ba-
Amasi edit
Noun edit
ba-
- a plural prefix
References edit
- Africana Marburgensia (1973)
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Conjunction edit
ba-
- (Southern) if
- Izozki bat erosiko dizut erosketak egiten badituzu.
- I'll buy you an icecream if you do the shopping.
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
- ba (see usage notes)
Particle edit
ba-
- Prefixed to verb forms to show emphasis.
- Nik badaukat erantzun zuzena.
- I do have the correct answer.
Usage notes edit
When used together with the particles al, omen and ote; it is written as a separate word before the other particle (see ba for usage examples).
Further reading edit
- “ba-” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Garo edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix edit
ba-
- forms question words, what?
Usage notes edit
but with most other case markers
References edit
- Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 48
Hausa edit
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
bà-
- A prefix indicating ethnic or geographical origin or, less often, someone's trade.
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Prefix edit
ba-
- (disjunct prefix of position I)
Postpositional prefix occurring in conjunction with di- in themes related to exhaustion, completion
► Navajo terms prefixed with ba- (postpositional)
Northern Ndebele edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *bá-.
Prefix edit
ba-
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *báá-.
Prefix edit
ba-
- of; class 2 possessive concord.
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́á-.
Prefix edit
ba-
- of; class 14 possessive concord.
Northern Sotho edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *bà-.
Prefix edit
ba-
- Class 2 noun prefix.
Nzadi edit
Prefix edit
ba-
- A clitic added to the plural forms of nouns that are identical to the singular forms in order to mark plurality explicitly.
- Added to the plural forms of some nouns that do have distinct plural forms in order to express that various individuals are meant.
Further reading edit
- Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN
Phuthi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *bá-.
Prefix edit
ba-
Sotho edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *bà-.
Prefix edit
ba-
- Class 2 noun prefix.
Southern Ndebele edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *bá-.
Prefix edit
ba-
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *báá-.
Prefix edit
ba-
- of; class 2 possessive concord.
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́á-.
Prefix edit
ba-
- of; class 14 possessive concord.
Swazi edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *bá-bà-.
Prefix edit
ba-
- Class 2 noun prefix.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *bá-.
Prefix edit
ba-
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Bantu *báá-.
Prefix edit
ba-
- of; class 2 possessive concord.
Etymology 4 edit
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́á-.
Prefix edit
ba-
- of; class 14 possessive concord.
Tooro edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *bá-.
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
ba-
See also edit
References edit
Tswana edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *bà-.
Prefix edit
ba-
- Class 2 noun prefix.
Xhosa edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *bá-.
Prefix edit
ba-
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *báá-.
Prefix edit
ba-
- of; class 2 possessive concord.
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́á-.
Prefix edit
ba-
- of; class 14 possessive concord.
Zulu edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Bantu *bà-.
Prefix edit
ba-
- Class 2 simple noun prefix.
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *bá-.
Prefix edit
bá-
Etymology 3 edit
From Proto-Bantu *báá-.
Prefix edit
ba-
- of; class 2 possessive concord.
Etymology 4 edit
From Proto-Bantu *bʊ́á-.
Prefix edit
ba-
- of; class 14 possessive concord.