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

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

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

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /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/

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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/

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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 (plural bau-bau)

1. smell (sensation)

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

From Javanese ꦧꦲꦸ (bahu), from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu). 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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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

bau

1. bow wow (sound of a dog barking)

• bua

• 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, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 16

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

• IPA^(key): /bau/
• Rhymes: -au, -u

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

1. smell (sensation)

• Indonesian: bau

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

bau

1. aluminium

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.u]

bau

1. (transitive) to borrow

• 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