As one of the first utterances many babies are able to say, baba (like mama, papa, and dada) has come to be used in many languages as a term for various family members:
These terms often continue to be used by English speakers whose families came from one of these cultures. In some cases, they may become more widely used in localities that have been heavily influenced by an immigrant community. Some senses were extensions of one of these family terms in the original languages ("old woman" from "grandmother", "holy man" from "father"). The "cake" sense comes through French, from Polish baba (“old woman”). The Middle Eastern word baba (as in Ali Baba) is rather a term of endearment, and is ultimately derived from Persian بابا (bābā, “father”) (from Old Persian pāpa; as opposed to the Arabic words أَبُو (ʔabū) and أَب (ʔab); see also Papak), and is linguistically related to the common European word papa and the word pope, having the same Indo-European origin. The Chinese word "baba", meaning father comes from 爸爸.
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baba (plural babas)
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baba (plural babas)
baba (present baba, present participle babaende, past participle gebaba)
From Ottoman Turkish بابا (baba), whence Turkish baba.
babá m (plural baballárë, definite babái)
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
bába
baba (Bengali script বাবা)
(father):
Cyrillic | баба | |
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Abjad | بابا |
baba (definite accusative babanı, plural babalar)
Declension of baba | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | baba |
babalar | ||||||
definite accusative | babanı |
babaları | ||||||
dative | babaya |
babalara | ||||||
locative | babada |
babalarda | ||||||
ablative | babadan |
babalardan | ||||||
definite genitive | babanın |
babaların |
From Proto-Basque, ultimately from Latin faba.
baba inan
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | baba | baba | babak |
ergative | babak | babak | babek |
dative | babari | babari | babei |
genitive | babaren | babaren | baben |
comitative | babarekin | babarekin | babekin |
causative | babarengatik | babarengatik | babengatik |
benefactive | babarentzat | babarentzat | babentzat |
instrumental | babaz | babaz | babez |
inessive | babatan | baban | babetan |
locative | babatako | babako | babetako |
allative | babatara | babara | babetara |
terminative | babataraino | babaraino | babetaraino |
directive | babatarantz | babarantz | babetarantz |
destinative | babatarako | babarako | babetarako |
ablative | babatatik | babatik | babetatik |
partitive | babarik | — | — |
prolative | babatzat | — | — |
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq, from Proto-Austronesian *babaq.
babâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊ)
babâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊ)
babà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊ)
From padaba (“loved one, term of endearment”).
babà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊ)
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq.
First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.
bâbâ (Badlit spelling ᜊᜊ)
bâbâ (Badlit spelling ᜊᜊ)
Compare abaga.
babá (Badlit spelling ᜊᜊ)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
baba
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.
baba f
Unknown.
baba (plural babanima)
baba
baba
baba
From Zulu ubaba, from Proto-Bantu *bààbá.
baba
From Polish baba, probably via French.
baba
Inflection of baba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | baba | babat | ||
genitive | baban | babojen | ||
partitive | babaa | baboja | ||
illative | babaan | baboihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | baba | babat | ||
accusative | nom. | baba | babat | |
gen. | baban | |||
genitive | baban | babojen babainrare | ||
partitive | babaa | baboja | ||
inessive | babassa | baboissa | ||
elative | babasta | baboista | ||
illative | babaan | baboihin | ||
adessive | baballa | baboilla | ||
ablative | babalta | baboilta | ||
allative | baballe | baboille | ||
essive | babana | baboina | ||
translative | babaksi | baboiksi | ||
abessive | babatta | baboitta | ||
instructive | — | baboin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Borrowed from Polish baba, introduced in France in the eighteenth century at the court of Stanisław Leszczyński, king of Poland, duke of Lorraine and father-in-law of Louis XV.
baba m (plural babas)
baba (plural babas)
Attested since the 18th century. From the hypothesized Vulgar Latin *baba, ultimately imitative of children speech on the pattern of the repeated syllable ba.
baba f (plural babas)
baba
Likely from Bengali বাবা (baba).
baba
A link of the term with the English bye-bye is possible but not certain.
baba
baba (indeclinable, predicative only)
A widespread areal word.
bā̀ba m (possessed form bā̀ban)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
bā̀bā m (plural bā̀bànni, possessed form bā̀ban)
Probably an early borrowing from Kanuri báwà (“paternal aunt”).
