bau

• bao, bow

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

bau (uncountable)

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

See bao

• dan bau (different etymology)

• ABU, Abu, Bua

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

bau

1. smell

bau

1. Romanization of ᬩᬯᬸ

bau

1. water

• Duane A. Clouse, 1997, Toward a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya, In Karl J. Franklin (ed.), Papers in Papuan linguistics No. 2, 133-236. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, page 172

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

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

bau

1. smell (sensation)

bau

1. water

• C. L. Voorhoeve, 1975. Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p.122

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbaw]

bau m (plural baus)

1. (nautical) crossbeam

• bauet

• “bau” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bau” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

bau

1. widow; widower

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

• IPA^(key): /bo/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -o
• Homophones: baud, bauds, baux, beau, beaux (general), bot, bots (except regionally)

bau m (plural baux)

1. (nautical) crossbeam

   Synonym: barrot

• → Catalan: bau
• → Spanish: bao

• “bau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /baʊ̯/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aʊ̯

bau

1. singular imperative of bauen

From Malay bahu, from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu).

bau

1. (anatomy) shoulder

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.

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

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

1. smell (sensation)

• bau-bauan
• berbau
• membaui
• sebau
• terbau

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

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

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

• “bau” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.u/^[1]
• Rhymes: -au
• Hyphenation: bà‧u

bau

1. bow wow (sound of a dog barking)

• bua

bau

1. they

• IPA^(key): /bau̯˧/

bau

1. hill

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

• IPA^(key): /bau̯ː˧/

bau

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

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

• IPA^(key): /bau/
• Rhymes: -au, -u

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -au̯

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

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

1. smell (sensation)

• Indonesian: bau

Clipping of membaui and baui.

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.

• “bau” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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

• IPA^(key): /baw/

bau

1. smell, odor, scent

bau

1. (stative) sore, irritated

• 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.

Onomatopoeic.

bau

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

• bo (Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader)

bau m (plural baus)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) beetle

• (Puter, Vallader) scarafag

• bau da matg
• bau da Nossadunna

bau

1. aluminium

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[2], 2005

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓaw˧˧]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓaw˦˥]

bau

1. edema

   Synonyms: fộc, fù

   cần bau ― person with edema

bau

1. naughty; mischievous

   Đếch bau lai.

   The kids are so naughty.

   Hò nầy bau.

   This guy is mischievous.

• hua bau

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).

bau (保)

1. light (in weight)

   Synonyms: bâu, nẩư

2. fast; swift

bau (保)

1. beautiful

• 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

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.u]

bau

1. (transitive) to borrow

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.u]

bau

1. a step-relative

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

bau

1. Soft mutation of pau.

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

bau

1. new
2. recent