Bau

bau
business as usual
Historical Examples

After a great deal of trouble I managed to get an interpreter named Masirewa, who came from the small island of bau.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines H. Wilfrid Walker

Before he could arrive, the untrained volunteer army of Schleswig-Holsteiners suffered defeat at bau.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Edwin Emerson

He takes these seven deities as sons of bau, but he offers no conclusive evidence for his theory.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow

There are several local female deities that seem to be substantially identical in character with bau.
Introduction to the History of Religions Crawford Howell Toy

She is identical with another goddess, known as bau, though it would seem that the two were originally independent.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 Various

In consequence a great number of Chinamen fled across the frontier, found profitable washings at bau, and invited their comrades.
The Woodlands Orchids Frederick Boyle

The latter being distinctly a water god, we may conclude that in some way, bau is to be connected with water as a natural element.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow

Mr. Johnson went up and found it quite empty; Seniawan too, and soon after bau also.
Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak Harriette McDougall

Nin-girsu is represented as offering marriage gifts to bau, on the Zagmuku.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow

She appears in the inscription in question by the side of a goddess who—following Hommel—is none other than bau.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow