bava

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *baba, of infantile/nursery origin.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈba.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈba.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈba.va]

bava f (plural baves)

1. slobber, drool
2. slime (of snails and other molluscs)

• bavalles
• bavejar
• bavós

• “bava”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “bava”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “bava” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bava” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

bava

1. third-person singular past historic of baver

From Vulgar Latin root *baba, of infantile/nursery origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.va/
• Rhymes: -ava
• Hyphenation: bà‧va
• Homophone: Bava

bava f (plural bave)

1. dribble
2. foam
3. slime
4. burr (small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation)

• vava

First meaning from the hypothesized Vulgar Latin *baba (“drooling, infantile talk”). Second meaning from Greek βαβά (vavá), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *baba.

bava f

1. spittle
2. grandma, old woman

bava

1. alcoholic beverage

From baba.

bava

1. to carry (baby on back)