'ba

See also: ba

Ma'di

Etymology

Cognates include Lugbara 'bá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɓá]
  • Hyphenation: 'ba

Noun

'bá

  1. plural of mã'dị́: people

References

  • Mairi Blackings; Nigel Fabb (2003), A Grammar of Ma'di, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 649

Yilan Creole

Etymology

From Atayal 'ba (“hand”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔβa]

Noun

'ba

  1. hand; arm; finger; wrist; elbow
    okasi taberu no maye, ’ba arawe!
    Before you eat candy, wash your hands

Synonyms

References

  • Chien, Yuehchen (2015), “The lexical system of Yilan Creole”, in Elizabeth Zeitoun, Stacy F. Teng, Joy J. Wu, editors, New Advances in Formosan Linguistics‎[1] (in Yilan Creole), Canberra: Asia-Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 513–532
  • Chien Yuehchen (2023), “Yilan Creole”, in Handbook of Formosan Languages Online: The Indigenous Languages of Taiwan‎[2], number 44, →ISSN
  • Chien Yuehchen (2018), “宜蘭クレオールの語彙の様相—東岳村の場合—”, in Language and Linguistics in Oceania‎[3], number 10, →ISSN
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