babi
Balinese
Barngarla
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbabi/
References
- Page 78 of Zuckermann, Ghil'ad, Emmalene Richards and the Barngarla (2021), Mangiri Yarda (Healthy Country: Barngarla Wellbeing and Nature), Adelaide: Revivalistics Press.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaː.bi/
- Hyphenation: ba‧bi
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Persian بابی.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Indonesian babi.
Noun
babi m (plural babi's)
- (dated) A pig or wild pig in Indonesia.
- pork in an Indonesian or Malay dish.
- 2003 May 5, E.d.u. S., “Tip: er zijn weer wijnstokken”, in nl.culinair, Usenet:
- Ik ben altijd een groot voorstander geweest van het aran-vuurtje waar je dan zo gezellig naast zat te kipassen terwijl de stukjes babi aan het garen waren.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2009 August 20, Johannes, “Wat is het nut van auto gordels i.c.m. airbags?”, in nl.auto, Usenet:
- En niet te vergeten de kreukelzones en de opvouwbare stuurkolom, die tegenwoordig gemeengoed zijn, maar indertijd waren er geen kreukelzones en was de stuurkolom nog een stijve spies waaraan je geregen kon worden als babi of ajam aan een satéstokje.
- And do not forget the crumple zones and the collapsible steering column, that are commonplace today, but at the times there were no crumple zones and the steering column was still a rigid spear on which you could be impailed like pork or chicken on a satay skewer.
- 2011 May 29, Claas Compaan, “Het willen verbieden van nertsenfokkerijen.”, in nl.politiek, Usenet:
- Omdat ze in China honden door de babi douwen,[sic] moeten we het dus hier ook doen?
- So because they put dogs in their (Indo-Malay) pork,[sic] we should do the same? (based on the misconception that the dish is Chinese)
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French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “babi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian

Etymology
From Malay babi, from Proto-Malayic *babi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbabi/
- Hyphenation: ba‧bi
Noun
babi (first-person possessive babiku, second-person possessive babimu, third-person possessive babinya)
- pig (mammal of genus Sus)
- (vulgar) a swear word
Derived terms
- babi alu
- babi baran
- babi dara
- babi gajah
- babi guling
- babi hutan
- babi kawan
- babi kurus
- babi lalang
- babi laut
- babi murai
- babi rusa
- babi wrase
- membabi
Descendants
- → Dutch: babi
Further reading
- “babi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Kapampangan
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy. Compare Tagalog baboy.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧bi
- IPA(key): /ˈbabiʔ/, [ˈbäː.bɛʔ]
Derived terms
- babing dikut
- binabi
- kababian
- magbabi
- magbinabi
See also
- bigak
Karo Batak
Etymology
From Proto-Batak *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.
Malay

Alternative forms
- baie (Brunei Malay)
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *babi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /babi/
- Rhymes: -abi, -bi, -i
Noun
babi (Jawi spelling بابي, plural babi-babi, informal 1st possessive babiku, 2nd possessive babimu, 3rd possessive babinya)
- pig (mammal of genus Sus)
- Synonym: khinzir
- (offensive) a contemptible person
Usage notes
- The word babi happens to be popularly used as an insult and is very offensive, so it is occasionally replaced by khinzir when talking about the animal.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “babi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Middle English
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish babi, from Proto-Slavic *babьjь. By surface analysis, baba + -i.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈba.bi/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -abi
- Syllabification: ba‧bi
Adjective
babi (not comparable)
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbabi/ [ˈba.β̞i]
- Rhymes: -abi
- Syllabification: ba‧bi
Further reading
- “babi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Toba Batak
Etymology
From Proto-Batak *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbabɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbaːbi/, /ˈbabi/
Derived terms
- babïaidd (“babyish, infantile”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
babi | fabi | mabi | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “babi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies