"tagababa" meaning in Tagalog

See tagababa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /taɡabaˈbaʔ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [t̪ɐ.ɣ̠ɐ.bɐˈbaʔ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: tagababâ [canonical], ᜆᜄᜊᜊ [Baybayin], taga-baba [alternative, nonstandard]
Rhymes: -aʔ Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Philippine *taga- Tagalog taga- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq Tagalog baba Tagalog tagababa From taga- + baba. Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:af|taga-|baba<id:lowness>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Philippine *taga- Tagalog taga- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq Tagalog baba Tagalog tagababa [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "taga-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }, { "id" : "lowness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "lower surface, below, bottom", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian", "term" : "*babaq", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "poz-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "baba", "lang" : "tl" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "tagababa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="tagababa"> From taga- + baba., {{ety|tl|:af|taga-|baba<id:lowness>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Philippine *taga- Tagalog taga- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq Tagalog baba Tagalog tagababa From taga- + baba. Head templates: {{tl-noun|tagababâ|b=+}} tagababâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜊᜊ)
  1. lowlander, ones who live on the lowlands
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  2. (dialectal, Cordillera, by extension, somewhat derogatory) anyone who is not living on the Cordillera Mountain Range. Tags: broadly, derogatory, dialectal
    Sense id: en-tagababa-tl-noun-R~dlWUqw Categories (other): Baguio Tagalog, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Tagalog entries with etymology texts, Tagalog entries with etymology trees, Tagalog entries with etymon, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms prefixed with taga-, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with maragsa pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Baguio Tagalog: 18 47 34 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 22 42 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 41 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 41 37 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 30 41 29 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 29 42 29 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology texts: 30 39 30 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology trees: 30 39 30 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymon: 28 42 30 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 26 36 38 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms prefixed with taga-: 27 41 32 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 19 40 41 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with maragsa pronunciation: 26 42 32 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 23 40 37
  3. (basketball) a player who carries the ball towards the frontcourt; point guard
    Sense id: en-tagababa-tl-noun-DVftkWxj Categories (other): Basketball, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 22 42 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 41 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 41 37 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 26 36 38 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 19 40 41 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 23 40 37 Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tagababa ng bola

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tagalog dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (19f9a30 and 6f96ddf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.