baye

baye (plural bayes)

1. Obsolete form of bay.

• IPA^(key): /baˈje/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ye

bayé

1. (intransitive) be lost

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “baye”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

• bayi — eye dialect

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi. Compare babaye (“woman”).

• IPA^(key): (“female animal”) /baˈje/
• IPA^(key): (“woman”) /ˈbaje/
• Hyphenation: ba‧yi

bayé or baye

1. female animal or plant

   Coordinate terms: laki (“male animal/plant”), babaye (“female human”)

   baye ang itoy ― the puppy is female

2. Clipping of babaye (“woman”)
3. (by extension) term given to the smoother and usually larger species of plants as compared to the thornier or smaller variety

   kudyapa nga baye ― the smooth kudyapa; Amaranthus viridis

• baie

• IPA^(key): /baj/, /bɛj/

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baye

1. inflection of bayer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

From French bailler (“to give”).

baye

1. (Saint-Domingue) to give

   Vou va baye moué 200 gourdes. ― You will give me 200 gourdes.

• Haitian Creole: bay

• S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île