Baa
Bavarian
Alternative forms
- Boa (West Central Bavarian)
- Boan (Southern Bavarian, Tyrol)
Etymology
From Middle High German bein, from Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Compare German Bein and Gebeine, Dutch been, English bone, Danish ben.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɑː/
East Central German
Etymology
From Middle High German bein, from Old High German bein, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą. Compare Dutch been, English bone, Danish ben.
Noun
Baa n (plural1 Baa, plural2 Bee, plural3 Bää)
- (Erzgebirgisch) leg
- Hot die stackndirre Baa!
- She's got stick-thin legs!
Further reading
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 20:
- https://www.erzgebirgisch.de/mobile/b.baa_1.wort
- 1982 Karl-Heinz Schmidt, Itze schlöft dr Pastor ei : Heiteres aus dem Erzgebirge. P. 13
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