ba

Etymology 1
Borrowed from ,

Noun

 * 1)  A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food.

Etymology 2
The sound is very commonly made by infants, and is interpreted by parents as a reference to themselves.

Noun

 * 1)  Father, baba.

Noun

 * 1)  A medieval football game played in parts of Scotland around Christmas and New Year.

Verb

 * 1)  come

Noun

 * 1)  island

Noun

 * 1) water clear liquid H₂O
 * 2) water mineral water

Noun

 * 1) mother

Noun

 * 1) goat

Noun

 * 1) river, stream, lake

Numeral

 * 1) one thousand

Usage notes
See usage notes at.

Particle

 * 1) so, then, well

Etymology 3
.

Particle

 * 1)  yes

Etymology 4
Probably from.

Noun

 * 1) egg

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) flood

Particle

 * 1) interrogative particle

Etymology
Short for.

Verb

 * 1) to piggyback; to carry someone on the back

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) steal

Etymology
From, from , , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1)  that; which; who

Adverb

 * 1)  where

Adverb

 * 1)  how modifier used to express surprise, delight, etc.

Noun

 * 1) father
 * 2) a title of respect

Usage notes

 * obligatorily possessed: includes father's brothers, and in the plural all relatives on the father's side, particularly those of his generation.

Pronoun

 * 1)  them

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) big

Etymology
?

Noun

 * 1) goat

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
From (cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬) from  related to  (compare with 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) a special fence or enclosure made from reeds to catch fish trapped during tides.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Usage notes

 * Placed at the end of a phrase
 * Implies an alternative

Adverb

 * 1)  not even
 * 2) nothing
 * 3) even
 * 1) nothing
 * 2) even

Etymology
Probably from, which is a short form of.

Conjunction

 * 1) or

Particle

 * 1) and, also, as well, too

Verb

 * 1) give

Etymology 1
From, from Pre-Hlai (Norquest, 2015).

Numeral

 * 1) five

Etymology 2
From, from Pre-Hlai (Norquest, 2015). Compare 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) dog, hunting dog

Preposition

 * 1) in
 * 2) at
 * 3) on
 * 1) on
 * 1) on

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) flood

Etymology 2
From.

Particle

 * 1)  used to introduce the comparative/superlative form of adjectives
 * 1)  used to introduce the comparative/superlative form of adjectives
 * 1)  used to introduce the comparative/superlative form of adjectives
 * 1)  used to introduce the comparative/superlative form of adjectives

Interjection

 * 1) bah!
 * 2) oh well!

Noun

 * 1) palm tree

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) sun

Verb

 * 1) to know; to understand.

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1) for

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1)  bar; measure

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) stockings; socks
 * 2) knitting

Etymology
.

Particle
particle


 * 1) ; well, so
 * 2) ; well
 * 3) ; unfortunately
 * 4)  furthermore

Interjection
interjection


 * 1) ; there you have it!

Conjunction
conj


 * 1)  but, just

Etymology
Form of, from.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) flood

Preposition

 * 1) in, at, on

Etymology
From (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬), from  (compare 🇨🇬), from, present participle of.

Noun

 * 1) weather
 * 2) wind

Etymology
..

Particle

 * 1) nay, or rather, or should I say, moreover, hell
 * 2) ; well, well then
 * 1) ; well, well then

Etymology
Compare with 🇨🇬, Ekiti 🇨🇬, Ekiti 🇨🇬, Ondo 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, Owo 🇨🇬

Noun

 * 1) father; old man or elder

Particle

 * 1) Marker with a (switch-)topic function (variously corresponding to 'and, however, instead, as for, but')

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to be
 * 2) to become

Etymology
.

Particle
particle


 * 1) nay, or rather, or should I say, moreover, hell
 * 2) duh, obviously
 * 3) ; bah
 * 4)  that's easy to say
 * 5)  well, well
 * 6)  that's another thing
 * 1)  that's easy to say
 * 2)  well, well
 * 3)  that's another thing

Etymology
From, of origin.

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to steal

Etymology
.

Particle
particle


 * 1) ; obviously not

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to be
 * 2) to become

Etymology
.

Adverb

 * 1)   ("just, only")
 * 2) * 2019, Veronica Maggio, "Tillfälligheter" (song), Fiender är tråkigt (album)
 * "sv"
 * 1) * 2019, Veronica Maggio, "Tillfälligheter" (song), Fiender är tråkigt (album)
 * "sv"

- Klockan är tre så ba säg vad du heter.

Verb

 * 1)  Used colloquially to indicate speech or action. Compare English,.

Usage notes
Only used in the preterite (past) and infinitive forms.

Etymology 1
From, or shortened form of. Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Usage notes

 * The particle sometimes disappears in informal contexts and the sentence can be inferred as interrogative depending on the tone of the speaker.

Etymology 2
Influenced by Baybayin character.

Interjection

 * 1) boo

Verb

 * 1) to be (horizontally) spread out

Verb

 * 1) to go

Noun

 * 1)  mouth

Etymology
From, possibly from.

Verb

 * 1) to not be

Etymology 1
.

Noun

 * 1)  father

Etymology 2
From, from ; cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Numeral

 * 1)  three

Adjective

 * 1)   secondborn

Determiner

 * 1)  some, an indefinite quantity greater than one

Etymology 3
.

Noun

 * 1)  wave; ripple

Adverb

 * 1) perhaps

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) flood

Noun

 * 1) the vagina

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to be
 * 2) to become

Verb

 * 1)  to be (doing something);

Etymology
From, from , from. Spelling  was influenced by Irish.

Verb

 * 1) be
 * 2) is
 * 3) are
 * 4) been
 * 1) been

Verb

 * 1) to ferment
 * 2) to carry out the process of fermentation on seeds or plants
 * 1) to carry out the process of fermentation on seeds or plants

Usage notes

 * ba before a direct object

Derived terms

 * ìbà
 * ìdíbá-nǹkan

Verb

 * 1)  to plant seeds in prepared pots for future transplanting into a farm

Usage notes

 * ba before a direct object

Derived terms

 * ìbà

Verb

 * 1) to press a wound; to apply a warm compress on a wound

Usage notes

 * ba before a direct object

Derived terms

 * ìbà

Verb

 * 1) to hit
 * 2) to be overcome with fear
 * 3)  to be too long or oversized
 * 4) to perch
 * 5) to braid; to plait
 * 1) to perch
 * 2) to braid; to plait
 * 1) to braid; to plait
 * 1) to braid; to plait

Usage notes

 * ba before a direct object

Derived terms

 * ìbà
 * dẹ́rù bà
 * bẹ̀rù
 * ìbẹ̀rù

Noun

 * 1) arm

Etymology 1
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) hot weather

Etymology 2
Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Etymology 3
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to owe

Noun

 * 1) bat mammal

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to be
 * 2) to become