English Online Dictionary. What means ba? What does ba mean?
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Egyptian bꜣ,
Noun
ba (plural bas)
- (Egyptian mythology) A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food.
Etymology 2
The sound is very commonly made by infants, and is interpreted by parents as a reference to themselves.
Noun
ba (plural bas) (not generally used in the plural)
- (colloquial and in direct address) Father, baba.
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
- ba'
Noun
ba (uncountable)
- (historical) A medieval football game played in parts of Scotland around Christmas and New Year.
Anagrams
- -ab, A&B, A.B., A/B, AB, Ab, a.b., ab, ab-, ab.
Anguthimri
Noun
ba
- (Mpakwithi) island
References
- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 184
Akan
Verb
ba
- (Fante) come
References
- Rose-Juliet Anyanwu, Fundamentals of Phonetics, Phonology and Tonology (2008)
Bakung
Noun
ba
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
- water (mineral water)
Borôro
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaː/
Noun
ba
- egg
Cebuano
Pronunciation 1
- (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈba/
- Rhymes: -a
Particle
ba
- final interrogative particle
Pronunciation 2
- (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈbaː/
- Rhymes: -a
Etymology
Short for baba.
Verb
ba
- to piggyback; to carry someone on the back
Chichewa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-jíba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɓa/
Verb
-ba (infinitive kubá)
- steal
Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
- Applicative: -bera
- Other formations: -ba mawu (“eavesdrop”)
- Nominal derivations:
- wakuba (“thief”)
Chickasaw
Conjunction
ba
- Alternative spelling of ba'
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- bo
Etymology
From Middle High German wā, from Old High German wār, hwār, from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”). Cognate with German wo, English where.
Pronoun
ba
- (Sette Comuni, relative) that; which; who
Adverb
ba (dative bànnont)
- (Sette Comuni, interrogative) where
Adjective
ba (not comparable)
- (Sette Comuni, attributive only) how (modifier used to express suprise, delight, etc.)
Related terms
- éppadabaa
References
- “ba” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Dama (Sierra Leone)
Etymology
Cognate with Vai [script needed] (ba), Mende wa.
Adjective
ba
- big
References
- Dalby, T. D. P. (1963) , “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54
Duun
Etymology
Onomatopoeic?
Noun
ba
- goat
Further reading
- Duungooma ABC (alphabet duun), page 3
Eastern Penan
Noun
ba
- water
References
- Dictionary of Eastern Penan
French
Borrowed from English ba, from Egyptian bꜣ,
- ba
Garo
Etymology
Probably from Bengali বা (ba), which is a short form of কিংবা (kiṅba).
Conjunction
ba
- or
Gothic
Romanization
ba
- Romanization of 𐌱𐌰
Haitian Creole
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
ba
- give
Synonyms
- ban
- bay
Irish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bˠa/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /bˠɑh/
Noun
ba f pl
- plural of bó
Etymology 2
From Old Irish ba.
Alternative forms
- (affirmative): b’ (used before a vowel sound except for the pronouns é, í, iad, ea)
- (relative): ab (used before a vowel sound)
- badh (archaic)
- budh (superseded)
- dob, dob' (dialectal equivalent of b’)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bˠə/
Particle
ba (triggers lenition)
- past/conditional affirmative of is
- past/conditional direct relative of is (used to introduce the comparative/superlative form of adjectives)
Related terms
Mutation
References
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba/
Interjection
ba
- bah!
- oh well!
Japanese
Romanization
ba
- Rōmaji transcription of ば
- Rōmaji transcription of バ
Kriol
Preposition
ba
- Alternative form of blanga
Malagasy
Etymology 1
From English bar.
Noun
ba
- (music) bar; measure
Etymology 2
From French bas (“stocking”).
Noun
ba
- stockings; socks
- knitting
Mandarin
Romanization
ba (Zhuyin ˙ㄅㄚ)
- Pinyin transcription of 吧
- Pinyin transcription of 罷, 罢
- Pinyin transcription of 𣬶
- Pinyin transcription of 𣬷
ba
- Nonstandard spelling of bā.
- Nonstandard spelling of bá.
- Nonstandard spelling of bǎ.
- Nonstandard spelling of bà.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle English
Etymology
From Middle English *bān.
Verb
bā
- Imperative form of of *bān (“to kiss”)
-
- Com neer, my spouse, lat me ba thy cheke!
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Northern Kurdish
Alternative forms
- با (ba)
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬋 (vātō), Pashto and Persian باد (bâd)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit वात (vā́ta)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
ba m
- weather
- wind
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- bad
Verb
ba
- simple past of be
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- (2nd sg. pres. subj.): be
Verb
ba
- inflection of is:
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
- third-person singular preterite/imperfect indicative nonrelative/relative
Phalura
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba/
Particle
ba (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling بہ)
- Marker with a (switch-)topic function (variously corresponding to 'and, however, instead, as for, but')
References
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-báa.
Verb
-ba
- to be
- to become
Inflection
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Shona
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-jíba.
Verb
-bá (infinitive kubá)
- to steal
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-báa.
Verb
-ba
- to be
- to become
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑː/
Adverb
ba (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Apocopic form of bara, corresponds to ”was (just) like” or ”just”.
Anagrams
- AB, Ab
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba₅. Cognate with Cebuano ba and Malagasy va.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba/
Particle
ba
- marks a sentence as interrogative
Etymology 2
From aba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba/
Interjection
ba
- used in expressing surprise or disgust
Tiruray
Noun
ba
- (anatomy) mouth
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧]
Etymology 1
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 爸 (“father”, SV: bả).
Noun
ba • (巴, 爸)
- (chiefly Southern Vietnam) father
Synonyms
- áng; bác; bọ; bố; cậu; cha; thầy; tía
Etymology 2
From Proto-Vietic *paː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *piʔ; cognate with Muong pa, Khmer បី (bəy), Halang pe, Pacoh pe, Mon ပိ (pi).
Numeral
ba • (巴, 𠀧)
- three
Adjective
ba • (巴, 𠀧)
- (Southern Vietnam, of a sibling) secondborn
Derived terms
Determiner
ba
- (colloquial) some, an indefinite quantity greater than one
Volapük
Adverb
ba
- perhaps
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-báa.
Verb
-ba
- to be
- to become
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Yapese
Verb
ba
- (auxiliary) to be (doing something); forms the present tense
Yola
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
ba
- be, been
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, →ISBN
Zoogocho Zapotec
Etymology 1
Cognate with Yatzachi Zapotec ba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba˦/
Noun
ba
- hot weather (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
- chex̱ba
- gwba
- lagüeꞌ ba
Etymology 2
Cognate with Isthmus Zapotec baꞌ, Yatzachi Zapotec ba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba˩/
Noun
ba
- grave, tomb
Etymology 3
Cognate with Yatzachi Zapotec ba-.
Adverb
ba
- already
References
- Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3
Zou
Verb
ba
- owe
References
- http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-báa.
Verb
-ba
- to be
- to become
Inflection
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “-ɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ɓa”