Wiktionary

bau

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bau"

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mandarin 包 (bāo) or Cantonese 包 (baau1).

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bau (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of bao: Any of various types of steamed bread used in Chinese cuisine

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See bao

Translations

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bao — see bao

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Anagrams

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Bakumpai

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu or *bahuq.

Noun

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bau

  1. smell

Balinese

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Romanization

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bau

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬯᬸ

Biritai

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Noun

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bau

  1. water

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Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *bau (compare Malay bau), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu or *bahuq.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bau/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧u

Noun

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bau

  1. smell (sensation)

Burmeso

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Noun

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bau

  1. water

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bau, from Frankish *balk (“beam”). Cognate with Spanish bao.

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Noun

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bau m (plural baus)

  1. (nautical) crossbeam

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Dibabawon Manobo

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Noun

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bau

  1. widow; widower

French

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Etymology

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From Old French balc, from Frankish *balk (“beam”).

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Noun

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bau m (plural baux)

  1. (nautical) crossbeam
    Synonym: barrot

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  • → Catalan: bau
  • → Spanish: bao

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German

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Verb

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bau

  1. singular imperative of bauen

Iban

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Etymology

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From Malay bahu, from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu).

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bau

  1. (anatomy) shoulder

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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From Malay bau, from Classical Malay [script needed] (bau), from Old Malay [script needed] (vahu), from Proto-Malayic *bau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu, *bahuq.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbau̯]
  • Hyphenation: bau

Noun

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bau (first-person possessive bauku, second-person possessive baumu, third-person possessive baunya)

  1. smell (sensation)
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Etymology 2

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From Javanese ꦧꦲꦸ (bahu). Cognate of Dutch bouw.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbau̯]
  • Hyphenation: bau

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bau (first-person possessive bauku, second-person possessive baumu, third-person possessive baunya)

  1. (historical) a unit of measure for area on Java, equivalent to about 0.7 hectare; a portion of agricultural land of this size

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Italian

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbaw/
  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Hyphenation: bàu

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bau

  1. bow wow (sound of a dog barking)

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Kituba

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Pronoun

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bau

  1. they

Lashi

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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bau

  1. hill

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bəw, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *buw. Cognates include Burmese ပိုး (pui:) and Ao puxq.

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Verb

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bau

  1. (transitive) to carry on one's back

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  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 16

Malay

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayic *bau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu, *bahuq.

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bau (Jawi spelling باءو, plural bau-bau, informal 1st possessive bauku, 2nd possessive baumu, 3rd possessive baunya)

  1. smell (sensation)
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  • Indonesian: bau

Etymology 2

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Clipping of membaui and baui.

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bau (Jawi spelling باءو, plural bau-bau, informal 1st possessive bauku, 2nd possessive baumu, 3rd possessive baunya)

  1. (informal, transitive) to smell something
    Saya tak boleh bau apa-apa sekarang sebab hidung saya tersumbat.
    I can't smell anything now because my nose is stuffy.

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Palauan

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Etymology

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From Pre-Palauan *bawu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu.

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Noun

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bau

  1. smell, odor, scent

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bau

  1. (stative) sore, irritated

References

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  • bau in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
  • bau in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
  • bau in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 7.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

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bau

  1. the cry of a wolf
  2. boo, a loud exclamation intended to scare someone

Romansch

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Noun

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bau m (plural baus)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) beetle

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Southwestern Dinka

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Noun

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bau

  1. aluminium

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  • Dinka-English Dictionary‎[2], 2005

Tày

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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bau

  1. edema
    Synonyms: fộc, fù
    cần bau ― person with edema

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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bau

  1. naughty; mischievous
    Đếch bau lai.
    The kids are so naughty.
    Hò nầy bau.
    This guy is mischievous.
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Etymology 3

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From Proto-Tai *C̥.bawᴬ (“light (in weight)”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷᩮᩢᩤ, Lao ເບົາ (bao), Lü ᦢᧁ (ḃaw), Khün ᨷᩮᩢᩤ, Shan မဝ် (mǎo) or ဝဝ် (wǎo), Tai Nüa ᥛᥝ (maw), Ahom 𑜉𑜨𑜧 (mow), Zhuang mbaeu, Nong Zhuang nawj, Saek เว๋า, Thai เบา (bao).

Adjective

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bau (保)

  1. light (in weight)
    Synonyms: bâu, nẩư
  2. fast; swift

Etymology 4

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Adjective

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bau (保)

  1. beautiful

References

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  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[3][4] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[5] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[6] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Ternate

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Etymology 1

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bau

  1. (transitive) to borrow
Conjugation
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Conjugation of bau
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tobau fobau mibau
2nd nobau nibau
3rd Masculine obau ibau, yobau†
Feminine mobau
Neuter ibau
† - archaic

Etymology 2

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bau

  1. a step-relative

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Welsh

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Noun

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bau

  1. Soft mutation of pau.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pau bau mhau phau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Coast Bajau

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sama-Bajaw *bahaʔu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh.

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bau

  1. new
  2. recent
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