# bau
## English
### Alternative forms

* bao, bow

### Etymology

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

### Noun

bau (uncountable)
* Alternative form of bao: Any of various types of steamed bread used in Chinese cuisine

#### Derived terms

See bao

#### Translations
### See also

* dan bau (different etymology)

### Anagrams

* ABU, Abu, Bua

## Bakumpai
### Etymology

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

### Noun

bau
* smell

## Balinese
### Romanization

bau
* Romanization of ᬩᬯᬸ

## Biritai
### Noun

bau
* water

### References

* 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

## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bau/
* Hyphenation: ba‧u

### Noun

bau
* smell (sensation)

## Burmeso
### Noun

bau
* water

### References

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

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbaw]

### Noun

bau m (plural baus)
* (nautical) crossbeam

#### Derived terms

* bauet

### Further reading

* “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.

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Noun

bau
* widow; widower

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bo/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -o
* Homophones: baud, bauds, baux, beau, beaux (general), bot, bots (except regionally)

### Noun

bau m (plural baux)
* (nautical) crossbeam
    Synonym: barrot

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: bau
* → Spanish: bao

### Further reading

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

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baʊ̯/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aʊ̯

### Verb

bau
* singular imperative of bauen

## Iban
### Etymology

From Malay bahu, from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu).

### Noun

bau
* (anatomy) shoulder

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbau̯]
* Hyphenation: bau

#### Noun

bau (plural bau-bau)
* smell (sensation)

##### Derived terms

* bau-bauan
* berbau
* membaui
* sebau
* terbau

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbau̯]
* Hyphenation: bau

#### Noun

bau (plural bau-bau)
* (historical) a unit of measure for area on Java, equivalent to about 0.7 hectare; a portion of agricultural land of this size

### Further reading

* “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.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.u/
* Rhymes: -au
* Hyphenation: bà‧u

### Interjection

bau
* bow wow (sound of a dog barking)

### References

* ↑ bau in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* bua

## Kituba
### Pronoun

bau
* they

## Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ba.u]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
** Rhymes: -au, -u
** Hyphenation: ba‧u
* IPA: [bau̯]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
** Rhymes: -au̯
** Hyphenation: bau

### Noun

bau (Jawi spelling باءو)
* A smell (sensation).
    Bau apa itu?What smell is that?

#### Derived terms

* bau-bauan
* bauan
* baui
* berbau
* pembau
* sebau
* terbau

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: bau

### Verb

bau (Jawi spelling باءو, more formal form baui)
* (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.

### Further reading

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

## Palauan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baw/

### Noun

bau
* smell, odor, scent

### Verb

bau
* (stative) sore, irritated

### References

* 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.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Interjection

bau
* the cry of a wolf
* boo, a loud exclamation intended to scare someone

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* bo (Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader)

### Noun

bau m (plural baus)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) beetle

#### Synonyms

* (Puter, Vallader) scarafag

#### Derived terms

* bau da matg
* bau da Nossadunna

## Southwestern Dinka
### Noun

bau
* aluminium

### References

* Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

## Tày
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

bau
* edema
    Synonyms: fộc, fù
    cần bau ― person with edema

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

bau
* naughty; mischievous
    Đếch bau lai.The kids are so naughty.
    Hò nầy bau.This guy is mischievous.

##### Derived terms

* hua bau

### Etymology 3

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).

#### Adjective

bau (保)
* light (in weight)
    Synonyms: bâu, nẩư
* fast; swift

### Etymology 4
#### Adjective

bau (保)
* beautiful

### References

* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (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]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
* Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

## Ternate
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈba.u]

#### Verb

bau
* (transitive) to borrow

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈba.u]

#### Noun

bau
* a step-relative

#### References

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

## Welsh
### Noun

bau
* Soft mutation of pau.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## West Coast Bajau
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

bau
* new
* recent