baa

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See also: BAA, baaʼ, bää, and bąą

English

Etymology 1

Compare German bäh, mäh; an imitative word.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Audio of a bleating sheep, the animal sound that "baa" is based on.

Noun

baa (plural baas)

  1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep.
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Interjection

baa

  1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep.
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Verb

baa (third-person singular simple present baas, present participle baaing, simple past and past participle baaed)

  1. To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَاء (bāʔ).

Noun

baa (plural baas)

  1. The letter ب in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaː/
  • Hyphenation: baa

Noun

báa m 

  1. Apocopic form of babba

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 143

Bongo

Pronunciation

Noun

baa

  1. river, sea

References

  • Moi, Daniel Rabbi and Mario Lau Babur Kuduku, Sister Mary Mangira Michael, Simon Hagimir John, Rapheal Zakenia Paul Mafoi, Nyoul Gulluma Kuduku. 2018. Bongo – English Dictionary. Juba, South Sudan. SIL-South Sudan.

Dagbani

Noun

baa (plural bahi)

  1. dog

See also

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

Noun

baa

  1. hip

References

  • Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary 2003

Libon Bikol

Etymology

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

Noun

bahâ

  1. flood

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

Verb

baa

  1. to flood

Manx

Noun

baa f

  1. genitive singular of booa

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
baa vaa maa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Moore

Adverb

baa

  1. even

Postposition

baa

  1. about him/her/it/them
  2. to him/her/it/them
  3. into him/her/it/them
    baa níʼą́I gave it to him

Usage notes

In pronunciation, the postposition baa is assimilated by an initial yi- of a following verb to make beei-: baa yishdloh = /beeishdloh/ (I am laughing at him). This does not affect the spelling, however.

Inflection

Shoshone

Alternative forms

Noun

baa

  1. (Eastern Shoshone) water

References

Swahili

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بِغَاء (biḡāʔ).

Noun

baa (ma class, plural mabaa)

  1. evil, plague
  2. danger, misfortune

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

baa (n class, plural baa)

  1. a bar (social pub for alcoholic drinks)

Wolio

Pronunciation

Noun

baa

  1. head

References

  • Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris