Baa
Bavarian
Alternative forms
- Boa (West Central Bavarian)
- Boan (Southern Bavarian, Tyrol)
Etymology
From Middle High German bein, from Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Compare German Bein and Gebeine, Dutch been, English bone, Danish ben.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɑː/
Noun
Baa n (plural Bana or Baner, diminutive Banl or Banerl) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)
East Central German
Etymology
From Middle High German bein, from Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Compare Dutch been, English bone, Danish ben.
Noun
Baa n (plural1 Baa, plural2 Bee, plural3 Bää)
- (Erzgebirgisch) leg
- Hot die stackndirre Baa!
- She's got stick-thin legs!
Related terms
Further reading
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 20:
- https://www.erzgebirgisch.de/mobile/b.baa_1.wort
- 1982 Karl-Heinz Schmidt, Itze schlöft dr Pastor ei : Heiteres aus dem Erzgebirge. P. 13