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baas
English
Etymology 1
From Dutch baas. Doublet of boss.
Noun
baas (plural baases)
- (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.'
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 40:
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Noun
baas
- plural of baa
Verb
baas
- 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)
- 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)
- boss, chief, superior
- employer, manager
- (Belgium) strong or tough guy
- (video games) boss
- (figuratively) crack, master, expert at something
- (figuratively) whopper, large one in its kind
- (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
- diminish, lessen
Karao
Noun
baas
- coffee dreg (left on a cup or kettle)
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French bas.
Adjective
baas
- Alternative form of bas
Etymology 2
From Old French base.
Noun
baas
- Alternative form of base
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bahs
English
Etymology 1
See bah
Noun
bahs
- plural of bah
Etymology 2
Noun
bahs (uncountable)
- Pronunciation spelling of boss.
Anagrams
- AHBs, Bash, HABs, HBAs, Habs, bash, habs, shab
Uzbek
Noun
bahs (plural bahslar)
- quarrel, dispute, controversy, argument
Declension
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