bast.
bast (fibre material)
Meaning & usage
bast (fibre material)
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.
years old
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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