baa
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Compare German bäh, mäh; an imitative word.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): [bɑː]
- (US) IPA(key): [bæ], [bɑ]
- IPA(key): [bæ̰ː], [bæ̰ˀæ̰ˀæ̰ˀæ̰ˀ]
Audio (Received Prononunciation) (file) Audio (General American) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː, -æ
- Homophones: bah, bar (in some pronunciations)
Noun edit
baa (plural baas)
- (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
bleating of sheep
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Interjection edit
baa
- (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep.
Translations edit
cry of sheep
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Verb edit
baa (third-person singular simple present baas, present participle baaing, simple past and past participle baaed)
- To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.
- a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, →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.
Translations edit
to make the cry of sheep
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
baa (plural baas)
- The letter ب in the Arabic script.
Anagrams edit
Afar edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
báa m
References edit
- 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
Bongo edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
baa
References edit
- 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.
Dagbani edit
Noun edit
baa (plural bahi)
See also edit
Gamilaraay edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
baa
References edit
- Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary 2003
Libon Bikol edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq.
Noun edit
bahâ
Mansaka edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.
Verb edit
baa
- to flood
Manx edit
Noun edit
baa f
Mutation edit
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
baa | vaa | maa |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Moore edit
Adverb edit
baa
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Postposition edit
baa
Usage notes edit
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.
Inflection edit
Shoshone edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
baa
- (Eastern Shoshone) water
References edit
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Arabic بِغَاء (biḡāʔ).
Noun edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
baa (n class, plural baa)
- a bar (social pub for alcoholic drinks)
Wolio edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
baa
References edit
- Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris