From en.wiktionary.org:
[Baas]
** English
*** Etymology 1
[en]. [en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] An employer , a boss [frequently used as a form of address] .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1979 | author=w:André Brink | title=A Dry White Season | page=40 | publisher=Vintage | year_published=1998
|passage=‘That's not what I'm complaining about, BAAS,’ said Gordon.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1932 | author=w:George Bernard Shaw | title=The Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God | publisher=Hesperus Press Limited | year_published=1961 | page=11
|passage=‘Excuse me, BAAS,’ she said, 'you have knowing eyes.'}}
*** Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
**** Noun
[en]
1. [en]
**** Verb
[en]
1. [en]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Afrikaans
*** Etymology
[af], from [af], from [af], from [af], from [af].
*** Pronunciation
- [af]
- [af]
*** Noun
[base]
1. boss
**** Derived terms
- [af]
**** Descendants
- [en]
*** References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive (see http://archive.phonetics.ucla.edu/) . Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
[af]
** Balinese
*** Etymology
[ban], from [ban]. [ban].
*** Pronunciation
- [ban]
*** Noun
[ban] [ban]
1. uncooked rice
*** Further reading
- [baas]
** Dutch
*** Etymology
[nl], from [nl], from [nl], from [nl]. Cognates include [gml], [ofs];
possibly also [goh] ["father's sister, cousin"; > German [de]].
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Noun
[m]
1. boss , chief , superior
2. employer , manager
3. [nl] strong or tough guy
4. [nl] boss
5. [nl] master , expert [at something]
6. [nl] whopper , large one [of its kind]
7. (_diminutive: BAASJE_ ) fellow , boy , especially a youngling or novice
**** Derived terms
{{col5|nl |baasje |baas boven baas |bazig |bovenbaas |breinbaas |de baas
spelen |(iemand) de baas zijn |eindbaas |huisbaas |koppelbaas |molenbaas
|vechtersbaas |zetbaas }}
**** Descendants
[top3]
- [af]
- [dcr]
- [arw]
- [djk]
- [bzj]
- [hns]
- [jvn]
- [en]
- [gyn]
- [id]
- [pey]
- [jam]
- [kww]
- [bor=1]
- [srm]
- [srn]
- [car]
- [tri]
- [fy]
[bottom]
** Hiligaynon
*** Etymology
[hil].
*** Verb
[báas]
1. diminish , lessen
** Karao
*** Noun
[kyj]
1. coffee dreg s [left on a cup or kettle]
** Middle English
*** Etymology 1
**** Adjective
[enm]
1. [enm]
*** Etymology 2
**** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]