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Emilian
- bå (Bolognese)
- bò (Carpigiano)
Noun
bà m
- cattle
Mandarin
Pronunciation
Romanization
bà (ba4, Zhuyin ㄅㄚˋ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坝
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 垻 / 坝
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壩 / 坝
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弝
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 抈
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 杷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 欛
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 灞
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爸
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猈
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罷 / 罢
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 耘
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 覇 / 霸
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靳
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魿
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮂 / 𱇠
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱻 / 鲜
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鲄
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鲋
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
bà f
- genitive singular of bò
- plural of bò
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 婆 (“grandmother”). In Chinese and Japanese, the same character actually corresponds to 爺 / 爷 (yé, “grandfather”), as opposed to 翁 (“old man”) which yields Vietnamese ông.
Pronunciation
Noun
bà
- a grandmother
- an old woman; an old lady
- (honorific) a lady, old or young
Derived terms
Pronoun
bà
- you, my grandmother
- (informal, familiar) you, an old woman
- (formal) you, a woman about 40 or older
- I/me, your grandmother
- (informal, familiar) I/me, an old woman
- (informal) you, a gal
Bà chỉ tôi chỗ này với.- Girl, can you help me with this one?
- (narratology) she/her, an admirable/lovable old/deceased woman
Derived terms
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