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baoadverb

light

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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented

1adv.

softlylexitron

2adv.

gently; lightlylexitron

3adj.

soft; gentlewiktionary

4adj.

lower (of volume)wiktionary

5adj.

slow; not fastwiktionary

6adj.

light; not heavy (of weight)wiktionary

7adj.

unintelligent; dumb; gullible(colloquial)wiktionary

8adv.

softly; gentlywiktionary

9n.

urine(dated)wiktionary

10v.

to relieve; to relax; to lighten; to lessen; to get better; to abatewiktionary

11v.

to slow down; to decelerate; to retard; to slow upwiktionary

12v.

to urinate; to pee(dated)wiktionary

Built from

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ˀbawᴬ³ (“light; not heavy”), from Proto-Tai *C̥.bawᴬ (“light (in weight)”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷᩮᩢᩤ, Lao ເບົາ (bao), Lü ᦢᧁ (ḃaw), Khün ᨷᩮᩢᩤ, Shan မဝ် (mǎo) or ဝဝ် (wǎo), Tai Nüa ᥛᥝ (maw), Ahom 𑜉𑜨𑜧 (mow), Zhuang mbaeu, Nong Zhuang nawj, Saek เว๋า, Tày bau.