Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• baka, vaca

Noun

baca f

1. cow

Indonesian

Verb

baca ‎(used in the form membaca)

1. to read

Derived terms

• bacaan ‎(“reading material”)
• membacakan ‎(“to read aloud, read for someone”)
• pembaca ‎(“reader”) (person)

Interlingua

Noun

baca ‎(plural bacas)

1. berry

Italian

Verb

baca

1. third-person singular present indicative of bacare
2. second-person singular imperative of bacare

Latin

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European source, although the exact root is unclear. Most likely connected to Lithuanian bapkas ‎(“berry, laurel”), which renders a root *bab ‎(“to be round”), evolving into bab-ca and finally baca.^[1] See baccalaureate, bachelor and basin, from a different(?) root.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.ka/

Alternative forms

• bacca

Noun

bāca f ‎(genitive bācae); first declension

1. berry, fruit
2. pearl

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• bācifer
• baccalaureus

Descendants

References

• baca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• baca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• BACA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “baca”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

1. ↑ Transactions of the Philological Society, p. 340

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Indonesian baca, Tagalog basa).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /bat͡ʃə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /bat͡ʃa/
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃə, -t͡ʃə, -ə

Verb

baca ‎(used in the form membaca)

1. to read

Derived terms

• bacaan
• membaca
• membacakan
• pembaca

Molise Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎːtsḁ/

Noun

baca m

1. older brother

Declension

References

• Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

Polish

Noun

baca

baca m

1. elder shepherd from Karpaty

Declension

Hypernyms

• pasterz

Coordinate terms

• juhas

Descendants

• bacówka

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

baca m

1. genitive singular of bac

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from French bâche.

Noun

baca f ‎(plural bacas)

1. (Spain) luggage rack

Synonyms

• portaequipajes
• parrilla

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Persian [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /badʒa/

Noun

baca ‎(definite accusative bacayı, plural bacalar)

1. chimney

Declension