baa

Abbreviation of English Babatana.

baa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Babatana.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Babatana terms

Compare German bäh, mäh; an imitative word.

• bah (obsolete)

• (UK) IPA^(key): [bɑː]
• (US) IPA^(key): [bæ], [bɑ]
• IPA^(key): [bæ̰ː], [bæ̰ˀæ̰ˀæ̰ˀæ̰ˀ]

• Audio (Received Pronunciation):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː, -æ
• Homophones: bah, bar (in some pronunciations)

baa (plural baas)

1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep.

• bleat
• bleating

• baa-lamb

baa

1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep.

baa (third-person singular simple present baas, present participle baaing, simple past and past participle baaed)

1. To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.
   • a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

     He treble baas for help, but none can get.

   • 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 44:

     The lamb bunted several irresponsive objects - never its dam's udder - baaing listlessly.

From Arabic بَاء (bāʔ).

baa (plural baas)

1. The letter ب in the Arabic script.

• A.B.A., AAB, ABA, Aba, aba

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː/ [ˈbaː]
• Hyphenation: baa

báa m

1. apocopic form of babba

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 143

Partially from Proto-Athabaskan *wa’ (“to be gray”), cognate with Navajo -BAʼ. However, the modern form of the root probably merges multiple older roots.

baa

1. to be gray

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Neuter	baa	baʼ	baał	baʼ
Transitional	baes	baʼ	baał	baʼ
Repetitive	baes	baes	baes	baes
Customary	baes	baes	baes	baes
Reversitative	baex	—	—	—

• baay (“gray”) (adjective)
• hwbaa (“morning twilight”)
• kalbaa (“an area is gray, dim”)
• lbaa (“it is gray”)
• nihbaay (“short-tailed weasel”)
• tsae baa (“jade”)
• tʼeghes baay (“aspen”)
• sbaay (“mountain goat”)
• yesbaa (“snowy owl”)

baa

1. milk

• baluuʼ (“ice cream”)

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 97

• IPA^(key): /bꜜáà/

baa

1. river, sea

• Moi, Daniel Rabbi and Mario Lau Babur Kuduku, Sister Mary Mangira Michael, Simon Hagimir John, Rapheal Zakenia Paul Mafoi, Nyoul Gulluma Kuduku. 2018. Bongo – English Dictionary. Juba, South Sudan. SIL-South Sudan.

baa (plural bahi)

1. dog

• bakɔha
• baluli
• bawahiriga
• batɔha
• zɔbaa

• IPA^(key): /baː/

baa

1. hip

• Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary 2003

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq.

bahâ

1. flood

baa

1. very

• Ricky Ganang et al. (2008), “baa”, in Kemaloh Lundayeh–English Dictionary, Borneo Research Council, →OCLC, page 28

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

baa

1. to flood

• IPA^(key): /bɛː/

baa f

1. plural/genitive singular of booa

baa

1. even

From Proto-Athabaskan *-aˑ.

• IPA^(key): /pɑ̀ː/

baa

1. about him/her/it/them
2. to him/her/it/them
3. into him/her/it/them

   baa níʼą́ ― I gave it to him

In pronunciation, the postposition baa is assimilated by an initial yi- of a following verb to make beei-: baa yishdloh = /beeishdloh/ (I am laughing at him). This does not affect the spelling, however.

• paa

baa

1. (Eastern Shoshone) water

• Eastern Shoshone Working Dictionary

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Borrowed from Arabic بِغَاء (biḡāʔ).

baa class V (plural mabaa class VI)

1. evil, plague
2. danger, misfortune

Borrowed from English bar.

baa class IX (plural baa class X)

1. a bar (social pub for alcoholic drinks)

• IPA^(key): /ɓaː/

baa

1. head

• Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987), Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris