babaw adjective English. Shallow; of speech, lacking in content; of nodes of bamboo, not raised. Example sentence: Subanen. Sa' musaug ita di tubig kiin nemun, ndi' na ita mbasa', pu' gembabaw na. English. As we go downstream we won't get wet in the river, because it's shallow now. Example sentence: Subanen. Sa' melemu bekuten, gembabawi gangeten. English. (A plant) that is easy to pull up, it has shallow roots. Antonym. dalem