bá

See also: ba, Ba, BA, and bā

Eton (Cameroon)

Verb

bá

1. to marry

References

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

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Hungarian

Etymology

An abbreviation of bácsi or bátya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaː]

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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

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bˠɑː]
• IPA^(key): [bˠæː]

Etymology 1

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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 Old Irish báid.

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

Derived terms

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

Etymology 3

From Old Irish bádud.

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

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.

References

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

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Lashi

Etymology

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

Noun

bá

1. father

References

• https://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Luk_Hkaw_Thesis2017.pdf

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Mandarin

Romanization

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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”)

 

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Old Irish

Verb

bá

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

·bá

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

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Portuguese

Noun

bá f (plural s)

1. Alternative form of babá

Interjection

bá

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) expression of surprise

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Tetum

Verb

bá

1. to go

Adverb

bá

1. hence

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˦˥]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 伯.

Noun

bá

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

Derived terms

• bá phụ
• bá mẫu
• sư bá

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *paːʔ.

Noun

bá

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

Synonyms

• bác

Etymology 3

Verb

bá

1. to crash into; to hit

   Synonyms: tông, bang

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