"mambabae" meaning in Tagalog

See mambabae in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /mambaˈbaʔe/ [Standard-Tagalog], [mɐm.bɐˈbaː.ʔɛ] [Standard-Tagalog]
Rhymes: -aʔe Etymology: From mam- + babae. Etymology templates: {{prefix|tl|mam|babae}} mam- + babae Head templates: {{tl-verb|+|nambabae|nambababae|mambababae|b=+|type=actor III}} mambabae (complete nambabae, progressive nambababae, contemplative mambababae, 3rd actor trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ) Inflection templates: {{tl-infl-mang|b|a|bae|partial|title=mambabae}}, {{tl-infl-table|mang- / ᜋᜅ᜔|actor|mambabae / ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ|nambabae / ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ|nambababae / ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ|mambababae / ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ|kapambababae / ᜃᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ|kakapambabae / ᜃᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ kapapambabae / ᜃᜉᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ|pambabae¹ / ᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ|babae / ᜊᜊᜁ|¹ Dialectal use only. Not used in Standard Tagalog.|title=mambabae}} Forms: nambabae [completive], nambababae [progressive], mambababae [contemplative], ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ [Baybayin], no-table-tags [table-tags], mang- [error-unrecognized-form], ᜋᜅ᜔ [error-unrecognized-form], babae [error-unrecognized-form], ᜊᜊᜁ [error-unrecognized-form], actor [error-unrecognized-form], mambabae [infinitive], ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ [infinitive], nambabae [error-unrecognized-form], ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ [error-unrecognized-form], nambababae [progressive], ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ [progressive], mambababae [error-unrecognized-form], ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ [error-unrecognized-form], kapambababae [error-unrecognized-form, formal], ᜃᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ [error-unrecognized-form, formal], kakapambabae [error-unrecognized-form, informal], ᜃᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ [error-unrecognized-form, informal], kapapambabae [error-unrecognized-form, informal], ᜃᜉᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ [error-unrecognized-form, informal], pambabae [dialectal, imperative, informal], ᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ [imperative, informal]
  1. to court a girl Tags: actor-iii
    Sense id: en-mambabae-tl-verb-FubhRMsK
  2. to fool around with women Tags: actor-iii
    Sense id: en-mambabae-tl-verb-zFBoA5dw Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms prefixed with mam-, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 37 22 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 55 16 15 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 14 57 15 14 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms prefixed with mam-: 18 45 19 18 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 14 58 15 14 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 20 38 22 20 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 11 64 13 11
  3. to womanize; to seduce a woman Tags: actor-iii
    Sense id: en-mambabae-tl-verb-ht3IOny7
  4. to have a mistress Tags: actor-iii
    Sense id: en-mambabae-tl-verb-lq6NQ22p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: babaihin, pambababae
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      "expansion": "mam- + babae",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mam- + babae.",
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      "form": "nambabae",
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        "completive"
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    {
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        "progressive"
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    {
      "form": "mambababae",
      "tags": [
        "contemplative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tl-infl-mang",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mang-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜋᜅ᜔",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "actor",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mambabae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nambabae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nambababae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "progressive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "progressive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mambababae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kapambababae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜃᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kakapambabae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜃᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kapapambabae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜃᜉᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pambabae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "imperative",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+",
        "2": "nambabae",
        "3": "nambababae",
        "4": "mambababae",
        "b": "+",
        "type": "actor III"
      },
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      "name": "tl-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mam‧ba‧ba‧e"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mam‧ba‧ba‧e"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "2": "a",
        "3": "bae",
        "4": "partial",
        "title": "mambabae"
      },
      "name": "tl-infl-mang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mang- / ᜋᜅ᜔",
        "10": "babae / ᜊᜊᜁ",
        "11": "¹ Dialectal use only. Not used in Standard Tagalog.",
        "2": "actor",
        "3": "mambabae / ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
        "4": "nambabae / ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
        "5": "nambababae / ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ",
        "6": "mambababae / ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ",
        "7": "kapambababae / ᜃᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ",
        "8": "kakapambabae / ᜃᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ\nkapapambabae / ᜃᜉᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
        "9": "pambabae¹ / ᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
        "title": "mambabae"
      },
      "name": "tl-infl-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "babaihin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pambababae"
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "to court a girl"
      ],
      "id": "en-mambabae-tl-verb-FubhRMsK",
      "links": [
        [
          "court",
          "court"
        ],
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "actor-iii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 37 22 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 55 16 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 57 15 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "18 45 19 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms prefixed with mam-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 58 15 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 38 22 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 64 13 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fool around with women"
      ],
      "id": "en-mambabae-tl-verb-zFBoA5dw",
      "links": [
        [
          "fool around",
          "fool around"
        ],
        [
          "women",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "actor-iii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to womanize; to seduce a woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-mambabae-tl-verb-ht3IOny7",
      "links": [
        [
          "womanize",
          "womanize"
        ],
        [
          "seduce",
          "seduce"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "actor-iii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to have a mistress"
      ],
      "id": "en-mambabae-tl-verb-lq6NQ22p",
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "mistress",
          "mistress"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "actor-iii"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mambaˈbaʔe/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐm.bɐˈbaː.ʔɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʔe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mambabae"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Tagalog/aʔe",
    "Rhymes:Tagalog/aʔe/4 syllables",
    "Tagalog 3rd actor trigger verbs",
    "Tagalog 4-syllable words",
    "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tagalog lemmas",
    "Tagalog terms prefixed with mam-",
    "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
    "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
    "Tagalog verbs"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mam- + babae.",
  "forms": [
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        "completive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nambababae",
      "tags": [
        "progressive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mambababae",
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        "contemplative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tl-infl-mang",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mang-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜋᜅ᜔",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "babae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "actor",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mambabae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nambabae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nambababae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "progressive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "progressive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mambababae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kapambababae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜃᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kakapambabae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜃᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kapapambabae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜃᜉᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pambabae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "imperative",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+",
        "2": "nambabae",
        "3": "nambababae",
        "4": "mambababae",
        "b": "+",
        "type": "actor III"
      },
      "expansion": "mambabae (complete nambabae, progressive nambababae, contemplative mambababae, 3rd actor trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ)",
      "name": "tl-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mam‧ba‧ba‧e"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "mam‧ba‧ba‧e"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "2": "a",
        "3": "bae",
        "4": "partial",
        "title": "mambabae"
      },
      "name": "tl-infl-mang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mang- / ᜋᜅ᜔",
        "10": "babae / ᜊᜊᜁ",
        "11": "¹ Dialectal use only. Not used in Standard Tagalog.",
        "2": "actor",
        "3": "mambabae / ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
        "4": "nambabae / ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
        "5": "nambababae / ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ",
        "6": "mambababae / ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ",
        "7": "kapambababae / ᜃᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ",
        "8": "kakapambabae / ᜃᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ\nkapapambabae / ᜃᜉᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
        "9": "pambabae¹ / ᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ",
        "title": "mambabae"
      },
      "name": "tl-infl-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "babaihin"
    },
    {
      "word": "pambababae"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to court a girl"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "court",
          "court"
        ],
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "actor-iii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to fool around with women"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fool around",
          "fool around"
        ],
        [
          "women",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "actor-iii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to womanize; to seduce a woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "womanize",
          "womanize"
        ],
        [
          "seduce",
          "seduce"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "actor-iii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to have a mistress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "mistress",
          "mistress"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "actor-iii"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mambaˈbaʔe/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐm.bɐˈbaː.ʔɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʔe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mambabae"
}

Download raw JSONL data for mambabae meaning in Tagalog (4.6kB)

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