ba-

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Amasi

Noun

ba-

  1. a plural prefix

References

  • Africana Marburgensia (1973)

Basque

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Conjunction

ba-

  1. (Southern) if
    Izozki bat erosiko dizut erosketak egiten badituzu.
    I'll buy you an icecream if you do the shopping.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • ba (see usage notes)

Particle

ba-

  1. Prefixed to verb forms to show emphasis.
    Nik badaukat erantzun zuzena.
    I do have the correct answer.
Usage notes

When used together with the particles al, omen and ote; it is written as a separate word before the other particle (see ba for usage examples).

Further reading

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

Garo

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Prefix

ba-

  1. forms question words, what?

Usage notes

  • the form bat- is used only before locative -cha.
  • combining forms only, not used with the nominative

but with most other case markers

References

  • Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 48

Hausa

Pronunciation

Prefix

bà-

  1. A prefix indicating ethnic or geographical origin or, less often, someone's trade.

Navajo

Prefix

ba-

  1. (disjunct prefix of position I)
    Postpositional prefix occurring in conjunction with di- in themes related to exhaustion, completion
    ► Navajo terms prefixed with ba- (postpositional)

Northern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *bá-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. they; class 2 subject concord.
  2. them; class 2 object concord.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *báá-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. of; class 2 possessive concord.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́á-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. of; class 14 possessive concord.

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bà-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. Class 2 noun prefix.

Nzadi

Prefix

ba-

  1. A clitic added to the plural forms of nouns that are identical to the singular forms in order to mark plurality explicitly.
    1. Added to the plural forms of some nouns that do have distinct plural forms in order to express that various individuals are meant.

Further reading

  • Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi : a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bá-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. they; class 2 subject concord.
  2. them; class 2 object concord.

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bà-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. Class 2 noun prefix.

Southern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *bá-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. they; class 2 subject concord.
  2. them; class 2 object concord.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *báá-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. of; class 2 possessive concord.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́á-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. of; class 14 possessive concord.

Swazi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *bá-bà-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. Class 2 noun prefix.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *bá-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. they; class 2 subject concord.
  2. them; class 2 object concord.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *báá-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. of; class 2 possessive concord.

Etymology 4

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́á-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. of; class 14 possessive concord.

Tooro

Alternative forms

  • (before /e/) be-
  • (before /o/) bo-

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bá-.

Pronunciation

Prefix

ba-

  1. they; class 2 subject concord
    ‎ba- + ‎-kora (“to do”) → ‎bakora (“they do”)

See also

Tooro personal pronouns
Class Person Independent Possessive Subject concord Object concord Combined forms
na ni
Class 1 First nyowe, nye -ange n- -n- nanyowe, nanye ninyowe, ninye
Second iwe -awe o- -ku- naiwe niiwe
Third uwe -e a- -mu- nawe nuwe
Class 2 First itwe -aitu tu- -tu- naitwe niitwe
Second inywe -anyu mu- -ba- nainywe niinywe
Third abo -abo ba- -ba- nabo nubo
Class 3 gwo -agwo gu- -gu- nagwo nugwo
Class 4 yo -ayo e- -gi- nayo niyo
Class 5 lyo -alyo li- -li- nalyo niryo
Class 6 go -ago ga- -ga- nago nugo
Class 7 kyo -akyo ki- -ki- nakyo nikyo
Class 8 byo -abyo bi- -bi- nabyo nibyo
Class 9 yo -ayo e- -gi- nayo niyo
Class 10 zo -azo zi- -zi- nazo nizo
Class 11 rwo -arwo ru- -ru- narwo nurwo
Class 12 ko -ako ka- -ka- nako nuko
Class 13 two -atwo tu- -tu- natwo nutwo
Class 14 bwo -abwo bu- -bu- nabwo nubwo
Class 15 kwo -akwo ku- -ku- nakwo nukwo
Class 16 ho -aho ha- -ha- naho nuho
Class 17 (kwo) N/A ha-
(...-yo) 		-ha- N/A nukwo
Class 18 (mwo) -amwo ha-
(...-mu) 		-ha- N/A numwo
Reflexive -enyini, -onyini — -e- —

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 413

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bà-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. Class 2 noun prefix.

Xhosa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *bá-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. they; class 2 subject concord.
  2. them; class 2 object concord.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *báá-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. of; class 2 possessive concord.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́á-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. of; class 14 possessive concord.

Zulu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *bà-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. Class 2 simple noun prefix.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *bá-.

Prefix

bá-

  1. they; class 2 subject concord.
  2. them; class 2 object concord.

Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *báá-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. of; class 2 possessive concord.

Etymology 4

From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́á-.

Prefix

ba-

  1. of; class 14 possessive concord.
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