Definition for: ba

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English

Etymology 1

Compare Old French baer to open the mouth; French bayer .

Verb

ba

1. ( intransitive ) ( obsolete ) To kiss.

Etymology 2

Egyptian bA .

Noun

ba

1. 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. (Mailer, Ancient Evenings )

Kurdish

Noun

ba m .

1. wind

Mandarin

Alternative spellings

• ba0, ba5

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ pa ]

Modal particle

ba ( Pinyin bā, traditional and simplified 吧)

1. used at the end of a sentence to indicate a suggested action; let us ...; why don't you ...

   走 吧

   let's go!

Noun

ba ( Pinyin bā, traditional and simplified 八 )

1. eight

Phonetic syllable

ba ( Pinyin bā, traditional and simplified 吧)

1. transliteration for ba or bar

Pinyin

ba

1. 叭
2. 罞
3. 署

Palu'e

Number

pa

1. four

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /ba/
• SAMPROSA: /-[ba]/
• IPA: ba˥

Cardinal number

ba

1. three

Related terms

• tháng ba
• thứ ba, ngày thứ ba

Noun

ba

1. father

Volapük

Adverb

ba

1. perhaps

Other Translations for "ba"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		-... .-
Binary		1100010 1100001
Hex		6261
Pig Latin		abay

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