baas
See also: Baas
English
Etymology 1
From Dutch baas. Doublet of boss.
Noun
baas (plural baases)
- (South Africa) An employer, a boss. Frequently as a form of address.
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 40:
- ‘That's not what I'm complaining about, Baas,’ said Gordon.
- 1932, George Bernard Shaw, The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God, Hesperus Press Limited 1961, p. 11:
- ‘Excuse me, baas,’ she said, 'you have knowing eyes.'
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 40:
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Noun
baas
- plural of baa
Verb
baas
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baa
Anagrams
- AABs, BSAA, Basa, SABA, Saab, Saba, abas, basa, saba, à bas
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch baas (“boss”), from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-Germanic *baswô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑːs/, [bɑːs]
Audio (file)
Noun
baas (plural base, diminutive basie)
- boss
Derived terms
- oubaas
Descendants
- → English: baas
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Balinese
Romanization
baas
- Romanization of ᬩᬳᬲ᭄
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-Germanic *baswô. Cognates include Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”); possibly also Old High German basa ("father's sister, cousin"; > German Base (“aunt, cousin”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baːs/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: baas
- Rhymes: -aːs
Noun
baas m (plural bazen, diminutive baasje n, feminine bazin)
- boss, chief, superior
- employer, manager
- (Belgium) strong or tough guy
- (video games) boss
- (figuratively) crack, master, expert at something
- (figuratively) whopper, large one in its kind
- (diminutive: baasje) fellow, boy, especially a youngling or novice
Derived terms
- baas boven baas
- bazig
- bovenbaas
- breinbaas
- de baas spelen
- eindbaas
- huisbaas
- (iemand) de baas zijn
- koppelbaas
- vechtersbaas
- zetbaas
Descendants
- Afrikaans: baas
- → English: baas
- Negerhollands: baas, baes
- → Arawak: basia
- → Aukan: basi
- → Belizean Creole: baas
- → Caribbean Hindustani: bás
- → Caribbean Javanese: bas
- → English: boss
- → Danish: boss
- → French: boss
- → Indonesian: bos
- → Italian: boss
- → Japanese: ボス (bosu)
- → Guyanese Creole English: baas
- → Indonesian: bas (“boss”)
- → Petjo: bas
- → Jamaican Creole: baas
- → Kwinti: basia
- → Papiamentu: bas, baas, ba
- → Saramaccan: bási
- → Sranan Tongo: basi
- → Galibi Carib: ba`si
- → Trió: paasi
- → West Frisian: baas
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Spanish bajar.
Verb
báas
- diminish, lessen
Karao
Noun
baas
- coffee dreg (left on a cup or kettle)
Middle English
Adjective
baas
- Alternative form of bas
Noun
baas
- Alternative form of base