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bahu
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi बहू (bahū) / Urdu بَہُو (bahū), from Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́).
Noun
bahu (plural bahus)
- (South Asia) A daughter-in-law or sister-in-law, especially one who lives with her husband's family when married.
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Balinese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Javanese bahu (“a lot”), from Sanskrit बहु (bahu, “a lot”).
Adjective
bahu (Balinese script ᬩᬳᬸ)
Derived terms
- bahu danda
- bahu mantra
- bahu sastra
- bahu sisia
- bahu wangsa
- bahu wida
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Javanese bāhu (“arm”), from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu, “arm”)
Noun
bahu (Balinese script ᬩᬳᬸ or ᬩᬵᬳᬸ)
Alternative forms
Etymology 3
Adjective
bahu (Balinese script ᬩᬳᬸ)
- alternative form of bau
Further reading
- “bahu”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]
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Banjarese
Etymology
Noun
bahu
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Basque
Pronunciation
Verb
bahu
- Informal second-person singular (hik), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, conditional indicative form of izan.
Usage notes
Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.
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Central Malay
Etymology
Noun
bahu
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.
Extremaduran
Etymology
From Late Latin bassus.
Adjective
bahu
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- bahoe (1901–1947)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
- Inherited from Malay bahu, from Classical Malay bahu, from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *baHźʰúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (“arm”). Doublet of baju.
- Semantic loan from Javanese ꦧꦲꦸ (bahu, “arm, village assistant”), from Old Javanese bāhu (“arm”), from the same Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu). See also Javanese bahudendha (“powerful”), from Old Javanese bāhudaṇḍa (“arm; assistant, guard, protection”, literally “long arm, arm-staff”), from Sanskrit बाहुदण्ड (bāhudaṇḍa, “long arm, arm-staff”).
Noun
Derived terms
- membahu (“to shoulder, to carry over one's shoulder”)
- bahu-membahu (“to be together, to help each other”)
Noun
bahu (plural bahu-bahu)
- village chief assistant, kepala dusun (Java)
- (music, figurative) 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 Old Javanese bahu (“many, much, frequent”), from Sanskrit बहु (bahu).
Noun
bahu
Derived terms
- bahu guna
- bahu pada
Related terms
Further reading
- “bahu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
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Javanese
Romanization
bahu
- romanization of ꦧꦲꦸ
Malay
Etymology
From Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *baHźʰúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (“arm”). Doublet of baju.
Pronunciation
Noun
bahu (Jawi spelling باهو, plural bahu-bahu or bahu2)
- (anatomy) shoulder (joint between arm and torso)
- shoulder (part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency)
Descendants
- Indonesian: bahu
Further reading
- "bahu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Old Javanese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
bahu
Derived terms
- bahubheda
- bahubhārya
- bahubhāwa
- bahulocana
- bahumantrasiddhi
- bahupustaka
- bahurajaswala
- bahusañcara
- bahuwarṇa
- bahuwaṅśa
- bahuweda
- bahuwidha
- bahuwīrya
- bahuśiṣya
- bahuśāstra
Descendants
Further reading
- "bahu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adjective
bahu
Declension
Declension table of "bahu" (masculine)
Declension table of "bahunī" (feminine)
Declension table of "bahu" (neuter)
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