βαύ
Ancient Greek
Alternative fors
- βαΰ (baǘ)
- βαὺ βαύ (baù baú), βαύ βαύ (baú baú), βαῢ βαΰ (baǜ baǘ)
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bǎu̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbaw/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβaβ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvav/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvav/
Interjection
βαύ • (baú)
Further reading
- “βαύ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert (1901–1906), “βαύ”, in Moschos, Xenofon, transl., Konstantinidis, Michael, editor, Μέγα λεξικόν τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Méga lexikón tês Hellēnikês glṓssēs, Great Dictionary of the Greek Language] (overall work in Katharevousa), Athens: Anestis Konstantinidis, translation of original in English, with supplement
- βαῢ βαΰ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette