baw

baw

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bambili-Bambui.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Bambili-Bambui terms

baw

1. (Mpakwithi) tooth

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 185

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaw, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaw.

baw

1. stale food

baw

1. head

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu, *bahuq.

baw

1. smell, scent, odour

baw

1. pour

• bɛɛ̀ ̀sé
• dòm
• fùcɛ
• kásé
• tfuw
• yèlé

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaf/
• Rhymes: -af
• Syllabification: baw

baw

1. second-person singular imperative of bawić

• baw in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• ba, baa, ball

Inherited from Middle English bal, from Old English *beall, from Proto-West Germanic *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

baw (plural baws)

1. ball
2. (slang, usually in the plural) testicle

• fitbaw

• abaw

From earlier abaw, from Latin faba (bean)

baw m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⵡ, plural ibawen)

1. bean

baw

1. bundle
2. bond, rope

From Proto-Celtic *bowā. Compare French boue (“mud”).

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /baːu̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /bau̯/
• Rhymes: -au̯

baw m (usually uncountable, plural bawau)

1. dirt, filth, grime
2. excrement, dung

• bawa (“to befoul”)

baw (feminine singular baw, plural bawion, equative bawed, comparative bawach, superlative bawaf)

1. filthy

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “baw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies