1. بَهُ-
bahu- Adi. (fem. °vr-) viel, reichlich, häufig, dicht, dichtgedrangt (RV +), in Kompp. bahu?, bahu? (AiGr TI 1,296); bahudhu auf vielfache Weise (RV +); bamhiyas- sehr dick (MS), banı histha- stärkst, meist (RV, ep.); bahutaya- aus vielen Stücken bestehend (TS), bahuld- dick, weit, ausgedehnt, viel (RV - [dazu kl. bahula- 'Pleiaden’, o. 1 391]), bahura- dss. (AitB bahlika- - bänd- 221 [Mantra]). - Mi., dard., ni., … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. bahu-, p. 250]
2. bähu-
bähu- m. Arm, Unterarm, Vorderfuß beim Tier (RV +); bäahvdjas- armstark (RV); pra-bahuk in gleicher Linie, auf gleicher Höhe (YV +; KEWA II 366); dor-bähaväni Ober- und Unterarme ($B), vom NomAkkDu RV bähavä (s.u.) aus gebildet (Hoffm, I1J 4 11960] 30 = HoffmA 106), sahasrabäahva- tausendarmig (RV 8,45,26; AiGr III 139). - Mi., nu., dard., ni., pkt. bahü- m. f., bäha- m., bähä- f. Arm (s.u.), usw. {Tu 9229 {mit … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. bähu-, p. 253]
3. بَهُ
bahu mf(vī or u)n. much, many, frequent, abundant, numerous, great or considerable in quantity ( n. also as subst. with gen. ), RV. (rarely in Maṇḍ. i - ix ), AV. &c. &c. (tadbahuyad, ‘it is a great matter that’, MBh. ; tvayāmebahukṛtaṃyad, ‘you have done me a great service by — or that —’, Nal. ; kimbahunā, ‘what occasion is there for much talk?’ i.e. ‘in short’, Śak. ; Hit. )
4. bāhu
1. bāhu m. f. ( f. , L. ) ( fr. √ bah, baṃh; for 2. bāhu See col. 3) the arm, ( esp. ) the forearm, the arm between the elbow and the wrist ( opp. to pragaṇḍa, q.v. ; in medic. the whole upper extremity of the body, as opp. to sakthi, the lower ext˚ ), RV. &c. &c.
5. bāhu
2. bāhu (for 1. See col. 2), Vṛddhi form of bahu in comp.