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baa

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See also: BAA, baaʼ, bää, and bąą

Translingual

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Symbol

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baa

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Babatana.

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English

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Etymology 1

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Compare German bäh, mäh; an imitative word.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Audio of a bleating sheep, the animal sound that "baa" is based on.

Noun

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baa (plural baas)

  1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep.
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Interjection

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baa

  1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep.
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Verb

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baa (third-person singular simple present baas, present participle baaing, simple past and past participle baaed)

  1. To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.
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Etymology 2

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From Arabic بَاء (bāʔ).

Noun

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baa (plural baas)

  1. The letter ب in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbaː/ [ˈbaː]
  • Hyphenation: baa

Noun

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báa m 

  1. Apocopic form of babba

References

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  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 143

Bongo

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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baa

  1. river, sea

References

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  • Moi, Daniel Rabbi and Mario Lau Babur Kuduku, Sister Mary Mangira Michael, Simon Hagimir John, Rapheal Zakenia Paul Mafoi, Nyoul Gulluma Kuduku. 2018. Bongo – English Dictionary. Juba, South Sudan. SIL-South Sudan.

Dagbani

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Noun

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baa (plural bahi)

  1. dog

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Gamilaraay

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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baa

  1. hip

References

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  • Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary 2003

Libon Bikol

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq.

Noun

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bahâ

  1. flood

Mansaka

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

Verb

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baa

  1. to flood

Manx

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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baa f

  1. plural/genitive singular of booa

Mutation

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Mutation of baa
radical lenition eclipsis
baa vaa maa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Moore

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Adverb

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baa

  1. even
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Postposition

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baa

  1. about him/her/it/them
  2. to him/her/it/them
  3. into him/her/it/them
    baa níʼą́I gave it to him

Usage notes

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In pronunciation, the postposition baa is assimilated by an initial yi- of a following verb to make beei-: baa yishdloh = /beeishdloh/ (I am laughing at him). This does not affect the spelling, however.

Inflection

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Forms of baa
singular duoplural
1st person shaa nihaa
2nd person naa nihaa
3rd person baa
4th person (3o) yaa
4th person (3a) haa
4th person (3i) aa
reflexive ádaa
reciprocal ahaa

Shoshone

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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baa

  1. (Eastern Shoshone) water

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic بِغَاء (biḡāʔ).

Noun

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baa class V (plural mabaa class VI)

  1. evil, plague
  2. danger, misfortune

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English bar.

Noun

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baa class IX (plural baa class X)

  1. a bar (social pub for alcoholic drinks)

Wolio

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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baa

  1. head

References

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  • Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris