babat

From English bath, from Middle English [Term?], from Old English bæþ (“bath”), from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”).

• Hyphenation: ba‧bat

babat

1. to bathe; to take a bath

babat

1. (childish) the act of bathing

babat

1. nominative plural of baba

• IPA^(key): [ˈbabat̚]
• Homophone: babad
• Hyphenation: ba‧bat

From Malay babat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bajbaj, from Proto-Austronesian *bajbaj (“loosen, untie, unwrap; unravel; to clear forest”), *-baj (“unravel, untie”).

babat

1. to clear, to cut away.

   Synonym: tebas

From Javanese ꦧꦧꦠ꧀ (babat), from Old Javanese babat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babat (“animal belly”). Compare to Maranao babat, Sundanese ᮘᮘᮒ᮪ (babat).

babat

1. reticulum
2. tripe

From Malay babat.

babat

1. group.

   Synonym: golongan

2. pair.

   Synonym: pasangan

From Minangkabau [Term?]. Doublet of bebat.

babat

1. Alternative form of bebat

• “babat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

babat

1. bracelet
2. belly

• Hyphenation: ba‧bat
• IPA^(key): /ˈbabat/, [ˈba.bɐt]

babat (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜆ᜔)

1. eye patch

   Synonym: patse ng mata

• Hyphenation: ba‧bat
• IPA^(key): /baˈbat/, [bɐˈbat]

babát (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜆ᜔)

1. (obsolete) blindfold

   Synonym: piring

2. (obsolete) daring man (that does not back down)

• “babat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

babat

1. (derogatory) belly