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bao

Translingual

Symbol

bao

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Waimaha.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Waimaha terms

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin 包 (bāo) or Cantonese 包 (baau1). Cognate of Vietnamese bánh bao.

Alternative forms

• bau, bow, pao, pau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʊ/

Noun

bao (countable and uncountable, plural baos or bao)

1. Any of various types of steamed bread or bun used in Chinese cuisine
2. A sandwich or stuffed bun made with this bread

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:dim sum

Related terms

Translations

See also

• Baozi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Swahili bao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʊ/

Noun

bao (uncountable)

1. A mancala board game played in East Africa.

See also

• Bao (mancala game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Åbo, AOB, boa, oba, Abo, ABO, Boa, a.o.b., Oba., OAB, abo, OBA, A/B/O

Asi

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baququ. Compare Cebuano bao, Hiligaynon bao, Maranao bao'o and Tausug bauu

Noun

bao

1. tortoise; turtle

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *baququ. Compare Hiligaynon bao, Maranao bao'o and Tausug bauu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʔoʔ/
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Hyphenation: ba‧o

Noun

bao

1. a tortoise
2. a turtle
3. (vehicles, automotive, slang) Volkswagen Beetle

Hiligaynon

Noun

baó

1. tortoise, turtle
2. (vehicles, automotive, slang) Volkswagen Beetle

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balabaw. Compare Cebuano ambaw, Higaonon ambaw, Mansaka ambaw, Tagakaulu Kalagan ambaw, Tausug ambaw, Tiruray ambaw and Makasar balao

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ó
• IPA^(key): /baˈʔu/, [bɐˈʔo]

Noun

baó

1. mouse

Derived terms

• baoen

Mandarin

Romanization

bao

1. nonstandard spelling of bāo
2. nonstandard spelling of báo
3. nonstandard spelling of bǎo
4. nonstandard spelling of bào

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mansaka

Etymology 1

Akin to Maranao bao'o.

Noun

bao

1. turtle

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu.

Noun

baò

1. smell

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pˠɑːɔ], (enunciated) [pˠɑ wɔ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pˠæɰwɛw/
• Bender phonemes: {bahwew}

Noun

bao

1. bird
2. chicken
3. fowl

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bao m (plural baos)

1. bao (Chinese bread)

Further reading

• “bao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Sundanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈoʔ/

Noun

bao

1. great-great-grandparents
2. great-great-grandchild

See also

• (kinship generations) pancakaki; gantung siwur/kait siwur, udeg-udeg, janggawaréng, bao, buyut, aki, bapa, budak, incu, buyut, bao, janggawaréng, udeg-udeg, gantung siwur/kait siwur, ^{(Category: su:Family)}

References

• Maman Sumantri, Atjep Djamaludin, Achmad Patoni, R.H. Moch. Koerdie, M.O. Koesman, Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

bao class V (plural mabao class VI)

1. board (piece of wood)
2. goal

   Synonym: goli

3. board game
4. a traditional Swahili mancala board game played in most of East Africa

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbaʔo/ [ˈbaː.ʔo] (“coconut shell; cranium”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aʔo
  • IPA^(key): /baˈʔo/ [bɐˈʔo] (“game of chances”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ba‧o

Noun

bao (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ)

1. coconut shell stripped of its husk and meat

   Synonym: tsireta

2. (anatomy) cranium

   Synonym: bao ng ulo

Derived terms

See also

Noun

baó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ)

1. (games, obsolete) a game of various chances, done with a coconut shell, and a cane placed crosswise on the ground

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

From elision of /l/ from earlier balo. See more at balo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʔo/ [ˈbaː.ʔo]
• Rhymes: -aʔo
• Syllabification: ba‧o

Noun

bao (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ)

1. alternative form of balo (“widow; widower”)

Alternative forms

• bauo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• bawo — obsolete

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Philippine *baququ. Compare Kapampangan pau, Hanunoo paoo, Cebuano bao, Hiligaynon bao, Maranao bao'o, Tausug bauu, and Malay biuku.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈʔo/ [bɐˈʔo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ba‧o

Noun

baó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂ) (dialectal, Quezon)

1. tortoise found on land or fresh water

See also

Further reading

• “bao”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971) A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province, Quezon City: Diliman Review, page 69

Anagrams

• abo

Tày

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓaːw˧˧]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓaːw˦˥]

Noun

bao

1. garcinia multiflora

   mác bao ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   dầu mác bao ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. indian lettuce

   Synonym: mước

   slắc bao đeng ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   slắc bao khao ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

References

• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[3] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.o]

Noun

bao

1. a water current

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Venetan

Noun

bao m (plural bai)

1. worm
2. bug

Derived terms

• baéto

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 包.

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) bao

1. bag; sack; pack
2. box; packet

Descendants

• → Khmer: បាវ (baaw)

See also

• bị; túi

Verb

bao

1. to enclose; to envelope; to cover
2. to guarantee; to assure
3. to take on everything; to undertake (the whole of) something as someone's proxy
4. to treat; to pay (for someone else); to foot the bill; to cover (someone else); to stand

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Part of the b-series of demonstratives, along with bây, bấy.

Adverb

bao • (包)

1. (literary when used stand-alone) how; how much

2. (Mekong Delta, colloquial) very; super (placed before an adjective to intensify)

   cam bao ngọt ― super-duper sweet oranges

Determiner

bao • (包)

1. (literary) so many

   bao người ― people everywhere

   bao ngày ― day after day

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

• boa

Waray-Waray

Noun

baó

1. turtle; tortoise

Source: wiktionary.org