ba

ba

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

Borrowed from Egyptian bꜣ,

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.

The sound is very commonly made by infants, and is interpreted by parents as a reference to themselves.

ba (plural bas) (not generally used in the plural)

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

• ba'

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.

ba (plural bas)

1. (in real estate ads) Abbreviation of bathroom.

   Coordinate term: br (“bedroom”)

   Alternative form: BA

   2 beds, 1 ba

• -ab, A&B, A.B., A/B, AB, Ab, a.b., ab, ab-, ab.

ba

1. (Fante) come

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

ba

1. (Mpakwithi) island

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

ba

1. Alternative form of blanga

ba

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

ba

1. mother

• bamuso
• ma

bà

1. goat

bá

1. river, stream, lake

bà

1. one thousand

• waa

• IPA^(key): /ba/,

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.

See usage notes at ba-.

Clipping of bada (“it is”)

ba

1. so, then, well

   Ez nizun ba esan. ― Well, I didn't tell you.

Clipping of bai (“yes”).

ba

1. (Northern) yes

Probably from Spanish bah.

ba

1. Indicates disdain or unbelief.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː/

ba

1. egg

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

bâ

1. flood

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

ba

1. interrogative particle

   Kini ba ang Kabisay-an? ― Is this the Visayas?

   Kamao ka ba molangoy? ― Do you know how to swim?

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

Short for baba.

ba

1. to piggyback; to carry someone on the back

From Proto-Bantu *-jíba.

• IPA^(key): /ɓa/

-ba (infinitive kubá)

1. steal

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

• Nominal derivations:
  • wakuba (“thief”)

ba

1. Alternative spelling of ba'

• bo

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.

ba

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

   dar faff ba de pridighet ― the priest who preaches

ba (dative bannont)

1. (Sette Comuni, interrogative) where

   Ba pisto gabéest in gantzen tag?

   Where have you been all day?

ba

1. (Sette Comuni, attributive only) how (modifier used to express surprise, delight, etc.)

   Ba khalt! ― How cold!

• éppadabaa

• “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

ba (plural banima)

1. father
2. a title of respect

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

• ma

ba

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

• bɛ
• o
• ban
• bana

Cognate with Vai (ba), Mende wa.

ba

1. big

• Dalby, T. D. P. (1963) “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

Onomatopoeic?

ba

1. goat

• Duungooma ABC (alphabet duun), page 3

ba

1. water

• Dictionary of Eastern Penan

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”)).

ba

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

• 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

Borrowed from English ba.

• IPA^(key): /ba/

• Audio:

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ba

1. (Egyptian mythology) ba

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

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.

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

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

• yalli

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
• Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.

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

ba

1. or

ba (prepositional)

1. and, also, as well, too

   Ba myə gaə̂ sɔ'.

   I came also.

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

ba

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰

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

• IPA^(key): /ba/

ba

1. give

• ban
• bay

• (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA^(key): /pa˥˧/

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

ba

1. five

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

ba

1. dog, hunting dog

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ba, -a

ba

1. in

   ba Kuching

   in Kuching

2. at

   ba sungai

   at the river

3. on

   ba atas jalai

   on the road

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

bâ

1. flood

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠɑ(h)/^[1]
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /bˠɑ/
• (Connemara, Mayo) IPA^(key): /bˠa/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠah/^[2]

ba f pl

1. plural of bó

   Tá na ba sa mhá. ― The cows are in the field.

From Old Irish ba.

• (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’)

• IPA^(key): /bˠə/, (before é, í, iad, ea) /bˠəj/
• (Munster, also) IPA^(key): /bˠɔ/^[3]

ba (triggers lenition)

1. past/conditional affirmative of is

   Ba é Dónall an múinteoir. ― Dónall was the teacher.

   Ba mhaith liom cupán tae. ― I would like a cup of tea.

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

   fear ba shine ná m'athair ― a man (who was) older than my father

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ba	bha	mba
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

ba

1. bah!
2. oh well!

• ab-

ba

1. The hiragana syllable ば (ba) or the katakana syllable バ (ba) in Hepburn romanization.

ba class 5 (singular diba, plural maba)

1. palm tree

Uncertain.

ba

1. sun

ba

1. to know; to understand.

