bá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ba"

Eton (Cameroon)

Verb

bá

1. to marry

References

• Mark Van de Velde, A Grammar of Eton (2008, →ISBN

Gokana

Noun

bá

1. arm
2. hand

References

• R. Blench, Comparative Ogonic

Hungarian

Etymology

An abbreviation of bácsi or bátya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaː]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -baː

Noun

bá (plural bák)

1. (informal) uncle

   Hogy van, Józsi bá? ― How are you uncle Joe?

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bá	bák
accusative	bát	bákat
dative	bának	báknak
instrumental	bával	bákkal
causal-final	báért	bákért
translative	bává	bákká
terminative	báig	bákig
essive-formal	báként	bákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bában	bákban
superessive	bán	bákon
adessive	bánál	báknál
illative	bába	bákba
sublative	bára	bákra
allative	bához	bákhoz
elative	bából	bákból
delative	báról	bákról
ablative	bától	báktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	báé	báké
non-attributive possessive - plural	báéi	bákéi

Possessive forms of bá
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bám	báim
2nd person sing.	bád	báid
3rd person sing.	bája	bái
1st person plural	bánk	báink
2nd person plural	bátok	báitok
3rd person plural	bájuk	báik

Related terms

• bácsi
• bátya

Further reading

• bá in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• bá in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠaː/

Noun

bá f (genitive singular bá, nominative plural bánna)

1. (geography) bay
2. expanse (of sea)
3. strip (of thatch)
4. swath

Declension

Declension of bá

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bá bánna Vocative a bhá a bhánna Genitive bá bánna Dative bá bánna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhá na bánna Genitive na bá na mbánna Dative leis an mbá don bhá leis na bánna

Synonyms

• (bay): cuan

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish báid.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠaː/

Noun

bá f (genitive singular bá)

1. sympathy, liking

Declension

Declension of bá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative bá Vocative a bhá Genitive bá Dative bá

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhá Genitive na bá Dative leis an mbá don bhá

Alternative forms

• báidh (superseded)

Derived terms

• bách
• bámhar
• báúil (“sympathetic, well-disposed”, adjective)

Etymology 3

From Old Irish bádud.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaːhu/

Noun

bá m (genitive singular as verbal noun báite, as substantive bá)

1. verbal noun of báigh
2. drowning
3. immersion, inundation
4. submergence
5. quenching
6. (linguistics) elision

Declension

As verbal noun

Declension of bá

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative bá Vocative a bhá Genitive báite Dative bá

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bá Genitive an bháite Dative leis an mbá don bhá

As substantive

Declension of bá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative bá Vocative a bhá Genitive bá Dative bá

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bá Genitive an bhá Dative leis an mbá don bhá

Alternative forms

• bádhadh (obsolete)

Derived terms

• bileog bháite f (“(leaf of) waterlily”)
• focalbhá m (“ellipsis”)

Verb

bá

1. present subjunctive indicative of báigh

Alternative forms

• bádha (obsolete)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bá	bhá	mbá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

• bai (Sotavento)

Etymology

From Portuguese vai (the third-person singular of ir (to go).

Verb

bá

1. (Barlavento)to go

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Lashi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p/ba (“male; father”), cognate with Chinese 爸 (bà).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba/

Noun

bá

1. father

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• ba — nonstandard

Romanization

bá (ba², Zhuyin ㄅㄚˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 叐
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坺
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墢／𫭨
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 妭
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 抜
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拔
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 渿
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 炦
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犮
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癭／瘿
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 秡
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胈
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茇
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 菝
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詙
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跋
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軷／𫐈
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈸／钹
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 钹
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 颰／𩙥
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 馛
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魃
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼥
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㔜

Navajo

Postposition

bá

1. for him/her/it/them, for his/her/its/their sake
2. in his/her/its/their favor

   bá yáʼátʼééh ― it is good for him/her/it/them

   bá áshłééh ― I’m making it for him/her/it/them

Inflection

Navajo postpositions

	singular	duoplural
1st person	shá	nihá
2nd person	ná	nihá
3rd person	bá
4th person (3o)	yá
4th person (3a)	há
4th person (3i)	á	—
reflexive	ádá	—
reciprocal	—	ahá

Derived terms

• aahwiinítʼį́ bá hooghan (“courthouse”)
• béeso bá hooghan (“bank”)
• naalyéhé bá hooghan (“supermarket”)
• tsáskʼeh bá hooghan (“hotel”)

 

Old Irish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baː]

Verb

bá

1. first-person singular preterite absolute of at·tá

·bá

1. first/second-person singular preterite conjunct of at·tá

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [va(ː)]

Conjunction

bá

1. Alternative form of fa (“or”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba/

• Rhymes: -a

Noun

bá f (plural bás)

1. (Brazil) Alternative form of babá

Interjection

bá!

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) expression of surprise

Alternative forms

• bah

Tetum

Verb

bá

1. to go

Adverb

bá

1. hence

Tày

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓaː˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓaː˦]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɓaːᴮ (“to spill”). Cognate with Nong Zhuang mbaq and Thai บ่า (bàa). Compare also Proto-Austronesian *baSaq (“flood; to overflow”) (whence Tagalog baha).

Verb

bá (𬇫)

1. to pour; to fall; to spill

   Bẳng nặm bá.

   The water pipe is leaking.

   Choóc lẩu bá bấu têm.

   Couldn't pour the glass of wine full.

Derived terms

• mốc bá

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *C̥.baːᴮ (“shoulder”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷ᩵ᩤ, Lao ບ່າ (bā), Shan မႃႇ (màa) or ဝႃႇ (wàa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥱ (mǎa), Ahom 𑜈𑜡 (bā), Zhuang mbaq, Thai บ่า (bàa). Compare Proto-Austronesian *qabaʀa (“shoulder”).

Noun

bá

1. shoulder

   tối bá ― switch shoulders

   đúc bá ― clavicle

   phiêng bá ― equal (in terms of age, height or condition)

   háp khẩu dú tềnh bá ― carry rice on one's shoulders

Derived terms

• chông bá
• tông bá

 

References

• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[2][3] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[4] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[5] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˦˥]

• Audio (Hà Nội)

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 伯.

Noun

bá

1. (only in compounds) paternal uncle, father's elder brother

See also

Derived terms

• bá mẫu
• bá phụ
• sư bá

 

Noun

bá

1. (dialectal) aunt, parent's elder sister
2. (dialectal) paternal aunt-in-law, father's elder brother's wife

Synonyms

• bác

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 百. This character is also read as bách.

Numeral

bá

1. (Southern Vietnam, only in compounds) hundred

See also

Derived terms

• bá bệnh
• bá bịnh
• bá gia
• bá quan
• bá tánh
• bá vơ

 

Etymology 3

Verb

bá

1. to crash into; to hit

   Synonyms: tông, bang

2. (arms around the neck) to embrace; to hug