-baʼ

• IPA^(key): /ɓaːʔ/

-baʼ

1. Forms transitive verbs from intransitive verbs

   jupiʼk (“to lie face down”) → jupubaʼ (“to place face down”)

   chʼaqiʼk (“to get wet”) → chʼaqabaʼ (“to make wet”)

2. Forms transitive verbs from nouns

   tzay (“swing”) → tzayabaʼ (“to hang (v.t.)”)

   kabal (“opening”) → kababaʼ (“to open halfway”)

3. (rare) Forms transitive verbs from transitive verbs

   laqʼ (“to pat on the back”) → laqʼbaʼ (“to leave on ground something large and flat”)

   muʼ (“to soak; to sop”) → mubaʼ (“to soak”)

4. (rare) Forms verbs from adjectives

   choqolik (“lying on the ground”) → choqbaʼ (“to slide off”)

• Christenson, Allen J. (2003), Kʼicheʼ-English dictionary and Guide to the pronunciation of the Kʼicheʼ-Maya alphabet‎^[1], Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, →OCLC

-baʼ

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Iterative	Optative
Momentaneous		-BAʼ (be kind)
Neuter	-BAʼ (be kind)