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See also: báis and bàis

English

Etymology 1

Noun

bais

  1. plural of bai

Etymology 2

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Noun

bais (uncountable)

  1. A kind of Filipino mead drink.

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic بَاعِث (bāʕiṯ).

Noun

bais (definite accusative baisi, plural baislər)

  1. cause, reason
    Synonym: səbəb

Declension

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Descendants

  • Udi: байис (bajis), вайис (vajis)

References

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Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German wīz, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz. Cognate with German weiß, Dutch wit, English white, Icelandic hvítur.

Adjective

bais

  1. (Sauris, Timau) white

References

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German wīz, wīs, from Old High German wīz, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz (white). Cognate with German weiß, Dutch wit, English white, Icelandic hvítur.

Adjective

bais (comparative baisar, superlative dar baisarste) (Sette Comuni)

  1. white (color)
    an baisa fòata white shirt
    an baises tüuchlea white handkerchief
    De milch un dar snèa zèint bais.
    The milk and the snow are white.
    Ich han an baisen huut.
    I have a white hat.
  2. white (Caucasian)
    an baisar manna white man

Declension

References

  • “bais” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
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French

Adjective

bais

  1. masculine plural of bai

Hiligaynon

Verb

báis

  1. sharpen

Indonesian

Etymology

Backslang for abis, a variant of habis.

Pronunciation

Verb

bais

  1. (back slang) run out

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German wīs, wīz, from Old High German wīz, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz. Cognate with German weiß, English white.

Adjective

bais

  1. white

References

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Taroko

Noun

bais

  1. window

Welsh

Verb

bais

  1. soft mutation of pais

Mutation

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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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