ba-
aplural prefix Africana Marburgensia (1973)IPA (key ) : /ba/ [ba] Hyphenation:ba- ba-
( Southern ) if Izozki bat erosiko dizut erosketak egitenba dituzu. I'll buy you an icecreamif you do the shopping. ba-
Prefixed to verb forms to show emphasis. Nikba daukat erantzun zuzena. Ido have the correct answer. When used together with the particlesal omen ote ba
“ba- ”, inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary Euskaltzaindia ,1987–2005 Inherited fromProto-Bantu *bà-
ba-
Class 2 noun prefix. Inherited fromProto-Bantu *bà- Swahili wa-
ba-
Class 2 noun prefix. (plural ofm- (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
ba-
forms question words ,what ?the formbat- is used only before locative-cha . combining forms only, not used with the nominative but with most other case markers
Burling, R. (2003 ),The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon [1] Bangladesh : University of Michigan, page48 bà-
A prefix indicatingethnic orgeographical origin or, less often, someone'strade . ba-
( disjunct prefix of position I ) di- ► Navajo terms prefixed with ba- (postpositional) North Moluccan Malay [ edit ] FromMalay ber-
IPA (key ) : /ba-/ Note: Just like any other prefixes in the language, it's usually unstressed in many words. ba-
Verb-deriving suffix Used to form a verb from another word. roko ( “ cigarate ” ) >ba roko( “ to smoke ” ) Used to form a verb that has the meaning of 'to become or get'. panas ( “ hot ” ) >ba panas( “ to become hot ” ) Used to form the voluntariness of a verb. jatong ( “ to fall ” ) >ba jatong( “ to fall (on purpose) ” ) Used to form a reciprocal verb. poló ( “ to hug ” ) >ba poló( “ to hug (each other) ” ) Used to form a reflexive verb. ganti ( “ to change ” ) >ba ganti( “ to change (one's own clothing) ” ) Used to intensify a verb, sometimes with the purpose of making it more 'intransitive'. cek ( “ to check ” ) >ba cék( “ to check ” ) Adjective-deriving suffix Used to form an adjective that has the meaning of 'having a (property of) or related to'. asap ( “ smoke ” ) >ba asap( “ smoking, smoky ” ) ( sometimes with the base word reduplicated ) Used to form an adjective that has the meaning of 'having a similar characteristic of'. Cina ( “ China; Chinese ” ) >ba cina( “ somewhat Chinese ” ) ( rare ) Numeral-deriving suffix Used to form a number that has the meaning of 'each of'. ( rough translation, with the base word reduplicated ) Used to form a number that has the meaning of 'each of' and "togetherness". Other terms prefixed with this prefix:
FromProto-Bantu *bá-
ba-
they ;class 2 subject concord. them ;class 2 object concord. FromProto-Bantu *báá-
ba-
of ;class 2 possessive concord. FromProto-Bantu *bʊ́á-
ba-
of ;class 14 possessive concord. FromProto-Bantu *bà-
ba-
Class 2 noun prefix. ba-
Aclitic 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. 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 FromProto-Bantu *bá-
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they ;class 2 subject concord. them ;class 2 object concord. Inherited fromProto-Bantu *bà- ( “ Class 2 noun prefix ” ) .
ba-
Class 2 noun prefix .Yasutoshi Yukawa (2006 ),A Classified Vocabulary of the Punu Language [2] FromProto-Bantu *bà-
ba-
Class 2 noun prefix. FromProto-Bantu *bá-
ba-
they ;class 2 subject concord. them ;class 2 object concord. FromProto-Bantu *báá-
ba-
of ;class 2 possessive concord. FromProto-Bantu *bʊ́á-
ba-
of ;class 14 possessive concord. FromProto-Bantu *bá- bà- .
ba-
Class 2 noun prefix. FromProto-Bantu *bá-
ba-
they ;class 2 subject concord. them ;class 2 object concord. FromProto-Bantu *báá-
ba-
of ;class 2 possessive concord. FromProto-Bantu *bʊ́á-
ba-
of ;class 14 possessive concord. ( before /e/ ) be- ( before /o/ ) bo- FromProto-Bantu *bá-
ba-
they ;class 2 subject concord ba- + -kora ( “ to do ” ) → bakora ( “ they do ” ) Kaji, Shigeki (2007 ),A Rutooro Vocabulary [3] →ISBN 413 FromProto-Bantu *bà-
ba-
Class 2 noun prefix. ba-
alternative spelling ofŵa- The letter 'b' is used to represent the 'ŵ' letter because the 'ŵ' is often described as being in between 'w' and 'v', sounding like a 'b', and the fact that 'ŵ' is not on a standard QWERTY keyboard so it is difficult for some users to use the letter.
FromProto-Bantu *bá-
ba-
they ;class 2 subject concord. them ;class 2 object concord. FromProto-Bantu *báá-
ba-
of ;class 2 possessive concord. FromProto-Bantu *bʊ́á-
ba-
of ;class 14 possessive concord. FromProto-Bantu *bà-
ba-
Class 2 simple noun prefix. FromProto-Bantu *bá-
bá-
they ;class 2 subject concord. them ;class 2 object concord. FromProto-Bantu *báá-
ba-
of ;class 2 possessive concord. FromProto-Bantu *bʊ́á-
ba-
of ;class 14 possessive concord. 
