ba

ba

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English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Egyptian bꜣ,

Noun

ba (plural bas)

  1. (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)

  1. (colloquial and in direct address) Father, baba.

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

  • ba'

Noun

ba (uncountable)

  1. (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.

Akan

Verb

ba

  1. (Fante) come

References

  • Rose-Juliet Anyanwu, Fundamentals of Phonetics, Phonology and Tonology (2008)

Anguthimri

Noun

ba

  1. (Mpakwithi) island

References

  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 184

Bakung

Noun

ba

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)
  2. water (mineral water)

Bambara

Etymology 1

Noun

ba

  1. mother
Synonyms
  • bamuso
  • ma

Etymology 2

Noun

bà

  1. goat

Etymology 3

Noun

bá

  1. river, stream, lake

Etymology 4

Numeral

bà

  1. one thousand
Synonyms
  • waa

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba/, [ba]

Etymology 1

Particle

ba

  1. Alternative form of ba-
Usage notes

See usage notes at ba-.

Etymology 2

Clipping of bada (“it is”)

Particle

ba

  1. so, then, well

Etymology 3

Clipping of bai (“yes”).

Particle

ba

  1. (Northern) yes

Etymology 4

Probably from Spanish bah.

Interjection

ba

  1. indicates disdain or unbelief

Further reading

  • “ba” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “ba” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

Borôro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaː/

Noun

ba

  1. egg

Cebuano

Pronunciation 1

  • (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈba/
  • Rhymes: -a

Particle

ba

  1. final interrogative particle

Pronunciation 2

  • (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈbaː/
  • Rhymes: -a

Etymology

Short for baba.

Verb

ba

  1. to piggyback; to carry someone on the back

Chichewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jíba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɓa/

Verb

-ba (infinitive kubá)

  1. steal

Derived terms

  • Verbal derivations:
    • Applicative: -bera
    • Other formations: -ba mawu (“eavesdrop”)
  • Nominal derivations:
    • wakuba (“thief”)

Chickasaw

Conjunction

ba

  1. 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

  1. (Sette Comuni, relative) that; which; who

Adverb

ba (dative bànnont)

  1. (Sette Comuni, interrogative) where

Adjective

ba (not comparable)

  1. (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

Dagbani

Etymology 1

Noun

ba (plural banima)

  1. father
  2. a title of respect

Usage notes

  • obligatorily possessed: includes father's brothers, and in the plural all relatives on the father's side, particularly those of his generation.

See also

  • ma

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ba

  1. Third-person, animate, singular, neutral, object pronoun them

See also

  • bɛ
  • o
  • ban
  • bana

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Etymology

Cognate with Vai [script needed] (ba), Mende wa.

Adjective

ba

  1. 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

  1. goat

Further reading

  • Duungooma ABC (alphabet duun), page 3

Eastern Penan

Noun

ba

  1. water

References

  • Dictionary of Eastern Penan

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English ba.

Noun

ba

  1. (Egyptian mythology) ba

Fula

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Particle

ba

  1. question-forming interrogative particle (expressing doubt)

Garo

Etymology

Probably from Bengali বা (ba), which is a short form of কিংবা (kiṅba).

Conjunction

ba

  1. or

Gothic

Romanization

ba

  1. 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

  1. give

Synonyms

  • ban
  • bay

Hlai

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hlai) IPA(key): /pa˥˧/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hlai *hmaː (“five”), from Pre-Hlai *maː (Norquest, 2015).

Numeral

ba

  1. five

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hlai *hmaː (“dog; hunting dog”), from Pre-Hlai *maː (Norquest, 2015). Compare Proto-Tai *ʰmaːᴬ (“dog”) (whence Thai หมา (mǎa)).

Noun

ba

  1. dog, hunting dog

Irish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠa/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /bˠɑh/

Noun

ba f pl

  1. 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)

  1. past/conditional affirmative of is
  2. past/conditional direct relative of is (used to introduce the comparative/superlative form of adjectives)
Related terms

Mutation

References

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: bà

Interjection

ba

  1. bah!
  2. oh well!

