baai

See also: baái

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːi̯/

Etymology 1

From Dutch baai, from Middle French baie.

Noun

baai (plural baaie, diminutive baaitjie)

1. bay

Etymology 2

From Dutch baden, from Middle Dutch bāden, from Old Dutch bathon, from Proto-Germanic *baþōną.

Verb

baai (present baai, present participle baaiende, past participle gebaai)

1. (also figurative) to bathe

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English bye.

Interjection

baai

1. bye

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːi̯/

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• Hyphenation: baai
• Rhymes: -aːi̯

Etymology 1

Directly or ultimately from Middle French baie. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

baai f (plural baaien, diminutive baaitje n)

1. (geography) bay

Hypernyms

• inham

Descendants

• Afrikaans: baai

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French baie.

Noun

baai f or m (plural baaien)

1. baize

Derived terms

• baaien

Descendants

• Afrikaans: baai

Noun

baai f or m (uncountable)

1. (Bargoens, slang, dated) wine (in recent texts only used of red wine, and in earlier texts also of wines from the German Rhineland)
   • 1870, P. J. van der Noordaa, "Levenslust", in D. F. Tersteeg, Nederland, vol. 1, J. C. Loman (publ.), page 348.

     »Ja, een half fleschjen rooie baai van een krachtig merk.”

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Japanese

Romanization

baai

1. Rōmaji transcription of ばあい