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  1. 1.(bound form) grandmother
  2. 2.(bound form) matron
  3. 3.(bound form) mother-in-law
  4. 4.(slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.old woman
  2. 2.grandmother
  3. 3.mother-in-law (of a woman); husband's mother
  4. 4.woman in a particular profession
  5. 5.pejorative suffix for a woman

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *baːl): phonetic 波 (OC *paːl) + semantic 女 (“woman”). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷa-n ~ *bʷa-n (“grandmother”). Cognate with Burmese ဘွား (bhwa:, “grandmother”) (STEDT).

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