different between bahu vs bau

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ??? (bah?), from Sanskrit ??? (vadh??).

Noun

bahu (plural bahus)

1. (India) A daughter-in-law or sister-in-law, especially one who lives with her husband's family when married.

Coordinate terms

• saas

Derived terms

• saas-bahu

Anagrams

• habu

Banjarese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay bahu.

Noun

bahu

1. (anatomy) shoulder

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Central Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ???? (b?hu).

Noun

bahu

1. (anatomy) shoulder

References

• "Besemah" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bahu/, [?ba.hu]
• Hyphenation: ba?hu

Etymology 1

• From Malay bahu, from Classical Malay bahu, from Sanskrit ???? (b?hu), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *baH??ú?, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *b?aH???úš, from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh???ús (“arm”). Doublet of baju.
• Semantic loan from Javanese bau (???, “arm, village assistant”), from Old Javanese b?hu (“arm”), from the same Sanskrit ???? (b?hu). See also Javanese bahudendha (“powerful”), from Old Javanese b?huda??a (“arm; assistant, guard, protection”, literally “long arm, arm-staff”), from Sanskrit ???????? (b?huda??a, “long arm, arm-staff”).

Noun 1

bahu (plural bahu-bahu)

1. (anatomy) shoulder

Synonyms

• pundak

Derived terms

• membahu (“to shoulder, to carry over one's shoulder”)
• bahu-membahu (“to be together, to help each other”)

Noun 2

bahu (plural bahu-bahu)

1. village chief assistant, kepala dusun (Java)
2. (music, figuratively) edge of musical percussion instrument that takes the form of a flat, circular metal disc which is hit with a mallet, such as gong (the shoulder of the instrument).

Related terms

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ??? (bahu).

Noun

bahu

1. many

Derived terms

• bahu guna
• bahu pada

Related terms

Anagrams

• ubah (“to change”)
• buah (“fruit”)

Further reading

• “bahu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bahu/
• Rhymes: -ahu, -hu, -u

Noun

bahu (Jawi spelling ?????, plural bahu-bahu, informal 1st possessive bahuku, impolite 2nd possessive bahumu, 3rd possessive bahunya)

1. (anatomy) shoulder (joint between arm and torso)
2. shoulder (part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency)

Descendants

• Indonesian: bahu

Further reading

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (bahu).

Adjective

bahu

1. much, many

English

Alternative forms

• bao

Etymology

From Sinitic ? (b?o) (Mandarin b?o, Cantonese baau1).

Noun

bau (uncountable)

1. Any of various types of steamed bread used in Chinese cuisine

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:dim sum

See also

• Baozi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ABU, Abu, Bua

Biritai

Noun

bau

1. 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^(key): /bau/
• Hyphenation: ba?u

Noun

bau

1. smell (sensation)

Burmeso

Noun

bau

1. water

References

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

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

bau

1. widow; widower

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo/
• Homophones: baux, beau, beaux, bot, bots
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

bau m (plural baux)

1. (nautical) crossbeam

Further reading

• “bau” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bau?]
• Hyphenation: bau

Noun

bau (plural bau-bau)

1. smell (sensation)

Derived terms

• berbau
• membaui
• terbau
• bau-bauan
• sebau

Etymology 2

From Javanese ??? (bahu), from Sanskrit ???? (b?hu). Cognate of Dutch bouw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bau?]
• Hyphenation: bau

Noun

bau (first-person possessive bauku, second-person possessive baumu, third-person possessive baunya)

1. (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 (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?baw/

Interjection

bau

1. bow wow (sound of a dog barking)

Lashi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bau??/

Noun

bau

1. hill

Etymology 2

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *b?w, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *buw. Cognates include Burmese ???? (pui:) and Ao puxq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bau???/

Verb

bau

1. (transitive) to carry on one's back

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?^[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 16

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bau/
• Rhymes: -au, -u

Noun

bau (plural bau-bau, informal 1st possessive bauku, impolite 2nd possessive baumu, 3rd possessive baunya)

1. smell (sensation)

Descendants

• Indonesian: bau

Palauan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baw/

Noun

bau

1. smell, odor, scent

Verb

bau

1. (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

1. the cry of a wolf
2. boo, a loud exclamation intended to scare someone

Welsh

Noun

bau

1. Soft mutation of pau.

Mutation