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Translingual

Symbol

ba

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Bashkir.

English

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Egyptian bꜣ,

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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.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 220:
      Any ordinary person who has ever floated out of his body during a nap knows what a Ba is, but unfortunately the dogmas of our materialistic culture constrain the person to ignore and repress his experience.
    • 1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:
      But the Ba, I remembered, could be seen as the mistress of your heart and might or might not decide to speak to you, just as the heart cannot always forgive.

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

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Alternative forms

Noun

ba (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A medieval football game played in parts of Scotland around Christmas and New Year.
    • 2011, Alistair Moffat, The Borders:
      The townsmen played ba often and clearly knew what they were doing.

Etymology 4

Noun

ba (plural bas)

  1. (in real estate ads) Abbreviation of bathroom.
    Coordinate term: br (“bedroom”)
    Alternative form: BA
    2 beds, 1 ba

Etymology 5

From Mandarin 吧 (ba).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Particle

ba

  1. (Manglish, Singlish, rare) Used to soften the tone of a suggestion.
    I think you should go see a doctor ba.
  2. (Manglish, Singlish, rare) Indicates confident speculation.
    • 2024 June 7, Vegas, “Planning to get new Rims & Tyres”, in MyCarForum‎, archived from the original on 21 June 2024:
      rich pple in here... 15" Conti for 800? thats a little steep... same class as ps4s? / 18" tires about 600 to 750 bah...

See also

Anagrams

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

Australian Kriol

Preposition

ba

  1. Alternative form of blanga

Bakung

Noun

ba

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

Bambara

Etymology 1

Noun

ba

  1. mother
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

bà

  1. goat

Etymology 3

Noun

bá

  1. river, stream, lake

Etymology 4

Numeral

bà

  1. one thousand
Synonyms

Basque

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Particle

ba

  1. Alternative form of ba-
    Ba al zatoz? ― Are you coming?
    Ba ote al dago inor etxean? ― Is anyone home?
    Ba omen zegoen bidea ezagutzen zuen norbait. ― There was someone who knew the way.
Usage notes

See usage notes at ba-.

Etymology 2

Clipping of bada (“it is”)

Particle

ba

  1. so, then, well
    Ez nizun ba esan. ― Well, I didn't tell you.

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 [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “ba”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Borôro

Pronunciation

Noun

ba

  1. egg

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq.

Noun

bâ

  1. flood

Cebuano

Pronunciation 1

Particle

ba

  1. interrogative particle
    Kini ba ang Kabisay-an? ― Is this the Visayas?
    Kamao ka ba molangoy? ― Do you know how to swim?

Pronunciation 2

Etymology

Short for baba.

Verb

ba

  1. to piggyback; to carry someone on the back

Chichewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jíba.

Pronunciation

Verb

-ba (infinitive kubá)

  1. steal

Derived terms

Chickasaw

Conjunction

ba

  1. Alternative spelling of ba'

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

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
    dar faff ba de pridighet ― the priest who preaches

Adverb

ba (dative bannont)

  1. (Sette Comuni, interrogative) where
    Ba pisto gabéest in gantzen tag?
    Where have you been all day?

Adverb

ba

  1. (Sette Comuni, attributive only) how (modifier used to express surprise, delight, etc.)
    Ba khalt! ― How cold!

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

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ba

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

See also

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

Eastern Penan

Noun

ba

  1. water

References

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *baRa (cognates include Maori pā (“fortified village, blockade”) and Hawaiian pā (“wall”)) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baRa related to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pager (“enclosure; palisade around a village; fence around a planted tree or cultivated field”) (compare with Malay pagar (“fence”)).

Noun

ba

  1. a special fence or enclosure made from reeds to catch fish trapped during tides.

References

  • Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “paa.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  • Gatty, Ronald (2009) “ba”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 10

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English ba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba/
  • Audio:(file)

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. (Pular) interrogative particle
    Si himo ka suudu ba, si o alaa ton ba.
    Whether he's at the house, or whether he's not there.

Usage notes

  • Placed at the end of a phrase
  • Implies an alternative

Adverb

ba

  1. (Maasina) not even
    ba nde wootere
    not even once
    ba gooto
    not even one
  2. nothing
  3. even
    Synonym: fay
    ba joonin
    even now
    ba naanen
    even a short while ago

See also

References

Garo

Etymology

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

Conjunction

ba

  1. or

Ghomala'

Particle

ba (prepositional)

  1. and, also, as well, too
    Ba myə gaə̂ sɔ'. ― I came also.
    Lwɔ̂' bə́ nə̂ bâwə́lə́. ― Each one has a shortcoming.
    Myə̂ mŋo' bâwə́lə̂ bə́ á nə́ é. ― Each one has shortcomings.

See also

References

  • Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)

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.)

Pronunciation

Verb

ba

  1. give

Synonyms

Hlai

Pronunciation

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

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [baʔ]
  • Rhymes: -ba, -a

Preposition

ba

  1. in
    ba Kuching
    in Kuching
  2. at
    ba sungai
    at the river
  3. on
    ba atas jalai
    on the road

Iriga Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq.

Noun

bâ

  1. flood

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kongo

Lhao Vo

Lithuanian

Malagasy

Mandarin

Middle English

Miraya Bikol

Nias

Northern Kurdish

Norwegian Bokmål

Old English

Old Irish

Old Polish

Olukumi

Phalura

Phuthi

Polish

Romagnol

Shona

Silesian

Spanish

Sumerian

Swazi

Swedish

Tagalog

Tày

Tetum

Tiruray

Uneapa

Vietnamese

Volapük

West Albay Bikol

West Makian

Woiwurrung

Xhosa

Yapese

Yola

Yoruba

Zaghawa

Zoogocho Zapotec

Zou

Zulu

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