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Translingual

Symbol

bao

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Waimaha.

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English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin 包 (bāo) or Cantonese 包 (baau1). Cognate of Vietnamese bánh bao.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

bao (countable and uncountable, plural baos or bao)

  1. Any of various types of steamed bread or bun used in Chinese cuisine
  2. A sandwich or stuffed bun made with this bread
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Etymology 2

From Swahili bao.

Pronunciation

Noun

bao (uncountable)

  1. A mancala board game played in East Africa.
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Asi

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baququ. Compare Cebuano bao, Hiligaynon bao, Maranao bao'o and Tausug bauu

Noun

bao

  1. tortoise; turtle

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baququ. Compare Hiligaynon bao, Maranao bao'o and Tausug bauu

Pronunciation

Noun

bao

  1. a tortoise
  2. a turtle
  3. (vehicles, automotive, slang) Volkswagen Beetle

Hiligaynon

Noun

baó

  1. tortoise, turtle
  2. (vehicles, automotive, slang) Volkswagen Beetle

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balabaw. Compare Cebuano ambaw, Higaonon ambaw, Mansaka ambaw, Tagakaulu Kalagan ambaw, Tausug ambaw, Tiruray ambaw and Makasar balao

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ó
  • IPA(key): /baˈʔu/,

Noun

baó

  1. mouse

Derived terms

Mandarin

Romanization

bao

  1. Nonstandard spelling of bāo.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of báo.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of bǎo.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of bào.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mansaka

Etymology 1

Akin to Maranao bao'o.

Noun

bao

  1. turtle

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu.

Noun

baò

  1. smell

Marshallese

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): , (enunciated)
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /pˠæɰwɛw/
  • Bender phonemes: {bahwew}

Noun

bao

  1. bird
  2. chicken
  3. fowl

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbao/
  • Rhymes: -ao
  • Syllabification: ba‧o

Noun

bao m (plural baos)

  1. bao (Chinese bread)

Further reading

Sundanese

Pronunciation

Noun

bao

  1. great-great-grandparents
  2. great-great-grandchild

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References

Swahili

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

bao class V (plural mabao class VI)

  1. board (piece of wood)
  2. goal
    Synonym: goli
  3. board game
  4. a traditional Swahili mancala board game played in most of East Africa

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

bao (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ)

  1. coconut shell stripped of its husk and meat
    Synonym: tsireta
  2. (anatomy) cranium
    Synonym: bao ng ulo
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Noun

baó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ)

  1. (games, obsolete) a game of various chances, done with a coconut shell, and a cane placed crosswise on the ground
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From elision of /l/ from earlier balo. See more at balo.

Pronunciation

Noun

bao (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ)

  1. Alternative form of balo (“widow; widower”)
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Philippine *baququ. Compare Kapampangan pau, Hanunoo paoo, Cebuano bao, Hiligaynon bao, Maranao bao'o, Tausug bauu, and Malay biuku.

Pronunciation

Noun

baó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ) (dialectal, Quezon)

  1. tortoise found on land or fresh water

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Further reading

  • “bao”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971) A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province, Quezon City: Diliman Review, page 69

Anagrams

Tày

Pronunciation

Noun

bao

  1. garcinia multiflora
    mác bao ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    dầu mác bao ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. indian lettuce
    Synonym: mước
    slắc bao đeng ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    slắc bao khao ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

References

  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Ternate

Pronunciation

Noun

bao

  1. a water current

References

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

Venetan

Noun

bao m (plural bai)

  1. worm
  2. bug

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 包.

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) bao

  1. bag; sack; pack
  2. box; packet
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Khmer: បាវ (baaw)
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Verb

bao

  1. to enclose; to envelope; to cover
  2. to guarantee; to assure
  3. to take on everything; to undertake (the whole of) something as someone's proxy
  4. to treat; to pay (for someone else); to foot the bill; to cover (someone else); to stand
    Đi ăn không? Tao bao.
    Do you want to eat out? It's on me.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Part of the b-series of demonstratives, along with bây, bấy.

Adverb

bao • (包)

  1. (literary when used stand-alone) how; how much
    Ngàn năm là bao?
    How long is one thousand years really?
  2. (Mekong Delta, colloquial) very; super (placed before an adjective to intensify)
    cam bao ngọt ― super-duper sweet oranges

Determiner

bao • (包)

  1. (literary) so many
    bao người ― people everywhere
    bao ngày ― day after day
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Vietnamese demonstratives
proximal
(*-iː) 		distal 1
(*-iːʔ) 		distal 2
(*-əːʔ) 		distal 3/
remote
(*-ɔːʔ) 		interrogative
(rime was a rounded
back vowel)
place, attributive1
n- 		ni
nì
này/nầy
nây 		ní
nấy 		nớ nọ
(nó) 		nào
place, nominal2
đ- 		đây đấy
(ấy) 		— đó đâu
manner
r- 		ri
rày 		— rứa — ru
sao3
extent 14
b- 		bây bấy — — bao
extent 25
v- 		vầy vậy — — —
1 Originally can only follow a nominal (being used attributively), hence nơi này (“this place; here”), nơi nào (“where”) (no longer completely true in the modern language).
2 Can be used on its own/is itself nominal, hence đây (“here”), đâu (“where”).
3 From earlier *C-raːw (where *C is nonspecific consonant).
4 Placed before the head: bây nhiêu (“this much”), bấy nhiêu (“that much”), bao nhiêu (“how much”).
5 Placed after the head: nhanh vầy (“this fast”), nhanh vậy (“that fast/so fast”).
visibility/evidentiality6
distal
(ngang) 		remote
(huyền)
Northern-Southern kia
(cơ) 		kìa
(cờ)
Central tê tề
6 Originally, these demonstratives might have been used to assert that something is visible and/or verifiable. They have been bleached quite thoroughly and currently are usually used like other distal demonstratives. The biggest trace of their evidentiality might be in their usage as final particles, often in reduced forms cơ/cờ: ừ đấy về tới Hà Nội, còn những ba cái cầu nữa cơ mà! ("From there to Hanoi, there're still three more bridges to cross!") (Ba ngày luân lạc, 1943).

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Waray-Waray

Noun

baó

  1. turtle; tortoise
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