bait

Malay

/baet/, /baɪt/

noun
Definitions
  • house abode
  • home house or structure in which someone lives
  • (literature) couplet a pair of lines in poetry

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْت (house) derived from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (house, site, location, nest).

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Proto-Semitic

*bayt-

Gloss

house, site, location, nest

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Kanji

家

Emoji
🏚️ 🏡 🛖 🪴 🏘️

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