Bawbees

/bɔːˈbiːz/ noun

Definition

Plural of bawbee, referring to multiple small Scottish coins or, figuratively, small amounts of money.

Etymology

The regular plural form of 'bawbee' following English pluralization conventions. Retains the same disputed etymological origins as the singular form.

Kelly Says

Bawbees in plural form appears in Robert Burns's poetry, making it a word that's associated with Scottish Romantic literature—Burns gives us the charm of small coins jingling in poor pockets, a nice image.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ብር
bir
ARالعربية
قروش
qurūsh
BNবাংলা
পয়সা
poy-sa
CACatalà
cents
sents
CSČeština
haléř
ha-le-rzh
DADansk
øre
or-eh
DEDeutsch
Pfennig
fen-nig
ELΕλληνικά
λεπτό
lep-to
ESEspañol
pesetas
peh-seh-tas
FAفارسی
تومان
too-man
FISuomi
sentti
sent-ti
FRFrançais
sous
soo
GUGU
પૈસા
pai-sa
HAHA
kobo
ko-bo
HEעברית
אגורות
a-go-rot
HIहिन्दी
पैसे
pa-se
HUMagyar
fillér
fill-er
IDBahasa Indonesia
sen
sen
IGIG
naira
na-i-ra
ITItaliano
centesimi
chen-te-see-mee
JA日本語
zen
KKKK
тенге
ten-ge
KMKM
រៀល
ri-el
KO한국어
jeon
MRMR
पैसे
pa-se
MSBahasa Melayu
sen
sen
MYမြန်မာ
ကျပ်
kyat
NLNederlands
cent
sent
NONorsk
øre
or-eh
PAPA
ਪૈਸੇ
pa-ise
PLPolski
grosze
gros-she
PTPortuguês
centavos
sen-ta-vos
RORomână
bani
ba-ni
RUРусский
копейки
ko-pey-ki
SVSvenska
öre
or-eh
SWKiswahili
senti
sen-tee
TAதமிழ்
நாணயம்
na-a-ya-m
TEతెలుగు
పైసా
pai-sa
THไทย
สตางค์
staang
TLTL
sentimo
sen-tee-mo
TRTürkçe
kuruş
koo-rush
UKУкраїнська
копійки
ko-piy-ki
URاردو
پنس
pens
VITiếng Việt
xu
shyu
YOYO
kobo
ko-bo
ZH中文
fēn
ZUZU
senti
sen-tee

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