baka

See also: Baka, baką, bakå, båkå, bąka, and baka-

English

Etymology 1

Noun

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 2004, p. 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, p. 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, p. 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

Japanese ばか

Adjective

baka (comparative more baka, superlative most baka)

1. (anime and manga, fandom slang) stupid

Anagrams

• Ka'ba

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Asi

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun

baka

1. cow

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑkɑ]

Noun

baka

1. cow

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Binukid

Noun

baka

1. cow

Noun

bakà

1. jaw

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Bolinao

Noun

baka

1. cow

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish vaca, from Latin vacca.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ka

Noun

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

baka

1. beef

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:baka.

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Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

bakà

1. (anatomy) jaw

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Dupaningan Agta

Adverb

baka

1. perhaps; maybe

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Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛaːʰka/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːʰka
• Homophone: bakað

Verb

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

1. to bake

Conjugation

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.

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Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bàkáː/

Noun

bàkā m (plural bakunkunā̀, possessed form bàkan)

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

Etymology 2

From baki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bákà/

Adverb

bakà

1. in the mouth

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Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun

báka

1. bull, cow, ox

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒkɒ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ka

Noun

baka (plural bakák)

1. soldier

Declension

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

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːka/
• Rhymes: -aːka

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From the verb baka (“to bake”).

Noun

baka f (genitive singular böku, nominative plural bökur)

1. pie

Declension

declension of baka

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	baka	bakan	bökur	bökurnar
accusative	böku	bökuna	bökur	bökurnar
dative	böku	bökunni	bökum	bökunum
genitive	böku	bökunnar	baka/bakna	bakanna/baknanna

Derived terms

• kjötbaka

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage)

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

Verb

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

1. to bake

Conjugation

baka — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að baka
supine (sagnbót)		bakað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		bakandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég baka	við bökum	present (nútíð)	ég baki	við bökum
	þú bakar	þið bakið		þú bakir	þið bakið
	hann, hún, það bakar	þeir, þær, þau baka		hann, hún, það baki	þeir, þær, þau baki
past (þátíð)	ég bakaði	við bökuðum	past (þátíð)	ég bakaði	við bökuðum
	þú bakaðir	þið bökuðuð		þú bakaðir	þið bökuðuð
	hann, hún, það bakaði	þeir, þær, þau bökuðu		hann, hún, það bakaði	þeir, þær, þau bökuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	baka (þú)	bakið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	bakaðu	bakiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

bakast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að bakast
supine (sagnbót)		bakast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		bakandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég bakast	við bökumst	present (nútíð)	ég bakist	við bökumst
	þú bakast	þið bakist		þú bakist	þið bakist
	hann, hún, það bakast	þeir, þær, þau bakast		hann, hún, það bakist	þeir, þær, þau bakist
past (þátíð)	ég bakaðist	við bökuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég bakaðist	við bökuðumst
	þú bakaðist	þið bökuðust		þú bakaðist	þið bökuðust
	hann, hún, það bakaðist	þeir, þær, þau bökuðust		hann, hún, það bakaðist	þeir, þær, þau bökuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	bakast (þú)	bakist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	bakastu	bakisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

bakaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	bakaður	bökuð	bakað		bakaðir	bakaðar	bökuð
accusative (þolfall)	bakaðan	bakaða	bakað		bakaða	bakaðar	bökuð
dative (þágufall)	bökuðum	bakaðri	bökuðu		bökuðum	bökuðum	bökuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	bakaðs	bakaðrar	bakaðs		bakaðra	bakaðra	bakaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	bakaði	bakaða	bakaða		bökuðu	bökuðu	bökuðu
accusative (þolfall)	bakaða	bökuðu	bakaða		bökuðu	bökuðu	bökuðu
dative (þágufall)	bakaða	bökuðu	bakaða		bökuðu	bökuðu	bökuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	bakaða	bökuðu	bakaða		bökuðu	bökuðu	bökuðu

Etymology 3

Form of bak (“a back”).

Noun

Template:is-noun form n

1. indefinite genitive plural of bak

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic بقاء (“remaining, lasting, enduring”).