bābà f (possessed form bābàr̃)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
bābā m (possessed form bāban)
baba
bába or bâbâ
An onomatopoeia. It may be a doublet of báb.
baba (plural babák)
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | baba | babák |
accusative | babát | babákat |
dative | babának | babáknak |
instrumental | babával | babákkal |
causal-final | babáért | babákért |
translative | babává | babákká |
terminative | babáig | babákig |
essive-formal | babaként | babákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | babában | babákban |
superessive | babán | babákon |
adessive | babánál | babáknál |
illative | babába | babákba |
sublative | babára | babákra |
allative | babához | babákhoz |
elative | babából | babákból |
delative | babáról | babákról |
ablative | babától | babáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
babáé | babáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
babáéi | babákéi |
Possessive forms of baba | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | babám | babáim |
2nd person sing. | babád | babáid |
3rd person sing. | babája | babái |
1st person plural | babánk | babáink |
2nd person plural | babátok | babáitok |
3rd person plural | babájuk | babáik |
baba (comparative babább, superlative legbabább)
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | baba | babák |
accusative | babát | babákat |
dative | babának | babáknak |
instrumental | babával | babákkal |
causal-final | babáért | babákért |
translative | babává | babákká |
terminative | babáig | babákig |
essive-formal | babaként | babákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | babában | babákban |
superessive | babán | babákon |
adessive | babánál | babáknál |
illative | babába | babákba |
sublative | babára | babákra |
allative | babához | babákhoz |
elative | babából | babákból |
delative | babáról | babákról |
ablative | babától | babáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
babáé | babáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
babáéi | babákéi |
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq.
baba
baba (plural baba-baba, first-person possessive babaku, second-person possessive babamu, third-person possessive babanya)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
baba (plural baba-baba, first-person possessive babaku, second-person possessive babamu, third-person possessive babanya)
Cognate of Cebuano babá (“to piggyback”).
baba
baba
baba m
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.
baba f
baba class 1
Borrowed from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *baba. Doublet of buoba.
baba f (diminutive babeņa)
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.
baba f pers (diminutive babka)
baba f inan (diminutive babka)
baba
Voiced bapa.
baba (Jawi spelling باب, plural baba-baba, informal 1st possessive babaku, 2nd possessive babamu, 3rd possessive babanya)
Possibly borrowed from Persian بابا (bâbâ). See Baba (honorific).
baba (Jawi spelling باب, plural baba-baba, informal 1st possessive babaku, 2nd possessive babamu, 3rd possessive babanya)
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq.
baba
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq.
baba
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba, compare Malay bawa.
baba
baba
baba
From Proto-Bantu *bààbá.
baba class 1a (plural wababa)
From Assamese বাবা (baba, “father”), Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩 (*bābba).
baba (plural babakhan)
From Assamese বাবা (baba, “father”), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩 (*bābba).
baba
baba
baba (plural ababa)
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language. First attested in 1393.
baba f
From Proto-Bantu *-bába.
-baba
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
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Inherited from Old Polish baba, from Proto-Slavic *baba, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ, from nursery language.
baba f (diminutive babka or babcia, augmentative babsko or babisko)
baba m pers
From the hypothesized Vulgar Latin *baba, ultimately imitative of children speech on the pattern of the repeated syllable ba.
baba f (plural babas)
baba
baba
baba
Cognate with Azerbaijani baba.
baba
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.
bȁba f (Cyrillic spelling ба̏ба)
From Proto-Bantu *bààbá.
babá class 1a (plural vababá class 2)
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.
baba f (genitive singular baby, nominative plural baby, genitive plural báb, declension pattern of žena)
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.
baba f
Feminine, a-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | bába | ||
gen. sing. | bábe | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
bába | bábi | bábe |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
bábe | báb | báb |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
bábi | bábama | bábam |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
bábo | bábi | bábe |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
bábi | bábah | bábah |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
bábo | bábama | bábami |
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba, ultimately from nursery language.
baba f
From Proto-Bantu *-bába.
-bába
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
From the hypothesized Vulgar Latin *baba (“drooling, infantile talk”), ultimately imitative of children's speech on the pattern of the repeated syllable ba.
baba f (plural babas)
From Proto-Bantu *bààbá.
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baba (n class, plural baba)
From Proto-Bantu *-bába.
