Baka
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
Baka (plural Baka)
- A member of a nomadic ethnic group inhabiting parts of western and central Africa.
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Czech, Slovak, Hungarian and Polish Baka.
Proper noun edit
Baka (plural Bakas)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Baka is the 38850th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 568 individuals. Baka is most common among White (88.38%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Baka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 85.
Anagrams edit
Jamamadí edit
Proper noun edit
Baka
- (Banawá) a unisex given name
References edit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From baka. Calque of Arabic الْبَقَرَة (al-baqara, “the cow”). See also Arabic سُورَةُ ٱلْبَقَرَة (sūratu l-baqara).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbaka/, [ˈba.xɐ]
- Rhymes: -aka
- Syllabification: Ba‧ka