"baai" meaning in Afrikaans

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Interjection

IPA: /bɑːi̯/
Etymology: Borrowed from English bye. Etymology templates: {{bor|af|en|bye}} English bye Head templates: {{head|af|interjection}} baai
  1. bye
    Sense id: en-baai-af-intj-tJ9CWn4f Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 56 15 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /bɑːi̯/ Forms: baaie [plural], baaitjie [diminutive]
Etymology: From Dutch baai, from Middle French baie. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|baai}} Dutch baai, {{der|af|frm|baie}} Middle French baie Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|baaie|||||diminutive|baaitjie|||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} baai (plural baaie, diminutive baaitjie), {{af-noun|baaie|baaitjie}} baai (plural baaie, diminutive baaitjie)
  1. bay Derived forms: Baai
    Sense id: en-baai-af-noun-oh384sJz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /bɑːi̯/ Forms: baai [present], baaiende [participle, present], gebaai [participle, past]
Etymology: From Dutch baaien, dialectal form of baden, from Middle Dutch bāden, from Old Dutch bathon, from Proto-Germanic *baþōną. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|baaien}} Dutch baaien, {{inh|af|dum|bāden}} Middle Dutch bāden, {{inh|af|odt|bathon}} Old Dutch bathon, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*baþōną}} Proto-Germanic *baþōną Head templates: {{af-verb}} baai (present baai, present participle baaiende, past participle gebaai)
  1. (also figurative) to bathe Tags: also, figuratively Related terms: bad
    Sense id: en-baai-af-verb-J~-PMm2P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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