-bába
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq, from Proto-Austronesian *babaq.
babà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ)
babâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ)
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba, from Proto-Austronesian *baba.
babá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ)
babá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ)
baba (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ) (obsolete)
babâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ) (obsolete)
baba
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
baba m (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⴱⴰ, plural ibabaten)
baba
From Ottoman Turkish بابا. First attested in 13th century. Nişanyan suggests the current word is a result of onomatopoeia found commonly in many languages. (In that respect, compare also papa and mama as translingual phenomena for father and mother.)
Cognate with Southern Altai баабый (baabïy, “small baby”), папа (papa), Kazakh баба (baba), Bashkir баба (baba), Uzbek bobo, Uyghur بابا (baba), بوۋا (bowa), Turkmen baba, Azerbaijani baba (“grandfather”), etc.
baba (definite accusative babayı, plural babalar)
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Definite accusative | babayı | babaları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | babaya | babalara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | babada | babalarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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baba
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baba.
baba f (diminutive babka)
From Proto-Bantu *bààbá.
baba
Together with the polite yaya (“mother”), likely borrowed from Ternate baba (“father”).
baba
The term baba is used for addressing one's father, whereas the term fao is used for referring to a father.
bàbá
While bàbá is generally synonymous with baba, bàbá is a more restricted definition.
baba
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bàbà
bábà
Possibly from Etymology 3 (bàbà (“copper”)), in reference to the copper-like color of sorghum
bàbà
Adjective sense derives from ideophone sense
bàbà or bábá
bábá
From Proto-Bantu *-bába.
-bába
Tone H | |||||||||
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Infinitive | ukubaba | ||||||||
Positive | Negative | ||||||||
Infinitive | ukubaba | ukungababi | |||||||
Imperative | |||||||||
Simple | + object concord | ||||||||
Singular | baba | -babe | |||||||
Plural | babani | -babeni | |||||||
Present | |||||||||
Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial | ||||
1st singular | ngiyababa, ngibaba | engibabayo, engibaba | ngibaba | angibabi | engingababi | ngingababi | |||
2nd singular | uyababa, ubaba | obabayo, obaba | ubaba | awubabi | ongababi | ungababi | |||
1st plural | siyababa, sibaba | esibabayo, esibaba | sibaba | asibabi | esingababi | singababi | |||
2nd plural | niyababa, nibaba | enibabayo, enibaba | nibaba | anibabi | eningababi | ningababi | |||
Class 1 | uyababa, ubaba | obabayo, obaba | ebaba | akababi | ongababi | engababi | |||
Class 2 | bayababa, bababa | abababayo, abababa | bebaba | abababi | abangababi | bengababi | |||
Class 3 | uyababa, ubaba | obabayo, obaba | ubaba | awubabi | ongababi | ungababi | |||
Class 4 | iyababa, ibaba | ebabayo, ebaba | ibaba | ayibabi | engababi | ingababi | |||
Class 5 | liyababa, libaba | elibabayo, elibaba | libaba | alibabi | elingababi | lingababi | |||
Class 6 | ayababa, ababa | ababayo, ababa | ebaba | awababi | angababi | engababi | |||
Class 7 | siyababa, sibaba | esibabayo, esibaba | sibaba | asibabi | esingababi | singababi | |||
Class 8 | ziyababa, zibaba | ezibabayo, ezibaba | zibaba | azibabi | ezingababi | zingababi | |||
