bas

1) than [comparative]; 2) reason showing particle [de lta bas na, if so then...]; 3) remote place; 4) say nothing of; 5) much less; 5) ba + inst [IW]

better than [RY]

rather than; because/ more than; a remote place, to say nothing of, much less; / pas - as, because, since [RY]

by, in consequence of, because, as, since, when, sign of comparative, SA pas [JV]