Meaning of bai | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A marshy meadow in sub-Saharan Africa.
2. A yellow mist occurring in spring and fall in China and Japan, caused by yellow dust blown from central China.
3. An ethnic group of China.
   plural, plural-only
4. A surname.
5. An island off the coast of Sabah, Malaysia
6. The language of the Bai ethnic group.

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Examples

“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.”

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