baas

See also: Baas

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 of baa

Anagrams

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

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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): /bɑːs/, [bɑːs]

• Audio:

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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.

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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 bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”); possibly also Old High German basa ("father's sister, cousin"; > German Base (“aunt, cousin”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːs/

• audio:

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• Hyphenation: baas
• Rhymes: -aːs

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

• baas boven baas
• bazig
• bovenbaas
• breinbaas
• de baas spelen
• eindbaas
• huisbaas
• (iemand) de baas zijn
• koppelbaas
• vechtersbaas
• zetbaas

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: baas
  • → English: baas
• Negerhollands: baas, baes
• → Lokono: basia
• → Aukan: basi
• → Belizean Creole: baas
• → Caribbean Hindustani: bás
• → Caribbean Javanese: bas
• → English: boss
  • → Danish: boss
  • → French: boss
  • → Indonesian: bos
  • → Italian: boss
  • → Japanese: ボス (bosu)
• → Guyanese Creole English: baas
• → Indonesian: bas (“boss”)
  • → Petjo: bas
• → Jamaican Creole: baas
• → Kwinti: basia
• → Papiamentu: bas, baas, ba
• → Saramaccan: bási
• → Sranan Tongo: basi
  • → Kari'na: ba`si
  • → Trió: paasi
• → West Frisian: baas

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Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish bajar.

Verb

báas

1. diminish, lessen

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Karao

Noun

baas

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

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

baas

1. Alternative form of bas

Etymology 2

Noun

baas

1. Alternative form of base