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English

Etymology 1

From Dutch baas. Doublet of boss.

Noun

baas (plural baases)

1. (South Africa) An employer, a boss. Frequently as a form of address.
   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 40:

     ‘That's not what I'm complaining about, Baas,’ said Gordon.

   • 1932, George Bernard Shaw, The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God, Hesperus Press Limited 1961, p. 11:

     ‘Excuse me, baas,’ she said, 'you have knowing eyes.'

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Noun

baas

1. plural of baa

Verb

baas

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baa

Anagrams

• AABs, BSAA, Basa, SABA, Saab, Saba, abas, basa, saba, à bas

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch baas (“boss”), from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-Germanic *baswô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??s/, [b??s]

Noun

baas (plural base, diminutive basie)

1. boss

Derived terms

• oubaas

Descendants

• ? English: baas

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-Germanic *baswô. Cognates include Middle Low German b?s (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”); possibly also Old High German basa ("father's sister, cousin"; > German Base (“aunt, cousin”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?s/
• Hyphenation: baas
• Rhymes: -a?s

Noun

baas m (plural bazen, diminutive baasje n, feminine bazin)

1. boss, chief, superior
2. employer, manager
3. (Belgium) strong or tough guy
4. (video games) boss
5. (figuratively) crack, master, expert at something
6. (figuratively) whopper, large one in its kind
7. (diminutive: baasje) fellow, boy, especially a youngling or novice

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: baas
  • ? English: baas
• ? English: boss
• ? Indonesian: bas (“boss”)
• ? Sranan Tongo: basi
• ? West Frisian: baas

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish bajar.

Verb

báas

1. diminish, lessen

Karao

Noun

baas

1. coffee dreg (left on a cup or kettle)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French bas.

Adjective

baas

1. Alternative form of bas

Etymology 2

From Old French base.

Noun

baas

1. Alternative form of base

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??b?s/

Noun

abas

1. plural of aba

Noun

abas (plural abas)

1. Alternative spelling of abbasi

Anagrams

• AABs, BSAA, Basa, SABA, Saab, Saba, baas, basa, saba

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?bas

Verb

abas

1. to catch up; to reach something that had been ahead
2. to go after someone

Cimbrian

Etymology

Compare German Abend. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

abas m

1. (Luserna) evening

References

• “abas” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
• “abas” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin abb?s, from Ancient Greek ????? (abbâs), from Aramaic ??????? (’abb?, “father”).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [?abas]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [?æb?z]

Noun

abas m (plural abasow)

1. abbot

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• abass

Etymology

From Italian abbasso.

Adverb

abas

1. down

Interjection

abas

1. down!, down with!

Galician

Noun

abas

1. plural of aba

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish haba.

Noun

ábas

1. A type of bean

Kalasha

Adjective

abas

1. useless, bad, wasted.

Latvian

Pronoun

abas

1. nominative plural feminine form of abi
2. accusative plural feminine form of abi

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?a.???/
• Hyphenation: a?bas

Noun

abas

1. plural of aba

Rohingya

Etymology

Akin to Konkani avaz, ultimately from Persian ????? (âvâz).

Noun

abas

1. sound

Tboli

Noun

abas

1. measles

Yakan

Noun

abas

1. athlete's foot