Class 9 | iyababa, ibaba | ebabayo, ebaba | ibaba | ayibabi | engababi | ingababi | |||
Class 10 | ziyababa, zibaba | ezibabayo, ezibaba | zibaba | azibabi | ezingababi | zingababi | |||
Class 11 | luyababa, lubaba | olubabayo, olubaba | lubaba | alubabi | olungababi | lungababi | |||
Class 14 | buyababa, bubaba | obubabayo, obubaba | bubaba | abubabi | obungababi | bungababi | |||
Class 15 | kuyababa, kubaba | okubabayo, okubaba | kubaba | akubabi | okungababi | kungababi | |||
Class 17 | kuyababa, kubaba | okubabayo, okubaba | kubaba | akubabi | okungababi | kungababi | |||
Recent past | |||||||||
Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial | ||||
1st singular | ngibabile, ngibabē | engibabile, engibabē | ngibabile, ngibabē | angibabanga | engingababanga | ngingababanga | |||
2nd singular | ubabile, ubabē | obabile, obabē | ubabile, ubabē | awubabanga | ongababanga | ungababanga | |||
1st plural | sibabile, sibabē | esibabile, esibabē | sibabile, sibabē | asibabanga | esingababanga | singababanga | |||
2nd plural | nibabile, nibabē | enibabile, enibabē | nibabile, nibabē | anibabanga | eningababanga | ningababanga | |||
Class 1 | ubabile, ubabē | obabile, obabē | ebabile, ebabē | akababanga | ongababanga | engababanga | |||
Class 2 | bababile, bababē | abababile, abababē | bebabile, bebabē | abababanga | abangababanga | bengababanga | |||
Class 3 | ubabile, ubabē | obabile, obabē | ubabile, ubabē | awubabanga | ongababanga | ungababanga | |||
Class 4 | ibabile, ibabē | ebabile, ebabē | ibabile, ibabē | ayibabanga | engababanga | ingababanga | |||
Class 5 | libabile, libabē | elibabile, elibabē | libabile, libabē | alibabanga | elingababanga | lingababanga | |||
Class 6 | ababile, ababē | ababile, ababē | ebabile, ebabē | awababanga | angababanga | engababanga | |||
Class 7 | sibabile, sibabē | esibabile, esibabē | sibabile, sibabē | asibabanga | esingababanga | singababanga | |||
Class 8 | zibabile, zibabē | ezibabile, ezibabē | zibabile, zibabē | azibabanga | ezingababanga | zingababanga | |||
Class 9 | ibabile, ibabē | ebabile, ebabē | ibabile, ibabē | ayibabanga | engababanga | ingababanga | |||
Class 10 | zibabile, zibabē | ezibabile, ezibabē | zibabile, zibabē | azibabanga | ezingababanga | zingababanga | |||
Class 11 | lubabile, lubabē | olubabile, olubabē | lubabile, lubabē | alubabanga | olungababanga | lungababanga | |||
Class 14 | bubabile, bubabē | obubabile, obubabē | bubabile, bubabē | abubabanga | obungababanga | bungababanga | |||
Class 15 | kubabile, kubabē | okubabile, okubabē | kubabile, kubabē | akubabanga | okungababanga | kungababanga | |||
Class 17 | kubabile, kubabē | okubabile, okubabē | kubabile, kubabē | akubabanga | okungababanga | kungababanga | |||
Remote past | |||||||||
Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial | ||||
1st singular | ngābaba | engābaba | ngābaba | angibabanga | engingababanga | ngingababanga | |||
2nd singular | wābaba | owābaba | wābaba | awubabanga | ongababanga | ungababanga | |||
1st plural | sābaba | esābaba | sābaba | asibabanga | esingababanga | singababanga | |||
2nd plural | nābaba | enābaba | nābaba | anibabanga | eningababanga | ningababanga | |||
Class 1 | wābaba | owābaba | ābaba | akababanga | ongababanga | engababanga | |||
Class 2 | bābaba | abābaba | bābaba | abababanga | abangababanga | bengababanga | |||
Class 3 | wābaba | owābaba | wābaba | awubabanga | ongababanga | ungababanga | |||
Class 4 | yābaba | eyābaba | yābaba | ayibabanga | engababanga | ingababanga | |||
Class 5 | lābaba | elābaba | lābaba | alibabanga | elingababanga | lingababanga | |||
Class 6 | ābaba | ābaba | ābaba | awababanga | angababanga | engababanga | |||
Class 7 | sābaba | esābaba | sābaba | asibabanga | esingababanga | singababanga | |||
Class 8 | zābaba | ezābaba | zābaba | azibabanga | ezingababanga | zingababanga | |||
Class 9 | yābaba | eyābaba | yābaba | ayibabanga | engababanga | ingababanga | |||
Class 10 | zābaba | ezābaba | zābaba | azibabanga | ezingababanga | zingababanga | |||
Class 11 | lwābaba | olwābaba | lwābaba | alubabanga | olungababanga | lungababanga | |||
Class 14 | bābaba | obābaba | bābaba | abubabanga | obungababanga | bungababanga | |||
Class 15 | kwābaba | okwābaba | kwābaba | akubabanga | okungababanga | kungababanga | |||
Class 17 | kwābaba | okwābaba | kwābaba | akubabanga | okungababanga | kungababanga | |||
Potential | |||||||||
Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial | ||||
1st singular | ngingababa | — | ngingababa | ngingebabe | — | ngingebabe | |||
2nd singular | ungababa | — | ungababa | ungebabe | — | ungebabe | |||
1st plural | singababa | — | singababa | singebabe | — | singebabe | |||
2nd plural | ningababa | — | ningababa | ningebabe | — | ningebabe | |||
Class 1 | angababa | — | engababa | angebabe | — | engebabe | |||
Class 2 | bangababa | — | bengababa | bangebabe | — | bengebabe | |||
Class 3 | ungababa | — | ungababa | ungebabe | — | ungebabe | |||
Class 4 | ingababa | — | ingababa | ingebabe | — | ingebabe | |||
Class 5 | lingababa | — | lingababa | lingebabe | — | lingebabe | |||
Class 6 | angababa | — | engababa | angebabe | — | engebabe | |||
Class 7 | singababa | — | singababa | singebabe | — | singebabe | |||
Class 8 | zingababa | — | zingababa | zingebabe | — | zingebabe | |||
Class 9 | ingababa | — | ingababa | ingebabe | — | ingebabe | |||
Class 10 | zingababa | — | zingababa | zingebabe | — | zingebabe | |||
Class 11 | lungababa | — | lungababa | lungebabe | — | lungebabe | |||
Class 14 | bungababa | — | bungababa | bungebabe | — | bungebabe | |||
Class 15 | kungababa | — | kungababa | kungebabe | — | kungebabe | |||
Class 17 | kungababa | — | kungababa | kungebabe | — | kungebabe | |||
Immediate future | |||||||||
Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial | ||||
1st singular | ngizobaba | engizobaba | ngizobaba | angizubaba | engingezubaba | ngingezubaba | |||
2nd singular | uzobaba | ozobaba | uzobaba | awuzubaba | ongezubaba | ungezubaba | |||
1st plural | sizobaba | esizobaba | sizobaba | asizubaba | esingezubaba | singezubaba | |||
2nd plural | nizobaba | enizobaba | nizobaba | anizubaba | eningezubaba | ningezubaba | |||
Class 1 | uzobaba | ozobaba | ezobaba | akazubaba | ongezubaba | engezubaba | |||
Class 2 | bazobaba | abazobaba | bezobaba | abazubaba | abangezubaba | bengezubaba | |||
Class 3 | uzobaba | ozobaba | uzobaba | awuzubaba | ongezubaba | ungezubaba | |||
Class 4 | izobaba | ezobaba | izobaba | ayizubaba | engezubaba | ingezubaba | |||
Class 5 | lizobaba | elizobaba | lizobaba | alizubaba | elingezubaba | lingezubaba | |||
Class 6 | azobaba | azobaba | ezobaba | awazubaba | angezubaba | engezubaba | |||
Class 7 | sizobaba | esizobaba | sizobaba | asizubaba | esingezubaba | singezubaba | |||
Class 8 | zizobaba | ezizobaba | zizobaba | azizubaba | ezingezubaba | zingezubaba | |||
Class 9 | izobaba | ezobaba | izobaba | ayizubaba | engezubaba | ingezubaba | |||
Class 10 | zizobaba | ezizobaba | zizobaba | azizubaba | ezingezubaba | zingezubaba | |||
Class 11 | luzobaba | oluzobaba | luzobaba | aluzubaba | olungezubaba | lungezubaba | |||
Class 14 | buzobaba | obuzobaba | buzobaba | abuzubaba | obungezubaba | bungezubaba | |||
Class 15 | kuzobaba | okuzobaba | kuzobaba | akuzubaba | okungezubaba | kungezubaba | |||
Class 17 | kuzobaba | okuzobaba | kuzobaba | akuzubaba | okungezubaba | kungezubaba | |||
Remote future | |||||||||
Positive absolute | Positive relative | Positive participial | Negative absolute | Negative relative | Negative participial | ||||
1st singular | ngiyobaba | engiyobaba | ngiyobaba | angiyubaba | engingeyubaba | ngingeyubaba | |||
2nd singular | uyobaba | oyobaba | uyobaba | awuyubaba | ongeyubaba | ungeyubaba | |||
1st plural | siyobaba | esiyobaba | siyobaba | asiyubaba | esingeyubaba | singeyubaba | |||
2nd plural | niyobaba | eniyobaba | niyobaba | aniyubaba | eningeyubaba | ningeyubaba | |||
Class 1 | uyobaba | oyobaba | eyobaba | akayubaba | ongeyubaba | engeyubaba | |||
Class 2 | bayobaba | abayobaba | beyobaba | abayubaba | abangeyubaba | bengeyubaba | |||
Class 3 | uyobaba | oyobaba | uyobaba | awuyubaba | ongeyubaba | ungeyubaba | |||
Class 4 | iyobaba | eyobaba | iyobaba | ayiyubaba | engeyubaba | ingeyubaba | |||
Class 5 | liyobaba | eliyobaba | liyobaba | aliyubaba | elingeyubaba | lingeyubaba | |||
Class 6 | ayobaba | ayobaba | eyobaba | awayubaba | angeyubaba | engeyubaba | |||
Class 7 | siyobaba | esiyobaba | siyobaba | asiyubaba | esingeyubaba | singeyubaba | |||
Class 8 | ziyobaba | eziyobaba | ziyobaba | aziyubaba | ezingeyubaba | zingeyubaba | |||
Class 9 | iyobaba | eyobaba | iyobaba | ayiyubaba | engeyubaba | ingeyubaba | |||
Class 10 | ziyobaba | eziyobaba | ziyobaba | aziyubaba | ezingeyubaba | zingeyubaba | |||
Class 11 | luyobaba | oluyobaba | luyobaba | aluyubaba | olungeyubaba | lungeyubaba | |||
Class 14 | buyobaba | obuyobaba | buyobaba | abuyubaba | obungeyubaba | bungeyubaba | |||
Class 15 | kuyobaba | okuyobaba | kuyobaba | akuyubaba | okungeyubaba | kungeyubaba | |||
Class 17 | kuyobaba | okuyobaba | kuyobaba | akuyubaba | okungeyubaba | kungeyubaba | |||
Present subjunctive | |||||||||
Positive | Negative | ||||||||
1st singular | ngibabe | ngingababi | |||||||
2nd singular | ubabe | ungababi | |||||||
1st plural | sibabe | singababi | |||||||
2nd plural | nibabe | ningababi | |||||||
Class 1 | ababe | angababi | |||||||
Class 2 | bababe | bangababi | |||||||
Class 3 | ubabe | ungababi | |||||||
Class 4 | ibabe | ingababi | |||||||
Class 5 | libabe | lingababi | |||||||
Class 6 | ababe | angababi | |||||||
Class 7 | sibabe | singababi | |||||||
Class 8 | zibabe | zingababi | |||||||
Class 9 | ibabe | ingababi | |||||||
Class 10 | zibabe | zingababi | |||||||
Class 11 | lubabe | lungababi | |||||||
Class 14 | bubabe | bungababi | |||||||
Class 15 | kubabe | kungababi | |||||||
Class 17 | kubabe | kungababi | |||||||
Past subjunctive | |||||||||
Positive | Negative | ||||||||
1st singular | ngababa | ngangababa, angababa, angangababa | |||||||
2nd singular | wababa | wangababa, awababa, awangababa | |||||||
1st plural | sababa | sangababa, asababa, asangababa | |||||||
2nd plural | nababa | nangababa, anababa, anangababa | |||||||
Class 1 | wababa | wangababa, akababa, akangababa | |||||||
Class 2 | bababa | bangababa, abababa, abangababa | |||||||
Class 3 | wababa | wangababa, awababa, awangababa | |||||||
Class 4 | yababa | yangababa, ayababa, ayangababa | |||||||
Class 5 | lababa | langababa, alababa, alangababa | |||||||
Class 6 | ababa | angababa, awababa, awangababa | |||||||
Class 7 | sababa | sangababa, asababa, asangababa | |||||||
Class 8 | zababa | zangababa, azababa, azangababa | |||||||
Class 9 | yababa | yangababa, ayababa, ayangababa | |||||||
Class 10 | zababa | zangababa, azababa, azangababa | |||||||
Class 11 | lwababa | lwangababa, alwababa, alwangababa | |||||||
Class 14 | bababa | bangababa, abababa, abangababa | |||||||
Class 15 | kwababa | kwangababa, akwababa, akwangababa | |||||||
Class 17 | kwababa | kwangababa, akwababa, akwangababa |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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