bha
See also: BHA
Irish edit
Noun edit
bha f pl
- Lenited form of ba.
Khasi edit
Etymology edit
From Indo-Aryan. Compare Pnar bha, Bengali ভাল (bhal).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bha
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Singh, U Nissor (1906) Khasi-English dictionary[1], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 11. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Pnar edit
Etymology edit
From Indo-Aryan. Compare Bengali ভাল (bhal).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bha
Scottish Gaelic edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bha
Usage notes edit
- Bha is used as an affirmative answer to questions formed with robh:
- An robh Seumas agus Anna sgìth? Bha! ― Were James and Anna tired? Yes!
- When linking the subject of a sentence with a complement consisting of a noun phrase, the verb bu is used.
References edit
- Colin Mark (2003) “bi”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 75
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- Irish non-lemma forms
- Irish mutated nouns
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- Khasi terms borrowed from Indo-Aryan languages
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- Khasi lemmas
- Khasi adjectives
- Pnar terms borrowed from Indo-Aryan languages
- Pnar terms derived from Indo-Aryan languages
- Pnar terms with IPA pronunciation
- Pnar lemmas
- Pnar adjectives
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic non-lemma forms
- Scottish Gaelic verb forms
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