bai

nouninterjectionnounattested in dialogue

A marshy meadow in sub-Saharan Africa.

noun

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A marshy meadow in sub-Saharan Africa.
One thing about the bais that I hadn't fully taken on board while reading about them was that they tend to be waterlogged because they are usually associated with marshes, streams or springs. […] venturing into the bai, but […] plunging into the bai because […]
Gorillas (and other wildlife) frequent such bais, which are waterlogged and sunny, because of the sodium-rich sedges and asters that grow beneath the open sky.

interjection

1
Variant of byeEye dialect spelling of bye.

noun

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A yellow mist occurring in spring and fall in China and Japan, caused by yellow dust blown from central China.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 霾 (bai). First recorded in English in the 1910s.

Forms

plural: bais

Bah · A surname.Bahamas · An archipelago and country in the Caribbean. Official name:…baht · The official currency of Thailand, equal to 100 satang.

bai · A marshy meadow in sub-Saharan Africa.

Bai · An ethnic group of China.bail · Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release…Bail · A surname.

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