Translingual

Proper noun

Ba ?

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Charopidae – sole known species is Ba humbugi, a small air-breathing land snail.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Animalia - kingdom; Mollusca - phylum; Gastropoda - class; Pulmonata - subclass; Stylommatophora - order; Punctoidea - superfamily; Charopidae - family

Etymology 2

Symbol

Ba

1. (chemistry) Symbol for barium.
2. (physics) The CGS symbol for the barye, unit of pressure.

English

Verb

ba ‎(third-person singular simple present bas, present participle baing, simple past and past participle baed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To kiss.
   • Geoffrey Chaucer, The Tale of the Wyf of Bathe

     Com neer, my spouse, lat me ba thy cheke!

Etymology 2

From Egyptian 𓅽𓏤 ‎(bA).

Noun

ba ‎(plural bas)

1. In ancient Egyptian mythology, a being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food.
   • 1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:

     But the Ba, I remembered, could be seen as the mistress of your heart and might or might not decide to speak to you, just as the heart cannot always forgive.

Anagrams

• A/B, AB, Ab, a.b., ab

Akan

Verb

ba

1. (Fante) come

References

• Rose-Juliet Anyanwu, Fundamentals of Phonetics, Phonology and Tonology (2008)

Bakung

ba

Noun

ba

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)
2. water (mineral water)

Borôro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː/

Noun

ba

1. egg

Cimbrian

Pronoun

ba

1. (relative) that; which; who

Adverb

ba

1. (interrogative) where

References

• “ba” in Umberto Martello Martalar, Alfonso Bellotto, Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Setti Communi vicentini, 1st edition, 1974.

Eastern Penan

Noun

ba

1. water

References

• Dictionary of Eastern Penan

Gothic

Romanization

ba

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰

Haitian Creole

Verb

ba

1. give

Synonyms

• ban
• bay

Irish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠa/

Noun

ba f

1. plural of bó

   Tá na ba sa mhá.‎ ― The cows are in the field.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ba.

Alternative forms

• (affirmative): b’ (used before a vowel sound except for the pronouns é, í, iad, ea)
• (relative): ab (used before a vowel sound)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠə/

Particle

ba (triggers lenition)

1. past and conditional affirmative of is

   Ba é Dónall an múinteoir.‎ ― Dónall was the teacher.

   Ba mhaith liom cupán tae.‎ ― I would like a cup of tea.

2. past and conditional direct relative of is (used to introduce the comparative/superlative form of adjectives)

   fear ba shine ná m'athair‎ ― a man (who was) older than my father

Related terms

Mutation

Italian

Interjection

ba

1. bah!
2. oh well!

Japanese

Romanization

ba

1. rōmaji reading of ば
2. rōmaji reading of バ

Kriol

Preposition

ba

1. Alternative form of blanga

Kurdish

Alternative forms

• با

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian (compare Avestan [script needed] ‎(vā́ta), [script needed] ‎(vātō), Persian and Pashto باد ‎(bâd)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit वात ‎(vā́ta)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts ‎(“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- ‎(“to blow”).

Noun

ba m

1. wind

Lojban

Etymology

From balvi.

Cmavo

ba ‎(selma'o PU PU)

1. (subordinating conjunction) after

   ba lenu la jan. cliva kei la suzyn. klama le barja ^[1]

   After Zhang left, Susan came to the bar.

   la suzyn. klama ba lenu la jan. cliva kei le barja

   Susan came (after Zhang left) to the bar.

   la suzyn. klama le barja ba lenu la jan. cliva kei

   Susan came to the bar after Zhang left.

2. (adverbial particle) future tense tag^[2]

Usage notes

• The elidable terminator for a subordinate clause begun with "ba lenu" is kei.

Antonyms

• pu

Related terms

• ba'o

References

1. ↑ Lojban for Beginners, Chapter 6, §3
2. ↑ Lojban Reference Grammar, Chapter 2, §17

Mandarin

Romanization

ba (Zhuyin ㄅㄚ˙)

1. Pinyin transcription of 吧
2. Pinyin transcription of 罷, 罢
3. Pinyin transcription of 𣬶
4. Pinyin transcription of 𣬷

ba

1. Nonstandard spelling of bā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of bá.
3. Nonstandard spelling of bǎ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of bà.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bad

Verb

ba

1. simple past of be

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• (2nd sg. pres. subj.): be

Verb

ba

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of is
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of is
3. third-person singular present subjunctive of is
4. second-person singular imperative of is
5. third-person singular preterite and imperfect indicative of is
6. third-person singular preterite and imperfect indicative relative of is

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba/

Particle

ba

1. marks a sentence as interrogative

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ˀɓaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ˀɓaː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ˀɓaː˧˥]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 爸 (“father”; SV: bả)

Noun

ba ‎(巴, 爸)

1. (chiefly Southern Vietnam) father

Synonyms

• áng
• bác
• bọ
• bố
• cậu
• cha
• thầy
• tía

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *paː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *paː. Cognates include Khmer បី ‎(bəi).

Numeral

ba ‎(巴, 𠀧)

1. (cardinal) three

Adjective

ba ‎(巴, 𠀧)

1. (Southern Vietnam, ordinal, of a sibling) secondborn

   anh/chị ba‎ ― second eldest brother/sister

   bác ba‎ ― second eldest brother/sister of one's parent

   chú ba‎ ― secondborn younger brother of one's father

Derived terms

• tháng ba ‎(“March”)
• thứ ba ‎(“third; Tuesday”)

See also

• tam

Volapük

Adverb

ba

1. perhaps

Yapese

Verb

ba

1. (auxiliary) to be (doing something); forms the present tense