bau

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bau"

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

bau (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

See bao

Translations

bao — see bao

See also

Anagrams

Bakumpai

Etymology

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

Noun

bau

  1. smell

Balinese

Romanization

bau

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬯᬸ

Biritai

Noun

bau

  1. water

References

Brunei Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bau

  1. smell (sensation)

Burmeso

Noun

bau

  1. water

References

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

bau m (plural baus)

  1. (nautical) crossbeam

Derived terms

Further reading

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

bau

  1. widow; widower

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

bau m (plural baux)

  1. (nautical) crossbeam
    Synonym: barrot

Descendants

  • → Catalan: bau
  • → Spanish: bao

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Verb

bau

  1. singular imperative of bauen

Iban

Etymology

From Malay bahu, from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu).

Noun

bau

  1. (anatomy) shoulder

Indonesian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. smell (sensation)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

bau

  1. bow wow (sound of a dog barking)

Anagrams

Kituba

Pronoun

bau

  1. they

Lashi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

bau

  1. hill

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Verb

bau

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

References

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

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. smell (sensation)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Indonesian: bau

Etymology 2

Clipping of membaui and baui.

Verb

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.

Further reading

Palauan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

bau

  1. smell, odor, scent

Verb

bau

  1. (stative) sore, irritated

References

  • 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

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

bau

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

Romansch

Alternative forms

Noun

bau m (plural baus)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) beetle

Synonyms

Derived terms

Southwestern Dinka

Noun

bau

  1. aluminium

References

  • Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

bau

  1. (transitive) to borrow
Conjugation
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

Pronunciation

Noun

bau

  1. a step-relative

References

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

Welsh

Noun

bau

  1. Soft mutation of pau.

Mutation

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

Etymology

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

Adjective

bau

  1. new
  2. recent
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