          "word": "malalim"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 14 3 15 6 3 3 20 15 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 7 3 24 7 3 3 13 18 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms prefixed with ma-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 8 4 22 8 4 4 13 16 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 9 4 24 8 4 4 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 10 5 27 9 5 5 16 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with maragsa pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shallow (of water in rivers, pools, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mababa-tl-adj-MCz851-9",
      "links": [
        [
          "shallow",
          "shallow"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "di-malalim"
        },
        {
          "word": "mababaw"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "low (of price)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mababa-tl-adj-AbAVVX-p",
      "links": [
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mura"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "low (of voice)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mababa-tl-adj-D7kwGlct",
      "links": [
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mahina"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inferior; poor (of quality)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mababa-tl-adj-~0JsQkLQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ],
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mahina"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 8 4 15 7 4 4 24 15 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries referencing ambiguous etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 8 4 15 7 4 4 24 14 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 14 3 15 6 3 3 20 15 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 11 6 11 10 6 6 32 6 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 11 2 16 6 2 2 34 10 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 7 3 18 6 3 3 31 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 9 4 24 8 4 4 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 6 3 18 6 3 3 31 12 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lowly; of low stature (in society)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mababa-tl-adj-AlJRWXXC",
      "links": [
        [
          "lowly",
          "lowly"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "stature",
          "stature"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hamak"
        },
        {
          "word": "aba"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈbabaʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐˈbaː.bɐʔ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-abaʔ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mabaˈbaʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐ.bɐˈbaʔ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʔ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mababa"
}

{
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "ma-",
        "4": "baba<t:lowness; descent>",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "From ma- + baba (“lowness; descent”).",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ma- + baba (“lowness; descent”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mababâ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nababa",
      "tags": [
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nabababa",
      "tags": [
        "progressive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mabababa",
      "tags": [
        "contemplative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜋᜊᜊ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mababâ",
        "2": "nababa",
        "3": "nabababa",
        "4": "mabababa",
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "mababâ (complete nababa, progressive nabababa, contemplative mabababa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜊ)",
      "name": "tl-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ma‧ba‧ba"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ma‧ba‧ba"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 14 3 15 6 3 3 20 15 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 9 4 24 8 4 4 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be able to lower something"
      ],
      "id": "en-mababa-tl-verb-JYmmGPlg",
      "links": [
        [
          "able",
          "able"
        ],
        [
          "lower",
          "lower"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈbabaʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐˈbaː.bɐʔ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-abaʔ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mabaˈbaʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐ.bɐˈbaʔ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʔ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mababa"
}

{
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "ma-",
        "4": "baba<t:piggyback>",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "From ma- + baba (“piggyback”).",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ma- + baba (“piggyback”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mababá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nababa",
      "tags": [
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nabababa",
      "tags": [
        "progressive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mabababa",
      "tags": [
        "contemplative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜋᜊᜊ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tl-infl-ma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mababa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "objective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nababa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "objective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nabababa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "objective",
        "progressive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mabababa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "objective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mababá",
        "2": "nababa",
        "3": "nabababa",
        "4": "mabababa",
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "mababá (complete nababa, progressive nabababa, contemplative mabababa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜊ)",
      "name": "tl-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ma‧ba‧ba"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ma‧ba‧ba"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
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        "3": "ba",
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