baka

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

baka (plural bakas or baka)

  1. (voodoo) An evil spirit in Haitian belief, often in the form of an animal.
    • 1953, Maya Daren, The Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 113:
      Under his sign the malevolent bocor may take the shape of an animal, and men may be transformed into terrible bakas.
    • 1969, Milo Rigaud, Secrets of Voodoo, page 83:
      A person has only to serve the baka incorrectly to have it turn against its owner and do him irremediable harm by reason of the very duality of its composition.
    • 2001, Jennie Marcelle Smith, When the Hands Are Many, page 77:
      Because a baka can destroy a family's (or even a whole neighborhood's) well-being, there is great interest in catching and destroying them.

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Japanese 馬鹿(ばか) (baka, stupid).

Adjective[edit]

baka (comparative more baka, superlative most baka)

  1. (anime and manga, fandom slang) Stupid; silly.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Anyi[edit]

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. tree

References[edit]

  • Burmeister, Jonathan (1987) “Numbers before letters — Ivory Coast literacy program”, in G. Gagné, F. Daems, S. Kroon, J. Sturm and E. Tarrab, editors, Selected Papers in Mother Tongue Education / Études en pédagogie de la langue maternelle[1], Dordrecht, The Netherlands & Montréal, Canada: Foris Publications Holland; Centre de Diffusion P.P.M.F. primaire, Université de Montréal, →ISBN, page 23 of 19–25
  • Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, and Cecil H. Brown (eds.). (2020). The ASJP Database (version 19).

Further reading[edit]

  • Burmeister, Jonathan L. (1983) “L’agni”, in Atlas des langues kwa de Côte d’Ivoire, volume 1, Paris & Abidjan: Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT); Institut de Linguistique Appliquée (ILA), Université d’Abidjan
  • Pyne, P. C. (1977) “Anyi”, in M. E. Kropp Dakubu, editor, West African language data sheets, volume 1, Legon, Ghana: West African Linguistic Society

Asi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cow

Bikol Central[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ka
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaka/, [ˈba.ka]

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cattle; cow

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *bakáq.[1] Compare Tagalog baka, Remontado Agta baka, Ibaloi baka, and Ilocano baka.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ka
  • IPA(key): /ˈbakaʔ/, [ˈba.kaʔ]

Adverb[edit]

bakà

  1. maybe; probably; perhaps; might
    Synonyms: tibaad, seguro

References[edit]

  1. ^ Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*bakáq”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Binukid[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (cow).

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cow

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

bakà

  1. jaw

Bolinao[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (cow).

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cow

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (cow).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ka
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaka/, [ˈba.kʌ]

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. a cow; an adult female of the species Bos taurus that has calved
  2. any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves
  3. beef; the meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine

Adjective[edit]

baka

  1. beef

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:baka.

Dibabawon Manobo[edit]

Noun[edit]

bakà

  1. (anatomy) jaw

Dupaningan Agta[edit]

Adverb[edit]

baka

  1. perhaps; maybe

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

baka (third person singular past indicative bakaði, third person plural past indicative bakað, supine bakað)

  1. to bake

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of baka (group v-30)
infinitive baka
supine bakað
participle (a6)1 bakandi bakaður
present past
first singular baki bakaði
second singular bakar bakaði
third singular bakar bakaði
plural baka bakaðu
imperative
singular baka!
plural bakið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Fula[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

baka o

  1. (Pular) tunic, boubou, agbada

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

baka o (plural bakaaji ɗi)

  1. (Maasina) part, portion, share

References[edit]

Hausa[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Cognate with Duwai bak, Mwaghavul mbuka.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bà.káː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bə̀.káː]

Noun[edit]

bàkā m (plural bakunkunā̀, possessed form bàkan)

  1. bow
  2. hacksaw
  3. catch of a lock

Etymology 2[edit]

From baki.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bá.kà/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bə́.kə̀]

Adverb[edit]

bakà

  1. in the mouth

Hiligaynon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (cow).

Noun[edit]

báka

  1. cow, bull, ox

Related terms[edit]

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably a doublet of boka, via its former meaning of “boots”, expressing a booted soldier. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒkɒ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ka
  • Rhymes: -kɒ

Noun[edit]

baka (plural bakák)

  1. (informal) soldier
    Synonym: katona

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative baka bakák
accusative bakát bakákat
dative bakának bakáknak
instrumental bakával bakákkal
causal-final bakáért bakákért
translative bakává bakákká
terminative bakáig bakákig
essive-formal bakaként bakákként
essive-modal
inessive bakában bakákban
superessive bakán bakákon
adessive bakánál bakáknál
illative bakába bakákba
sublative bakára bakákra
allative bakához bakákhoz
elative bakából bakákból
delative bakáról bakákról
ablative bakától bakáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
bakáé bakáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
bakáéi bakákéi
Possessive forms of baka
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bakám bakáim
2nd person sing. bakád bakáid
3rd person sing. bakája bakái
1st person plural bakánk bakáink
2nd person plural bakátok bakáitok
3rd person plural bakájuk bakáik

Further reading[edit]

  • baka 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
  • baka 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)

Iban[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /baka/
  • Rhymes: -ka
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ka

Conjunction[edit]

baka

  1. like, similar to

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the verb baka (to bake).

Noun[edit]

baka f (genitive singular böku, nominative plural bökur)

  1. pie
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

Verb[edit]

baka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bakaði, supine bakað)

  1. to bake
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Form of bak (a back).

Noun[edit]

baka n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of bak

Ilocano[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ka
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaka/

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cow
  2. ox
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *bakáq.[1] Compare Bikol Central baka, Remontado Agta baka, Ibaloi baka, and Tagalog baka.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaka/, [ˈbɐ.ka] (colloquial)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ka

Adverb[edit]

baká

  1. maybe, perhaps, might be

References[edit]

  1. ^ Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*bakáq”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay baka, baqa, from Classical Malay باک (baka), بقاٴ (baqa), from Arabic بَقَاء (baqāʔ, remaining, lasting, enduring).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

baka

  1. eternal

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

baka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ばか
  2. Rōmaji transcription of バカ

Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

baka

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦏ

Kagayanen[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. (anatomy) chin

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cow

Karaim[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *b(i)āka.

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. frog

References[edit]

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “baka”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Kavalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (cow).

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cow

Kiput[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-North Sarawak *bakas.

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. wild boar

Limos Kalinga[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (cow).

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cow

Malay[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

baka (Jawi spelling باک)

  1. patriarchal, ruled by men
    sistem (kuasa) baka
    a patriarchal system

Antonyms[edit]

Noun[edit]

baka (Jawi spelling باک, plural baka-baka, informal 1st possessive bakaku, 2nd possessive bakamu, 3rd possessive bakanya)

  1. stock, breed (of livestock)

Further reading[edit]

Mansaka[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (cow).

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cow

Masbatenyo[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (cow).

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cow

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bakâ

  1. bowlegged

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (cow).

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cow

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

baka m or n

  1. definite neuter plural of bak

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse baka.

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

baka (present tense bakar or baker, past tense baka or bakte, past participle baka or bakt, passive infinitive bakast, present participle bakande, imperative bak)

  1. to bake (something)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit बक (baka, heron).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ba.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ka
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ka

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. heron

Descendants[edit]

  • > Javanese: ꦧꦏ (baka) (inherited)

Further reading[edit]

  • "baka" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-. Compare Old English bacan (English bake), Old Saxon bakkan (Low German backen), Dutch bakken, Old High German bahhan, backan (German backen).

Verb[edit]

baka

  1. to bake

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • baka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-. Compare Old English bacan (English bake), Old Saxon bakkan (Low German backen), Dutch bakken, Old High German bahhan, backan (German backen).

Verb[edit]

baka

  1. to bake

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

baka m

  1. crane
  2. heron

Declension[edit]

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese vaca and Spanish vaca and Kabuverdianu báka.

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cow

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from German Bake.

Noun[edit]

baka f

  1. (navigation, nautical) seamark
    Synonym: stawa
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

baka m inan

  1. genitive singular of bak

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

baka

  1. third-person singular present of bakać

Further reading[edit]

  • baka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From earlier babka; compare bȁba.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bǎːka/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ka

Noun[edit]

báka f (Cyrillic spelling ба́ка)

  1. (hypocoristic) grandmother, grandma
  2. (hypocoristic, regional) old woman

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • baka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cow

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English back.

