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bah.

flood

3 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbah/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbah]Standard-Indonesian
  1. flood

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay bah, from Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq.

intj/ˈbah/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbah]Standard-Indonesian
  1. an exclamation of disapproval, contempt or disgust: bah, yuck

Where this word comes from

From Dutch bah.

intj/ˈbah/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbah]Standard-Indonesian
  1. an exclamation of intimacy

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Perhaps from Malay bah.

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