1. the woman who is at the head of the household: maybahay, ina ng tahanan, madre de pamilya, ginang
2. a title given to woman who has a thorough knowledge or mastery of something, feminine form of "master": dalubhasang babae, babaing bihasang-bihasa (bihasang-bihasa), babaing espesyalista
3. a woman teaching in a school, or giving lessons in a special subject: maestra, guro
4. a woman principal of a school: prinsipal, prinsipal, punong-guro babai
5. a woman who improperly occupies the place of a wife: kerida, babae, kinakasama
matron
n.
1. a married woman, also a woman of established age and dignity: Ginang
2. a woman who manages the household matters of a school, hospital, dormitory, etc.: matrona, katiwalang babae, direktora
girl
n.
1. a female child: batang babae
2. an adolescent girl: dalagita
3. a young unmarried woman: dalaga
she
pron.
the girl, woman or female animal spoken about: siya
n.
girl, woman, female animal: babae
lady
n.
1. a woman: babae
2. a well-mannered woman, one who acts in a ladylike way: mahinhing babae (dalaga)
lingerie
n.
womens underwear: damit-panloob ng mga babae
niece
n.
a daughter of ones brother or sister, or of a sister-in-law or brother-in-law: pamangking babae
prostitute
n.
a woman who gets money for immoral behavior with men: puta, kalapating mababa ang lipad, masamang babae, patutot, burikak
v.
to put to an unworthy or base use: gumamit (gamitin) sa masama
sister
n.
1. kapatid na babae
2. any elder sister or the eldest: ate, manang
3. the second eldest sister: ditse
4. a nun: madre, mongha
female
n/adj.
a woman or girl: babae
daughter-in-law
n.
wife of ones son: manugang na babae
kerida
Sp n.
paramour, mistress [syn. babai, babae]
pangkuin
v.
(-in) to carry in one's arms. Pangkuin mo ang hinimatay na babae. Carry the woman who fainted.
labnot
v.
manglabnot, labnutin (mang-:-in) pull out forcibly, pluck, cut, unroot. Nilabnot ng babae ang buhok ng kaaway. The woman pulled out the hair of her enemy.
gahasa
v.
gahasain (-in) to rape. Ginahasa ng mga sanggano ang babae. The woman was raped by the gangsters.
paypay
n.
fan [var. pamaypay] magpaypay, ipaypay, paypayan (mag-:i-,-an)
v.
to fan, to wave as to produce wind. Nagpapaypay ang babae dahil sa init. The woman is fanning (herself) because of the heat. paypay
n.
shoulder (Boston butt)
ligaw
n.
1. ligaw, courtship lumigaw (-um)
v.
to court, to woo. Lumigaw siya sa magandang dalaga. He courted a beautiful girl. manligaw, iligaw (mang-:i-) to court, to woo. Lagi siyang nanliligaw ng mga babae. He is always courting girls.
2.) ligaw, maligaw (ma-)
v.
to get lost, to stray. Naligaw siya sa lunsod. He got lost in the city. manligaw, iligaw (mang-:i-) to guide to the wrong way. Iniligaw ng tsuper ang pasahero. The driver took the passengers the wrong way.
irap
v.
umirap (-um-) to give a sullen glance. Umirap siya nang utusan ko. She just closed her eyes and turned away when I made my request. (She made a face and turned away when I asked her to do something for me.) mang-irap, irapan (mang-:i-an)
v.
Nang-irap na naman ang supladang babae. That snobbish girl just closed her eyes and turned away again. (That snob did it again, she made a face at me and turned away.)
hilo
adj.
dizzy mahilo (ma-)
v.
to become dizzy, to become confused. Nahilo ang babae sa init. The woman became dizzy because of the heat.
akap
v.
mang-akap (mang-) to embrace. Nang-akap siya ng babae. He embraced a woman. umakap, akapin (um-:-in)
v.
to embrace (someone). Inakap niya ako. He embraced me. mag-akapan (mag-:-an)
v.
to embrace each other. Mag-akapan kayo ngayon kung kayo'y magkabati. Embrace each other now if you are really friends.
tiwakal
v.
magtiwakal (mag-) to commit suicide. Nagtiwakal ang babae sa pamamagitan nang pagtalon sa ilog. The woman committed suicide by jumping into the river.
luha
n.
tears magpaluha', paluhain (mag-:pain)
v.
to make someone cry or weep or burst into tears. Tigilan mo na ang magpaluha ng babae. Stop making the girls cry.
hinala
n.
suspicion
v.
maghinala, hinalain (mag-:-in) to suspect, to presume. Naghihinala ang babae sa kanyang asawa. The woman is suspecting that her husband is philandering.