Preposition[edit]

baka

  1. after
  2. behind

Adjective[edit]

baka

  1. back
    bakaseybehind

Adverb[edit]

baka

  1. back, in return
  2. again

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. back
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch bakken.

Verb[edit]

baka

  1. to bake, to fry
Derived terms[edit]

Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic بَقَّعَ (baqqaʕa, to stain).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

-baka (infinitive kubaka)

  1. to molest, to rape
    Synonym: -najisi

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of -baka
Positive present -nabaka
Subjunctive -bake
Negative -baki
Imperative singular baka
Infinitives
Positive kubaka
Negative kutobaka
Imperatives
Singular baka
Plural bakeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubaka
Positive past positive subject concord + -libaka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kubaka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabaka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninabaka/nabaka tunabaka
2nd person unabaka mnabaka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabaka wanabaka
other classes positive subject concord + -nabaka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -baki)
Singular Plural
1st person sibaki hatubaki
2nd person hubaki hambaki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) habaki hawabaki
other classes negative subject concord + -baki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabaka
Negative future negative subject concord + -tabaka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -bake)
Singular Plural
1st person nibake tubake
2nd person ubake mbake
3rd person m-wa(I/II) abake wabake
other classes positive subject concord + -bake
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibake
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebaka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebaka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibaka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibaka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abaka)
Singular Plural
1st person nabaka twabaka
2nd person wabaka mwabaka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) abaka wabaka
m-mi(III/IV) wabaka yabaka
ji-ma(V/VI) labaka yabaka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabaka vyabaka
n(IX/X) yabaka zabaka
u(XI) wabaka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwabaka
pa(XVI) pabaka
mu(XVIII) mwabaka
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebaka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshabaka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabaka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kibaka
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipobaka
Consecutive kabaka / positive subject concord + -kabaka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabake
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nibaka -tubaka
2nd person -kubaka -wabaka/-kubakeni/-wabakeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbaka -wabaka
m-mi(III/IV) -ubaka -ibaka
ji-ma(V/VI) -libaka -yabaka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibaka -vibaka
n(IX/X) -ibaka -zibaka
u(XI) -ubaka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kubaka
pa(XVI) -pabaka
mu(XVIII) -mubaka
Reflexive -jibaka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -baka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -bakaye -bakao
m-mi(III/IV) -bakao -bakayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -bakalo -bakayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -bakacho -bakavyo
n(IX/X) -bakayo -bakazo
u(XI) -bakao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -bakako
pa(XVI) -bakapo
mu(XVIII) -bakamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -baka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yebaka -obaka
m-mi(III/IV) -obaka -yobaka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lobaka -yobaka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobaka -vyobaka
n(IX/X) -yobaka -zobaka
u(XI) -obaka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kobaka
pa(XVI) -pobaka
mu(XVIII) -mobaka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

baka (ma class, plural mabaka)

  1. mark on the body (like a scar or birthmark)

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

baka (present bakar, preterite bakade, supine bakat, imperative baka)

  1. to bake; to cook in an oven.

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (cow), from Latin vacca.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaka/, [ˈba.xɐ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ka

Noun[edit]

baka (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ)

  1. cattle; cow
  2. beef
    Synonym: karneng-baka
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bakáq. Compare Bikol Central baka, Remontado Agta baka, Ibaloi baka, and Ilocano baka.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /baˈkaʔ/, [bɐˈxaʔ]

  • IPA(key): /baˈka/, [bɐˈxa] (colloquial)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ka

Adverb[edit]

bakâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ)

  1. maybe; probably
    Synonyms: marahil, maaari, posible
  2. might
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaka/, [ˈba.xɐ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ka

Noun[edit]

baka (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ)

  1. declaration of war (against another nation)
    Synonyms: salakay, pagsalakay, lusob, paglusob
  2. campaign against something wrong or immoral
    Synonyms: laban, paglaban, pagbabaka
  3. verbal attack or assault
    Synonyms: tuligsa, pagtuligsa, atake, pag-atake
Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • baka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*bakáq”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Tausug[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (cow).

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cow

Waray-Waray[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (cow).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaka/, [ˈba.ka]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ka

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cow

Yami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (cow).

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cow

Yogad[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (cow).

Noun[edit]

baka

  1. cow