-ba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ba"

Ao

Pronunciation

  • (Chungli) IPA(key): /paʔ˩˥/, [paʔ˩˥]

Suffix

-ba

  1. (Chungli) Verb nominalizer suffix
    aso (to give birth) + ‎-ba → ‎asoba (birth)

Further reading

  • Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga[1], Berkeley: University of California, page 49
  • Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1975), Ao Grammar, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 59
  • Temsunungsang, T. (2009), Aspects of the Prosodic Phonology of Ao: An Inter-Dialectal Study[2], Hyderabad: English and Foreign Languages University, pages 105-106

Bambara

Suffix

-ba

  1. (augmentative suffix)
    dugu + ‎-ba → ‎duguba

Basque

Suffix

-ba

  1. (no longer productive) Kinship suffix. It is usually found attached to unknown stems.

Derived terms

References

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech -ba, from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ ba]

Suffix

-ba f (noun-forming suffix)

  1. forms feminine nouns usually denoting an action, process or its result
    chodit + ‎-ba → ‎chodba
    sloužit + ‎-ba → ‎služba

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • -ba in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Garo

Affix

-ba

  1. affirmative affix, indeed
  2. also

Antonyms

Gothic

Romanization

-ba

  1. romanization of -𐌱𐌰

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɒ]

Suffix

-ba/-be (illative case suffix)

  1. into
    ház (house)a házba (into the house)
  2. eye dialect spelling of -ban

Usage notes

  • (illative case suffix) Variants:
    -ba is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
    alma (apple)Beleharapott egy almába.He/she has bitten into an apple.
    -be is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
    zene (music)Variációkat dolgoztunk bele a zenébe.We worked variations into the music.
Hungarian case suffixes
case back vowel
a, á, o, ó, u, ú
front vowel
unrounded
e, é, i, í
rounded
ö, ő, ü, ű
nominative
accusative -t
-ot / -at -et -öt
dative -nak -nek
instrumental -val -vel
causal-final -ért
translative -vá -vé
terminative -ig
essive-formal -ként1
essive-modal -ul -ül
inessive -ban -ben
superessive -n
-on -en -ön
adessive -nál -nél
illative -ba -be
sublative -ra -re
allative -hoz -hez -höz
elative -ból -ből
delative -ról -ről
ablative -tól -től

1 Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except before -ként.
    almaalmában, but almaként
    zenezenében, but zeneként

See also

  • Category:Hungarian terms taking -ba/-be
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Hungarian pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (see also postpositions)
case suffix who? what? this that he/she (it)1 verbal
prefix
category
nominative ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅
accusative -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt
kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅
c1
c2
dative -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- category
instrumental -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel
azzal/
avval
vele category
causal-final -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte category
translative -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá category
terminative -ig meddig eddig addig category
essive-formal -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként category
essive-modal -ul / -ül category
inessive -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne category
superessive -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) category
adessive -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála category
illative -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- category
sublative -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá- category
allative -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- category
elative -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle category
delative -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla category
ablative -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle category

1Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template

Japanese

Romanization

-ba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of

Polish

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ba/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Syllabification: -ba
    • Homophone: ba

    Suffix

    -ba f

    1. (chiefly not productive or dialectal) forms feminine nouns meaning the action of a verb
      służyć + ‎-ba → ‎służba

    Declension

    Derived terms

    See also

    Further reading

    • -ba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Serbo-Croatian

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

    Suffix

    -ba (Cyrillic spelling -ба)

    1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting an action.

    See also

    Slovak

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ba/, [ba]
    • Homophone: ba

    Suffix

    -ba f

    1. suffix used to form action nouns from verbs
      siať + ‎-ba → ‎sejba
      orať + ‎-ba → ‎orba
      voliť + ‎-ba → ‎voľba
      streliť + ‎-ba → ‎streľba
      udržať + ‎-ba → ‎údržba
      túžiť + ‎-ba → ‎túžba

    Usage notes

    • The suffix is added to the primary present stem, which is used to form all the present tense forms except for the 3rd person plural:
      • streliťstreľ- → 3rd person sg.: strel-í, suffixed: streľ-ba;
      • skladaťsklad- → 3rd person sg.: sklad-á, suffixed: sklad-ba;
      • siaťsej- → 3rd person sg.: sej-e, suffixed: sej-ba.

    Declension

    Declension of -ba
    (pattern žena)
    singularplural
    nominative-ba-by
    genitive-by-ieb
    dative-be-bám
    accusative-bu-by
    locative-be-bách
    instrumental-bou-bami

    Derived terms

    Slovak terms suffixed with -ba
    dostavba
    nadstavba
    prestavba
    prístavba
    zástavba