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bast.

bast (fibre material)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. bast (fibre material)

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish bast, from Old Norse bast, from Proto-West Germanic *bast (“bast, rope”) via a borrowing from West Germanic. Cognate with English bast and German Bast.

noun
  1. years old

    colloquial · neuter
    fylla sjuttio bast
    Mina ungar är fem respektive tre bast
Where this word comes from

Via Månsing cant borrowed from Tavringer Romani bassj, bassjt, derived from Romani berś. Cognate to Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa, “year”).

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