Anagrams

  • ab-

Japanese

Romanization

ba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ば
  2. Rōmaji transcription of バ

Kriol

Preposition

ba

  1. Alternative form of blanga

Malagasy

Etymology 1

From English bar.

Noun

ba

  1. (music) bar; measure

Etymology 2

From French bas (“stocking”).

Noun

ba

  1. stockings; socks
  2. knitting

Mandarin

Romanization

ba (Zhuyin ˙ㄅㄚ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 吧
  2. Pinyin transcription of 罷, 罢
  3. Pinyin transcription of 𣬶
  4. Pinyin transcription of 𣬷

ba

  1. Nonstandard spelling of bā.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of bá.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of bǎ.
  4. 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

  1. Imperative form of of *bān (“to kiss”)
    • Com neer, my spouse, lat me ba thy cheke!

Nias

Preposition

ba

  1. in, at, on (general preposition for locative adjuncts)

References

  • Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 22–23.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *HwáHatah (“wind”) (compare Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬋‎ (vātō), Pashto and Persian باد‎ (bâd)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas (“wind”) (compare Sanskrit वात (vā́ta)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

ba m (Arabic spelling با‎)

  1. weather
  2. wind

Declension

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • bad

Verb

ba

  1. simple past of be

Old Irish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

  • (2nd sg. pres. subj.): be

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ba]

Verb

ba

  1. inflection of is:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. third-person singular preterite/imperfect indicative nonrelative/relative

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [va(ː)]

Conjunction

ba

  1. Alternative form of fa (“or”)

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)

  1. 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

  1. to be
  2. to become

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba/

Particle

ba

  1. nay, or rather, or should I say; moreover
  2. duh, obviously

Further reading

  • ba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jíba.

Verb

-bá (infinitive kubá)

  1. to steal

Sumerian

Romanization

ba

  1. Romanization of 𒁀 (ba)

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-báa.

Verb

-ba

  1. to be
  2. to become

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑː/

Adverb

ba (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Apocopic form of bara, corresponds to ”was (just) like” or ”just”.

Anagrams

  • AB, Ab

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba₅, or shortened form of baga. Cognate with Cebuano ba and Malagasy va.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba/, [bɐ]

Particle

ba

  1. marks a sentence as interrogative
    Synonyms: (dialectal) ga, (dialectal) baga, (obsolete) kaya

Etymology 2

Shortened from of aba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba/, [bɐ]

Interjection

ba

  1. used in expressing surprise or disgust

Etymology 3

Shortened from of bulaga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaʔ/

Interjection

bâ

  1. boo (used in play-scare with babies)
    Synonym: ga

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba/, [bɐ]

Noun

ba

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter B.

Tiruray

Noun

ba

  1. (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

  1. (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 • (𠀧, 巴)

  1. three

Adjective

ba • (𠀧, 巴)

  1. (Southern Vietnam, of a sibling) secondborn
Derived terms

Determiner

ba

  1. (colloquial) some, an indefinite quantity greater than one

Volapük

Adverb

ba

  1. perhaps

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-báa.

Verb

-ba

  1. to be
  2. to become

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Yapese

Verb

ba

  1. (auxiliary) to be (doing something); forms the present tense

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English been, from Old English bēon.

Verb

ba

  1. 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, London: J. Russell Smith

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology 1

Cognate with Yatzachi Zapotec ba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba˦/

Noun

ba

  1. 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

  1. grave, tomb

Etymology 3

Cognate with Yatzachi Zapotec ba-.

Adverb

ba

  1. 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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba˧/

Verb

ba

  1. (transitive) to owe

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba˧˩/

Noun

bà

  1. bat (mammal)

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, pages 44, 45

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-báa.

Verb

-ba

  1. to be
  2. to become

Inflection

References

  • C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-ɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ɓa”

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