• Dr. Ola Hanson, A Dictionary of the Kachin Language (1906).

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ba (“for”).^[1]

bà

1. for

From English bar.

ba

1. (music) bar; measure

From French bas (“stocking”).

ba

1. stockings; socks
2. knitting

• Audio (Liaoning):

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ba (ba⁵／ba⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄅㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 吧, 罷／罢

ba

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

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Form of *bān, from (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

bā

1. Imperative form of of *bān (“to kiss”)
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, , →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, , : [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes , 1542, →OCLC:

     Com neer, my spouse, lat me ba thy cheke!

     Come here, my spouse, let me kiss your cheeks!

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

bâ

1. flood

ba

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

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

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”).

• IPA^(key): /bɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

• Audio:

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Central Kurdish	با (ba)
Zazaki	vay

ba m (Arabic spelling با)

1. weather
2. wind

• bad

ba

1. simple past of be

bā

1. neuter/feminine nominative/accusative singular of beġen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (2nd sg. pres. subj.): be

• IPA^(key):

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

• IPA^(key):

ba

1. Alternative form of fa (“or”)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ba. First attested in the 15th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ba/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ba/

ba

1. nay, or rather, or should I say, moreover, hell used to say that what has been said thus far is true, but could be said more accurately
   • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎, page 181:

     A ci... mąk nie wierzyli ani czci, ani dostojeństwa, ba i wstania przychodzącego sądu przeli (nam et resurrectionem mortuorum futuram negabant), mnimając, aby dusze po społu s ciały umirały

     [A ci... mąk nie wierzyli ani czci, ani dostojeństwa, ba i wstania przychodzącego sądu przeli (nam et resurrectionem mortuorum futuram negabant), mnimając, aby dusze pospołu z ciały umirały]

2. transition particle; well, well then
   • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎, page 731:

     Drugi potem przybieżąc uderzył ji w ciemię i rzekł: O Jesusie, snadź ci mirzka w [o]czu, ba pokrzep sie im, dobry druże; takeś omdlał, jakoby nie miał boga ojca, ba pochwaci sie, ale nie daj sie sromocić

     [Drugi[m] potem przybieżąc uderzył ji w ciemię i rzekł: "O Jesusie, snadź ci mirzka w [o]czu, ba, pokrzep sie im, dobry druże! Takeś omdlał, jako by nie miał Boga Ojca. Ba, pochwaci sie, ale nie daj sie sromocić!"]

• Polish: ba
• Silesian: ba

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “ba”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Mańczak, Witold (2017) “ba”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “ba”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “ba”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Compare with Yoruba bàbá, Ekiti Yoruba àbá, Ekiti Yoruba bà, Ondo Yoruba bàí, Yoruba ụba, Owo Yoruba iba

• IPA^(key): /bā/

ba

1. father; old man or elder

• yé (“mother”)

• bá bá (“grandfather”)
• ba ba mì líla (“(my) great-grandfather”)
• énẹ́bá (“fatherlessness”)

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

• IPA^(key): /ba/

ba (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling بہ)

1. Marker with a (switch-)topic function (variously corresponding to 'and, however, instead, as for, but')

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ba”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

From Proto-Bantu *-báa.

-ba

1. to be
2. to become

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Inherited from Old Polish ba.

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ba
• Homophone: -ba

ba

1. nay, or rather, or should I say, moreover, hell (used to say that what has been said thus far is true but could be said more accurately)

   Synonyms: mało tego, więcej

   To danie jest dobre, ba, przepyszne! ― This dish is good, nay, delicious!

2. duh, obviously (used when the speaker believes what has been said is obvious)

   „On jest trochę głupi, co?” „Ba!” ― “He's a little dumb, isn't he?” “Duh!”

3. denotes disappointment; bah
4. (obsolete) that's easy to say
5. (obsolete, repeated) well, well
6. (obsolete) that's another thing
7. (Middle Polish) used to urge a command.

