EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
unloading zone; drop-off point...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ba-BA-an/
FIL: Isang lugar o takdang pook kung saan maaaring bumaba ang mga pasahero mula sa isang pampublikong sasakyan.
EN: unloading zone; drop-off point
The place where you shout "Para po!" to the jeepney driver. It's the designated spot to get off, but let's be real, for jeepneys, anywhere is a **babaan** as long as you shout loud enough. The opposite is 'sakayan' (loading zone).
Mula sa salitang "baba" (pagpanaog) at hulaping "-an" (lugar).
ROOT MEANING: low; short (in height)
The stress is on the second syllable: ba-BA-an. Not to be confused with the verb 'babaan' (to lower something for someone), which has a different stress pattern.
🇵🇭 Dito lang po sa tamang babaan.
🇺🇸 Just here at the proper drop-off point.
🇵🇭 Bawal magsakay at magbaba kung hindi sa tamang babaan.
🇺🇸 It's forbidden to load and unload passengers if not at the proper unloading zone.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.