baai

See also: baái, Baai, and BAAI

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːi̯/

Etymology 1

From Dutch baai, from Middle French baie.

Noun

baai (plural baaie, diminutive baaitjie)

1. bay

Derived terms

• Baai

Etymology 2

From Dutch baden, from Middle Dutch bāden, from Old Dutch bathon, from Proto-Germanic *baþōną.

Verb

baai (present baai, present participle baaiende, past participle gebaai)

1. (also figurative) to bathe

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English bye.

Interjection

baai

1. bye

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːi̯/

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• Hyphenation: baai
• Rhymes: -aːi̯
• Homophone: Baai

Etymology 1

Directly or ultimately from Middle French baie. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

baai f (plural baaien, diminutive baaitje n)

1. (geography) bay

Hypernyms

• inham

Descendants

• Afrikaans: baai
• Negerhollands: bai, bay

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French baie.

Noun

baai f or m (plural baaien)

1. baize

Derived terms

• baaien

Descendants

• Afrikaans: baai

Etymology 3

Noun

baai f or m (uncountable)

1. (Bargoens, slang, dated) wine (in recent texts only used of red wine, and in earlier texts also of wines from the German Rhineland)
   • 1870, P. J. van der Noordaa, "Levenslust", in D. F. Tersteeg, Nederland, vol. 1, J. C. Loman (publ.), page 348.

     »Ja, een half fleschjen rooie baai van een krachtig merk.”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Japanese

Romanization

baai

1. Rōmaji transcription of ばあい