   Synonym: no

8. (Masuria, Ostróda, Warmia) Introduces a continued statement; well, so
9. (Masuria, Ostróda, Warmia) Used to answer a question; well
10. (Masuria, Ostróda, Warmia) Used to respond to a request; unfortunately
11. (Masuria, Ostróda, Warmia) Adds to a statement furthermore

ba

1. (Masuria, Ostróda, Warmia) Denotes surprise; there you have it!

ba

1. (Masuria, Ostróda, Warmia, contrastive) but; just

• ba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (19.01.2017) “BA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ba”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ba”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 77
• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “ba”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 137

• bab

From Latin *babbus (“dad”), of Onomatopoeic origin.

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key):

ba m (plural bëb)

1. father, dad

   Ba ’d famèja ― Paterfamilias

• Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 51
• Ercolani, Libero (1971) Vocabolario Romagnolo-Italiano, Monte di Ravenna, page 33

From Proto-Bantu *-jíba.

-bá (infinitive kubá)

1. to steal

Inherited from Old Polish ba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ba

ba

1. Expresses negation or disagreement; obviously not

• Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “ba”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 32

ba

1. Alternative form of va

ba

1. Romanization of 𒁀 (ba)

From Proto-Bantu *-báa.

-ba

1. to be
2. to become

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• ba'

Apocopic form of bara.

• IPA^(key): /bɑː/, /bɑ/

ba (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of bara ("just, only")

   Asså allt ba spåra' [spårade] direkt

   Y'know everything just went crazy the second it started

   Ba gört [gör det]!

   Just do it!

   • 2019, Veronica Maggio, "Tillfälligheter" (song), Fiender är tråkigt (album)

     Klockan är tre så ba säg vad du heter.

     It's three o'clock so just tell me your name.

ba (preterite ba)

1. (colloquial, defective) Used colloquially to indicate speech or action. Compare English be like, like.

   Ja ba: ”Vafan är det!” o han ba: ”Ingen aning!”.

   I was (just) like: ”Wtf is that!” and he was (just) like: ”No idea!”.

   Han ba, hon ba, ja [jag] ba!

   He like ..., she like ..., I was like ...!

Only used in the preterite (past) and infinitive forms.

• AB, Ab

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ba/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ba

ba (Baybayin spelling ᜊ)

1. marks a sentence as interrogative

   Synonyms: (dialectal) ga, (dialectal) baga, (obsolete) kaya

   Mayroon ka bang pera?

   Do you have money?

• The particle sometimes disappears in informal contexts and the sentence can be inferred as interrogative depending on the tone of the speaker.

  Mayroon kang pera?

  You have money?

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜊ (ba).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ba/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ba

ba (Baybayin spelling ᜊ)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter B/b, in the Abakada alphabet

   Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) bi, (in the Abecedario) be

• baba

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ba/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ba

ba (Baybayin spelling ᜊ)

1. Clipping of aba.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ba

bâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊ)

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

   Synonyms: ga, bulaga

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ba

bâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊ)

1. Clipping of amba.

• “ba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ba₅”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key):
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key):

ba

1. to be (horizontally) spread out

   xu ba ― big ear

• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

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

ba

1. to go

• Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

ba

1. (anatomy) mouth

From Proto-Oceanic *bʷa, possibly from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ba.

• IPA^(key): /ba/

ba

1. to not be

   Synonym: bali

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 374

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Saigon) IPA^(key):

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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• Audio (Saigon):

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A nursery word. In Đại Nam quấc âm tự vị (1895), the imitative ba ba was annotated as iếng con nít hay kêu ("a word that children often use"), while glossed as cha, the chief and/or formal word for "father".

ba

1. (chiefly Southern Vietnam) father

   Synonyms: áng, bác, bọ, bố, cậu, cha, thầy, tía

Vietnamese cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : ba     Ordinal : thứ ba

From Proto-Vietic *paː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *piʔ. Cognate with Muong pa, Khmer បី (bəy), Halang pe, Pacoh pe, Mon ပိ, Santali ᱯᱮ (pe).

ba • (𠀧, 巴)

1. three

ba • (𠀧, 巴)

1. (Southern Vietnam, of a sibling) secondborn

   anh/chị ba ― second eldest brother/sister

   bác ba ― second eldest brother/sister of one's parent

   chú ba ― secondborn younger brother of one's father

ba

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

   Ba cái đó chả đáng quan tâm.

