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English
wikipedia
Etymology 1
Compare Old French baer to open the mouth; French bayer.
Verb
ba
- intransitive obsolete To kiss.
Etymology 2
Egyptian bA.
Noun
en-noun
- In ancient Egyptian mythology, a being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food.
#*1983: But the Ba, I remembered, could be seen as the mistress of your heart and might or might not decide to speak to you, just as the heart cannot always forgive. � Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings
Category:English two-letter words
Kurdish
Noun
ba m
- wind
Category:Kurdish language
Mandarin
Pronunciation
IPA|[ pa ]
Modal particle
ba (Pinyin b�, traditional and simplified �)
- used at the end of a sentence to indicate a suggested action; let us ...; why don't you ...
#: 走�
#: let's go!
Noun
cmn-noun|p|pinb�|pintba1|tas=�
- eight
Phonetic syllable
ba (Pinyin b�, traditional and simplified �)
- transliteration for ba or bar
Pinyin
cmn-alt-pinyin|ba|ba0|ba5
- å�: trumpet
- �:
- ç½²: public office
- �: emphatic final particle
Phonetic syllable
ba
- A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, b�, bá, b�, or bà .
Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Category:Mandarin pinyin
Palu'e
Number
pa
- four
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
SAMPA|/ba/
SAMPROSA: /-[ba]/
IPA|ba˥
Noun
ba
- father
Numeral
ba
- cardinal|lang=vi three
Related terms
tháng ba
thứ ba, ngà y thứ ba
Category:Vietnamese nouns
Volapük
Adverb
ba
- perhaps
el:ba
fr:ba
io:ba
id:ba
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ku:ba
la:ba
lt:ba
nl:ba
pl:ba
pt:ba
ru:ba
st:ba
tn:ba
sq:ba
sl:ba
vi:ba
tr:ba
uk:ba
vo:ba
ts:ba
zh:ba
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