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Baa

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Bavarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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Baa n (plural Bana or Baner, diminutive Banl or Banerl) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)

  1. (anatomy) bone

East Central German

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Etymology

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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

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Baa n (plural1 Baa, plural2 Bee, plural3 Bää)

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) leg
    Hot die stackndirre Baa!
    She's got stick-thin legs!
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Further reading

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  • 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[1], 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