   There's no need to be concerned about those.

Sino-Vietnamese word from 波.

ba

1. (only in compounds) wave; ripple

• sóng

ba

1. perhaps
   • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:

     Sevol-li ba? kiöpo (kitopo) söl : R. lödom.

     Do you perhaps know where Mr. R. lives?

   • 1946, “Nuns”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:

     Söl: ‚Tarnow’ äbinom konletan zilik dinas valik teföl valemapükis valasotik. Bukem valemapükik omik, kel äbinon ba gretikün un Deutän, ye pedistukon ti löliko.

     Mr. Tarnow was an industrious collector of all things in the field of world languages of all kinds. His library about world languages, which was perhaps the largest in Germany, has, however, been almost completely destroyed.

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

bâ

1. flood

• IPA^(key): /ba/

ba

1. the vagina

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

From Proto-Bantu *-báa.

-ba

1. to be
2. to become

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

ba

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

• bee, be, b'

From Middle English been, from Old English bēon, from Proto-West Germanic *beun.

• IPA^(key): /biː/ (as if spelled bay)
• Homophones: buee, bye

ba (inflected forms aam, yarth, is, beeth, bin, waz, wasth, war)

1. be
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:

     A laafe ing lemethès chote wel ta ba zang,

     A leaf in tatters, I know well to be sung,

2. is
3. are
4. been

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 24

• IPA^(key): /bà/

bà

1. to ferment

   kòkó ti bà ― The cocoa seeds have fermented

2. to carry out the process of fermentation on seeds or plants

• ba before a direct object

• ìbà (“act of fermenting”)
• ìdíbá-nǹkan (“fermentation”)

• IPA^(key): /bà/

bà

1. (horticulture) to plant seeds in prepared pots for future transplanting into a farm (when it becomes an established seedling)

   ba òrom̀bó ― To plant lemon seeds for future transplanting

• ba before a direct object

• ìbà

• IPA^(key): /bà/

bà

1. to press a wound; to apply a warm compress on a wound

   Synonym: mọ́

   ba ojú egbò ― To apply a warm compress to a wound

• ba before a direct object

• ìbà

• IPA^(key): /bà/

bà

1. to hit (with an impact)

   ọfà á bà wọ́n ― The arrow hit them

2. to be overcome with fear (literally, to be hit with fear)

   ẹ̀rú bà wá ― Fear overcame us

3. (usually used with ilẹ̀) to be too long or oversized (to hit the ground)

   agbádá yìí bà mí nílẹ̀ ― The agbada was too big for me

4. to perch

   Lékeléke bà mí lékè, ẹyẹ àdàbà bà mí lékè ― An egret perched on me, a dove perched on me

5. to braid; to plait

   Synonym: dì

• ba before a direct object

• ìbà
• dẹ́rù bà (“to scare”)
• bẹ̀rù (“to fear”)
• ìbẹ̀rù (“fear”)

• IPA^(key): /ba/

ba

1. arm

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

Cognate with Yatzachi Zapotec ba.

• IPA^(key): /ba˦/

ba

1. hot weather (clarification of this definition is needed)

• chex̱ba
• gwba
• lagüeꞌ ba

Cognate with Isthmus Zapotec baꞌ, Yatzachi Zapotec ba.

• IPA^(key): /ba˩/

ba

1. grave, tomb

Cognate with Yatzachi Zapotec ba-.

ba

1. already

• 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)‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3

• IPA^(key): /ba˧/

ba

1. (transitive) to owe

• IPA^(key): /ba˧˩/

bà

1. bat (mammal)

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

From Proto-Bantu *-báa.

