bahi

See also: báhi

Binukid

Noun

bahi

  1. woman, girl

References

  • Hazel J. Wrigglesworth, The Maiden of Many Nations: The Skymaiden who Married a Man from Earth (1991), page 119

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧hi

Noun

bahi

  1. (botany) the heartwood

O'odham

Alternative forms

  • bai (before voiceless consonants)

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *bahi (“tail”),[1] from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kwasiC (“tail, penis”).[2]

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan báji, Southeastern Tepehuan bhai, Mayo buasia and Hopi kwasi (“penis”).

Noun

bahi (plural ba꞉bhai, possessive bahij)

  1. (anatomy) tail
    'I꞉da'a mi꞉stol pi ha bahi.
    This cat doesn't have a tail.
  2. tail end, rear end
  3. (collective) tailfeathers (of a bird)
  4. (figurative, by extension) any object with a tail or long handle; e.g. frying pan

Derived terms

  • bahi-gid (“to wag one's tail”)
  • bahiḍad (“to put a tail on”)
  • bahiḍpi'ok (“to remove the tail of”)
  • baikam (“one with a tail”, contraction of *bahikam)
  • Vu꞉lo-Baikam (“One with a Donkey Tail (nickname)”)

Verb

bahi (plural ba꞉bhai) (stative)

  1. to have a tail

References

  1. ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “2a. *ˈbahi 'tail,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 130
  2. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “2271. *kwasiC (AMR) ‘tail, penis’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 354
  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume I, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 12–5
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “bahi”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 5

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbahiʔ/ [ˈbaː.hɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -ahiʔ
  • Syllabification: ba‧hi

Noun

bahì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜒ) (obsolete)

  1. lines of the palm (used for fortunetelling)
    Synonyms: liha ng palad, guhit ng palad

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Thao

Noun

bahi

  1. shadow
  2. soul

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Noun

bahi

  1. woman

References

  • Rainer Carle, Gavaʻ: Studies in Austronesian Languages and Cultures (1982): Western Bukidnon Manobo bahi
  • Language, volume 52 (1976)
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