bà

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ba"

Emilian

Alternative forms

• bå (Bolognese)
• bò (Carpigiano)

Noun

bà m

1. cattle

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Mandarin

Romanization

bà (ba⁴, Zhuyin ㄅㄚˋ)

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

bà f

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of bò
2. plural of bò

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 婆 (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bà

1. a grandmother
2. an old woman; an old lady

   Hai Bà Trưng

   the Two Ladies Trưng

Derived terms

• bà nội
• bà ngoại
• đàn bà

Pronoun

bà

1. you, my grandmother
2. (informal, familiar) you, an old woman
3. (formal) you, a woman about 40 or older
4. I/me, your grandmother
5. (informal, familiar) I/me, an old woman
6. (narratology) she/her, an admirable/lovable old/deceased woman

Derived terms

• bả (southern Vietnam)
• bà ấy
• bà chúa
• bà hoàng

See also

• ông