-ba

1. to be
2. to become

Tone L
Infinitive	ukuba
	Positive	Negative
Infinitive	ukuba	ukungabi
	Imperative
	Simple	+ object concord
Singular	yiba	-be
Plural	yibani	-beni
	Present
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyaba, ngiba	engibayo, engiba	ngiba	angibi	engingabi	ngingabi
2nd singular	uyaba, uba	obayo, oba	uba	awubi	ongabi	ungabi
1st plural	siyaba, siba	esibayo, esiba	siba	asibi	esingabi	singabi
2nd plural	niyaba, niba	enibayo, eniba	niba	anibi	eningabi	ningabi
Class 1	uyaba, uba	obayo, oba	eba	akabi	ongabi	engabi
Class 2	bayaba, baba	ababayo, ababa	beba	ababi	abangabi	bengabi
Class 3	uyaba, uba	obayo, oba	uba	awubi	ongabi	ungabi
Class 4	iyaba, iba	ebayo, eba	iba	ayibi	engabi	ingabi
Class 5	liyaba, liba	elibayo, eliba	liba	alibi	elingabi	lingabi
Class 6	ayaba, aba	abayo, aba	eba	awabi	angabi	engabi
Class 7	siyaba, siba	esibayo, esiba	siba	asibi	esingabi	singabi
Class 8	ziyaba, ziba	ezibayo, eziba	ziba	azibi	ezingabi	zingabi
Class 9	iyaba, iba	ebayo, eba	iba	ayibi	engabi	ingabi
Class 10	ziyaba, ziba	ezibayo, eziba	ziba	azibi	ezingabi	zingabi
Class 11	luyaba, luba	olubayo, oluba	luba	alubi	olungabi	lungabi
Class 14	buyaba, buba	obubayo, obuba	buba	abubi	obungabi	bungabi
Class 15	kuyaba, kuba	okubayo, okuba	kuba	akubi	okungabi	kungabi
Class 17	kuyaba, kuba	okubayo, okuba	kuba	akubi	okungabi	kungabi
	Recent past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngibile, ngibē	engibile, engibē	ngibile, ngibē	angibanga	engingabanga	ngingabanga
2nd singular	ubile, ubē	obile, obē	ubile, ubē	awubanga	ongabanga	ungabanga
1st plural	sibile, sibē	esibile, esibē	sibile, sibē	asibanga	esingabanga	singabanga
2nd plural	nibile, nibē	enibile, enibē	nibile, nibē	anibanga	eningabanga	ningabanga
Class 1	ubile, ubē	obile, obē	ebile, ebē	akabanga	ongabanga	engabanga
Class 2	babile, babē	ababile, ababē	bebile, bebē	ababanga	abangabanga	bengabanga
Class 3	ubile, ubē	obile, obē	ubile, ubē	awubanga	ongabanga	ungabanga
Class 4	ibile, ibē	ebile, ebē	ibile, ibē	ayibanga	engabanga	ingabanga
Class 5	libile, libē	elibile, elibē	libile, libē	alibanga	elingabanga	lingabanga
Class 6	abile, abē	abile, abē	ebile, ebē	awabanga	angabanga	engabanga
Class 7	sibile, sibē	esibile, esibē	sibile, sibē	asibanga	esingabanga	singabanga
Class 8	zibile, zibē	ezibile, ezibē	zibile, zibē	azibanga	ezingabanga	zingabanga
Class 9	ibile, ibē	ebile, ebē	ibile, ibē	ayibanga	engabanga	ingabanga
Class 10	zibile, zibē	ezibile, ezibē	zibile, zibē	azibanga	ezingabanga	zingabanga
Class 11	lubile, lubē	olubile, olubē	lubile, lubē	alubanga	olungabanga	lungabanga
Class 14	bubile, bubē	obubile, obubē	bubile, bubē	abubanga	obungabanga	bungabanga
Class 15	kubile, kubē	okubile, okubē	kubile, kubē	akubanga	okungabanga	kungabanga
Class 17	kubile, kubē	okubile, okubē	kubile, kubē	akubanga	okungabanga	kungabanga
	Remote past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngāba	engāba	ngāba	angibanga	engingabanga	ngingabanga
