Homophones for bai-u, bayou

bai-u / bayou [ˈbʌɪju:]

bai-u – n. – early to midsummer seasonal rains in Japan, also known as the plum rains or mold rains

bayou – n. – swampy, slow-flowing river and lake off-shoots in southern United States, usually larger than a creek and smaller than a river


Quotes

Bai-u, Baiu

The former determines the beginning and the end of the baiu season while the latter forms seasonal steps inherent to the baiu season, such as the forerunner  and the pause of the baiu.

~ The Baiu in a historical period from the viewpoint of intra-seasonal variations (1993) – Akihiko M. Murata

Bayou

Bayous attracted Louisiana’s early settlers because they were full of harvestable fish and game, and served as transportation routes in the absence of roads. Even Better, the bayou banks, formed by silt from millennia of floods, provided habitable high ground in a place where high ground was rare.

~Gumbo Life: Tales from the Roux Bayou (2019) – Ken Wells