baho

See also: bahô

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• baoo

A Florida box turtle, a land turtle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈhoʔ/ [baˈhoʔ]
• IPA^(key): /baˈʔoʔ/ [baˈʔoʔ] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: ba‧ho

Noun

bahô (Basahan spelling ᜊᜑᜓ)

1. turtle

   Synonym: pagong

Bungku

Noun

baho

1. water

References

• ABVD: Bungku: Landawe, Routa, Torete, Tulambatu, Waia

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu, *bahuq.

Pronunciation 1

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /baˈhoʔ/ [bɐˈhoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Hyphenation: ba‧ho

Adjective

baho

1. having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking; stinky

Verb

baho

1. to smell bad; to stink

Pronunciation 2

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈbahoʔ/ [ˈba.hoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Hyphenation: ba‧ho

Noun

baho

1. an odor; any smell, whether fragrant or offensive

Verb

baho

1. to have a particular smell, whether good or bad
2. (of an odor) to diffuse, to become diffused

Etymology 2

From Spanish bajo, from Late Latin bassus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈbaho/ [ˈba.ho]
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: ba‧ho

Adjective

baho

1. of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency; bass

Noun

baho

1. a low spectrum of sound tones
2. a male singer who sings in the bass range
3. (music) an instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /báː.hòː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [báː.hòː]

Noun

bāhṑ m (possessed form bāhòn)

1. bathtub, large basin

K'iche'

Verb

baho

1. (Classical K'iche') to murmur

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbao/ [ˈba.o]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: ba‧ho

Noun

baho m (plural bahos)

1. a dish made with rice and yucca

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu, *bahuq. Compare Cebuano baho, Chamorro pao (“smell”), Hawaiian hauhau, Maranao bau (“smell”), Malay bau (“smell”), Palauan bau (“smell”), and Tausug bahu (“smell”). See also Spanish vaho.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbahoʔ/ [ˈbaː.hoʔ]
• Rhymes: -ahoʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧ho

Noun

bahò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜓ)

1. bad smell; stench; stink
2. (figurative) disgrace; dishonor; shame

   Synonym: kahihiyan

Derived terms

• bumaho
• kabahuan
• mabaho
• mabahuan
• makabaho
• mamaho

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish bajo, from Late Latin bassus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaho/ [ˈbaː.ho]
• Rhymes: -aho
• Syllabification: ba‧ho

Noun

baho (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜓ) (music)

1. bass
2. bass instrument

Related terms

• baha
• bahada
• bahete
• bahista
• bahon
• bahorelyebe
• bahura

 

See also

• base

 

Further reading

• “baho”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bahuq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 68

Wawonii

Noun

baho

1. water

References

• ABVD