Adjective

baka

1. eternal

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Japanese

Romanization

baka

1. Rōmaji transcription of ばか

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Kagayanen

Noun

baka

1. (anatomy) chin
2. cow

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Kavalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

Noun

baka

1. cow

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Kiput

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *bakas.

Noun

baka

1. wild boar

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Limos Kalinga

Noun

baka

1. cow

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Malay

Adjective

baka

1. patriarchal, ruled by men

   sistem (kuasa) baka

   a patriarchal system

Antonyms

• saka

Noun

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

1. stock, breed (of livestock)

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Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

baka

1. cow

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• bakane

Noun

baka m or n

1. definite neuter plural of bak

Etymology 2

From Old Norse baka

Verb

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. alternative form of bake

References

• “baka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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

baka

1. to bake

Descendants

• Icelandic: baka
• Faroese: baka
• Norn: båke
• Norwegian: bake
• Swedish: baka
• Danish: bage
• Gutnish: bake
• Elfdalian: båkå

References

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

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀩𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• बक (Devanagari script)
• বক (Bengali script)
• බක (Sinhalese script)
• ဗက or ၿၵ (Burmese script)
• พก or พะกะ (Thai script)
• ᨻᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ພກ or ພະກະ (Lao script)
• ពក (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄇 (Chakma script)

Noun

baka m

1. crane
2. heron

Declension

Declension table of "baka" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bako	bakā
Accusative (second)	bakaṃ	bake
Instrumental (third)	bakena	bakehi or bakebhi
Dative (fourth)	bakassa or bakāya or bakatthaṃ	bakānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bakasmā or bakamhā or bakā	bakehi or bakebhi
Genitive (sixth)	bakassa	bakānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bakasmiṃ or bakamhi or bake	bakesu
Vocative (calling)	baka	bakā

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese vaca and Spanish vaca and Kabuverdianu báka.

Noun

baka

1. cow

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ka/

Noun

baka f

1. (navigation, nautical) seamark

   Synonym: stawa

Declension

Declension of baka

	singular	plural
nominative	baka	baki
genitive	baki	bak
dative	bace	bakom
accusative	bakę	baki
instrumental	baką	bakami
locative	bace	bakach
vocative	bako	baki

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From earlier babka; compare bȁba.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

báka f (Cyrillic spelling ба́ка)

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

Declension

Declension of baka

	singular	plural
nominative	báka	bake
genitive	bake	baka
dative	baki	bakama
accusative	baku	bake
vocative	bȃko	bake
locative	baki	bakama
instrumental	bakom	bakama

References

• “baka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

From English back.

Preposition

baka

1. after
2. behind

Adjective

baka

1. back

   bakasey ― behind

Adverb

baka

1. back, in return
2. again

Etymology 2

From English back.

Noun

baka

1. back

Etymology 3

Probably borrowed from Dutch bakken.

Verb

baka

1. to bake, to fry

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Swahili

Verb

-baka (infinitive kubaka)

1. molest, rape

   Synonym: -najisi

Conjugation

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

• Verbal derivations:
  • Augmentative: -bakua (“rob, plunder”)
  • Passive: -bakwa

• Nominal derivations:
  • mbakaji (“rapist”)
  • ubakaji (“rape”)

Noun

baka (ma class, plural mabaka)

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

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Swedish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Verb

baka

1. to bake; to cook in an oven.

Conjugation

Conjugation of baka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	baka		bakas
Supine	bakat		bakats
Imperative	baka		—
Imper. plural1	baken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	bakar	bakade	bakas	bakades
Ind. plural1	baka	bakade	bakas	bakades
Subjunctive2	bake	bakade	bakes	bakades
	Participles
Present participle	bakande
Past participle	bakad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• bagare
• bageri
• baka in
• baka ut
• bakning

 

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaka/

Noun

báka

1. (animal) cow

Related terms

• bakuna

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɐˈkaʔ/

Adverb

bakâ

1. maybe, probably
2. might

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Tausug

Etymology

From Spanish vaca.

Noun

baka

1. cow

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Waray-Waray

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun

baka

1. cow

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Yami

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

Noun

baka

1. cow