2nd singular	wāba	owāba	wāba	awubanga	ongabanga	ungabanga
1st plural	sāba	esāba	sāba	asibanga	esingabanga	singabanga
2nd plural	nāba	enāba	nāba	anibanga	eningabanga	ningabanga
Class 1	wāba	owāba	āba	akabanga	ongabanga	engabanga
Class 2	bāba	abāba	bāba	ababanga	abangabanga	bengabanga
Class 3	wāba	owāba	wāba	awubanga	ongabanga	ungabanga
Class 4	yāba	eyāba	yāba	ayibanga	engabanga	ingabanga
Class 5	lāba	elāba	lāba	alibanga	elingabanga	lingabanga
Class 6	āba	āba	āba	awabanga	angabanga	engabanga
Class 7	sāba	esāba	sāba	asibanga	esingabanga	singabanga
Class 8	zāba	ezāba	zāba	azibanga	ezingabanga	zingabanga
Class 9	yāba	eyāba	yāba	ayibanga	engabanga	ingabanga
Class 10	zāba	ezāba	zāba	azibanga	ezingabanga	zingabanga
Class 11	lwāba	olwāba	lwāba	alubanga	olungabanga	lungabanga
Class 14	bāba	obāba	bāba	abubanga	obungabanga	bungabanga
Class 15	kwāba	okwāba	kwāba	akubanga	okungabanga	kungabanga
Class 17	kwāba	okwāba	kwāba	akubanga	okungabanga	kungabanga
	Potential
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngingaba	—	ngingaba	ngingebe	—	ngingebe
2nd singular	ungaba	—	ungaba	ungebe	—	ungebe
1st plural	singaba	—	singaba	singebe	—	singebe
2nd plural	ningaba	—	ningaba	ningebe	—	ningebe
Class 1	angaba	—	engaba	angebe	—	engebe
Class 2	bangaba	—	bengaba	bangebe	—	bengebe
Class 3	ungaba	—	ungaba	ungebe	—	ungebe
Class 4	ingaba	—	ingaba	ingebe	—	ingebe
Class 5	lingaba	—	lingaba	lingebe	—	lingebe
Class 6	angaba	—	engaba	angebe	—	engebe
Class 7	singaba	—	singaba	singebe	—	singebe
Class 8	zingaba	—	zingaba	zingebe	—	zingebe
Class 9	ingaba	—	ingaba	ingebe	—	ingebe
Class 10	zingaba	—	zingaba	zingebe	—	zingebe
Class 11	lungaba	—	lungaba	lungebe	—	lungebe
Class 14	bungaba	—	bungaba	bungebe	—	bungebe
Class 15	kungaba	—	kungaba	kungebe	—	kungebe
Class 17	kungaba	—	kungaba	kungebe	—	kungebe
	Immediate future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngizokuba	engizokuba	ngizokuba	angizukuba	engingezukuba	ngingezukuba
2nd singular	uzokuba	ozokuba	uzokuba	awuzukuba	ongezukuba	ungezukuba
1st plural	sizokuba	esizokuba	sizokuba	asizukuba	esingezukuba	singezukuba
2nd plural	nizokuba	enizokuba	nizokuba	anizukuba	eningezukuba	ningezukuba
Class 1	uzokuba	ozokuba	ezokuba	akazukuba	ongezukuba	engezukuba
Class 2	bazokuba	abazokuba	bezokuba	abazukuba	abangezukuba	bengezukuba
Class 3	uzokuba	ozokuba	uzokuba	awuzukuba	ongezukuba	ungezukuba
Class 4	izokuba	ezokuba	izokuba	ayizukuba	engezukuba	ingezukuba
Class 5	lizokuba	elizokuba	lizokuba	alizukuba	elingezukuba	lingezukuba
Class 6	azokuba	azokuba	ezokuba	awazukuba	angezukuba	engezukuba
Class 7	sizokuba	esizokuba	sizokuba	asizukuba	esingezukuba	singezukuba
Class 8	zizokuba	ezizokuba	zizokuba	azizukuba	ezingezukuba	zingezukuba
Class 9	izokuba	ezokuba	izokuba	ayizukuba	engezukuba	ingezukuba
Class 10	zizokuba	ezizokuba	zizokuba	azizukuba	ezingezukuba	zingezukuba
Class 11	luzokuba	oluzokuba	luzokuba	aluzukuba	olungezukuba	lungezukuba
Class 14	buzokuba	obuzokuba	buzokuba	abuzukuba	obungezukuba	bungezukuba
Class 15	kuzokuba	okuzokuba	kuzokuba	akuzukuba	okungezukuba	kungezukuba
Class 17	kuzokuba	okuzokuba	kuzokuba	akuzukuba	okungezukuba	kungezukuba
	Remote future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyokuba	engiyokuba	ngiyokuba	angiyukuba	engingeyukuba	ngingeyukuba
2nd singular	uyokuba	oyokuba	uyokuba	awuyukuba	ongeyukuba	ungeyukuba
1st plural	siyokuba	esiyokuba	siyokuba	asiyukuba	esingeyukuba	singeyukuba
2nd plural	niyokuba	eniyokuba	niyokuba	aniyukuba	eningeyukuba	ningeyukuba
Class 1	uyokuba	oyokuba	eyokuba	akayukuba	ongeyukuba	engeyukuba
Class 2	bayokuba	abayokuba	beyokuba	abayukuba	abangeyukuba	bengeyukuba
Class 3	uyokuba	oyokuba	uyokuba	awuyukuba	ongeyukuba	ungeyukuba
Class 4	iyokuba	eyokuba	iyokuba	ayiyukuba	engeyukuba	ingeyukuba
Class 5	liyokuba	eliyokuba	liyokuba	aliyukuba	elingeyukuba	lingeyukuba
Class 6	ayokuba	ayokuba	eyokuba	awayukuba	angeyukuba	engeyukuba
Class 7	siyokuba	esiyokuba	siyokuba	asiyukuba	esingeyukuba	singeyukuba
Class 8	ziyokuba	eziyokuba	ziyokuba	aziyukuba	ezingeyukuba	zingeyukuba
Class 9	iyokuba	eyokuba	iyokuba	ayiyukuba	engeyukuba	ingeyukuba
Class 10	ziyokuba	eziyokuba	ziyokuba	aziyukuba	ezingeyukuba	zingeyukuba
Class 11	luyokuba	oluyokuba	luyokuba	aluyukuba	olungeyukuba	lungeyukuba
Class 14	buyokuba	obuyokuba	buyokuba	abuyukuba	obungeyukuba	bungeyukuba
Class 15	kuyokuba	okuyokuba	kuyokuba	akuyukuba	okungeyukuba	kungeyukuba
Class 17	kuyokuba	okuyokuba	kuyokuba	akuyukuba	okungeyukuba	kungeyukuba
	Present subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngibe	ngingabi
2nd singular	ube	ungabi
1st plural	sibe	singabi
2nd plural	nibe	ningabi
Class 1	abe	angabi
Class 2	babe	bangabi
Class 3	ube	ungabi
Class 4	ibe	ingabi
Class 5	libe	lingabi
Class 6	abe	angabi
Class 7	sibe	singabi
Class 8	zibe	zingabi
Class 9	ibe	ingabi
Class 10	zibe	zingabi
Class 11	lube	lungabi
Class 14	bube	bungabi
Class 15	kube	kungabi
Class 17	kube	kungabi
	Past subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngaba	ngangaba, angaba, angangaba
2nd singular	waba	wangaba, awaba, awangaba
1st plural	saba	sangaba, asaba, asangaba
2nd plural	naba	nangaba, anaba, anangaba
Class 1	waba	wangaba, akaba, akangaba
Class 2	baba	bangaba, ababa, abangaba
Class 3	waba	wangaba, awaba, awangaba
Class 4	yaba	yangaba, ayaba, ayangaba
Class 5	laba	langaba, alaba, alangaba
Class 6	aba	angaba, awaba, awangaba
Class 7	saba	sangaba, asaba, asangaba
Class 8	zaba	zangaba, azaba, azangaba
Class 9	yaba	yangaba, ayaba, ayangaba
Class 10	zaba	zangaba, azaba, azangaba
Class 11	lwaba	lwangaba, alwaba, alwangaba
Class 14	baba	bangaba, ababa, abangaba
Class 15	kwaba	kwangaba, akwaba, akwangaba
Class 17	kwaba	kwangaba, akwaba, akwangaba

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