bah

Malay

/bah/

noun
Definitions
  • flood overflow of water

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *baah inherited from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *baah inherited from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *baah inherited from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *baah inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq (flood, overflow).

Origin

Proto-Austronesian

*baSaq

Gloss

flood, overflow

Kanji

洪

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