See also: bà chằn and Bắc Hàn

Cimbrian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German wachen, from Old High German wahhēn.

Verb edit

bachan (third-person singular present indicative bachet, past participle gabàchet, auxiliary haban)

  1. (Sette Comuni) to look after, watch over
    Bachan mòant och borliiran slaaf.
    To watch over also means to loose sleep.

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • “bachan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *bakan, see also Old English bacan, Old Norse baka.

Verb edit

bachan

  1. to bake

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From bachgen (boy).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bachan m (uncountable)

  1. (South Wales, colloquial) guy, lad, bloke, chap, dude, fella
    Synonym: boi

Usage notes edit

This is an informal term for a man, the standard term for which is dyn.

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bachan fachan machan unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bachan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies