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baa

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

See also:BAA,baaʼ,bää,andbąą

Translingual

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Etymology

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Abbreviation ofEnglishBabatana.

Symbol

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baa

(international standards)ISO 639-3 language code forBabatana.

English

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Etymology 1

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CompareGermanbäh,mäh; an imitative word.

Notes on phonological development

The pronunciation/bɑː/ is perhaps a development from earlier/bæː/ reflecting the shift of/æː/ to/ɑː/ during the 18th and 19th centuries. Compare Early Modern Englishbae,bea, both "to baa", respectively displaying the then current pronunciation of Middle English/aː/ as/æː/ and the failure of Middle English/ɛː/ to raise, and the replacement ofmew withmeow for another instance where recent sound change has made onomatopoeia opaque.

Alternative forms

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bah(obsolete)

Pronunciation

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(UK)IPA^(key): [bɑː]
(US)IPA^(key): [bæ],[bɑ]
IPA^(key): [bæ̰ː],[bæ̰ˀæ̰ˀæ̰ˀæ̰ˀ]
Audio(Received Pronunciation): (file)
Audio(General American): (file)
Rhymes:-ɑː,-æ
Homophones:bah,bar(in some pronunciations)

Noun

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baa (pluralbaas)

Audio of a bleating sheep, the animal sound that "baa" is based on.

(onomatopoeia) Thecharacteristic cry orbleating of asheep.

bleating of sheep

Arabic:مَأْمَأَة (ar) f(maʔmaʔa)
Catalan:bel (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin:發咩聲 /发咩声(fā miē sheng)
Czech:bečení n
Dutch:bè (nl)
Faroese:jarm n
Finnish:mää (fi)
French:bêlement (fr) m
Georgian:please add this translation if you can
German:Blöken (de) n
Greek:βέλασμα (el) n(vélasma)
Hawaiian:heʻehe,māʻāʻā
Icelandic:jarm (is) n
Italian:belato (it) m,bè
Japanese:羊の鳴き声(ひつじのなきごえ, hitsuji no nakigoe)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish:باعە(ba'e)
Macedonian:блеење n(bleenje)
Māori:please add this translation if you can
Navajo:meeʼ
Norwegian:bæ (no) n
Polish:bek (pl) m
Portuguese:balido (pt) m
Russian:бле́яние (ru) n(bléjanije)
Serbo-Croatian:блејање n,blejanje n
Spanish:balido (es) m,be (es)
Swedish:bä (sv)(interjection),bräkande (sv) n
Turkish:me (tr),meleme (tr)
Vietnamese:be be (vi)

Interjection

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baa

(onomatopoeia)Thecharacteristic cry of asheep.

Translations

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cry of sheep

Afrikaans:bê
Catalan:be (ca),bee (ca),mè (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:咩 (zh)(miē)
Czech:bé (cs)
Danish:mæh (da),mæ
Esperanto:be (eo)
Faroese:mæ
Finnish:bää,mää (fi)
French:bè (fr),bê (fr)
German:bäh (de),mäh (de)
Greek:μπε (el)(be)
Ancient Greek:βῆ(bê)
Hawaiian:heʻehe
Hungarian:bee (hu)
Icelandic:mee
Italian:beè (it)
Japanese:メー(mē)
Latin:bee
Māori:please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:bæ (no)
Polish:be (pl)
Portuguese:bé (pt)
Russian:бэ-бэ(bɛ-bɛ),ме (ru)(me),бе (ru)(be)
Scottish Gaelic:mè
Serbo-Croatian:бе,be (sh)
Swedish:bä (sv)
Turkish:me (tr)

Verb

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baa (third-person singular simple presentbaas,present participlebaaing,simple past and past participlebaaed)

To make the characteristiccry of asheep.
- a.1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e.,Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville;Matthew Gwinne;John Florio], editors,The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] forWilliam Ponsonbie, published1590,→OCLC:
  He treblebaas 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, published1980, page44:
  The lamb bunted several irresponsive objects - never its dam's udder -baaing listlessly.

Translations

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to make the cry of sheep

Catalan:belar (ca)
Czech:bečet (cs),mečet (cs)
Danish:bræge
Dutch:blaten (nl)
Esperanto:bei
Faroese:jarma
Finnish:määkiä (fi)
French:bêler (fr)
Georgian:please add this translation if you can
German:blöken (de),bähen (de),mähen (de)
Greek:βελάζω (el)(velázo)
Hungarian:béget (hu)
Icelandic:jarma (is)
Italian:belare (it)
Japanese:（羊が）鳴く(ひつじがなく, hitsuji ga naku)
Latin:bālō
Norwegian:breke
Old English:blǣtan
Polish:beczeć (pl)
Portuguese:balir (pt),balar (pt)
Russian:бле́ять (ru)(bléjatʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:блејати,blejati (sh)
Slovak:bečať impf
Slovene:blejati
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian:bjacaś impf
Spanish:balar (es)
Swedish:bräka (sv)
Turkish:melemek (tr)

Etymology 2

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FromArabicبَاء(bāʔ).

Noun

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baa (pluralbaas)

The letterب in theArabic script.

Anagrams

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A.B.A.,AAB,ABA,Aba,aba

Afar

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈbaː/ [ˈbaː]
Hyphenation:baa

Noun

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báa m

apocopic form ofbabba

References

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Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015),L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page143

Ahtna

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Etymology

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Partially fromProto-Athabaskan*wa’(“to be gray”), cognate withNavajo-BAʼ. However, the modern form of the root probably merges multiple older roots.

Root

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baa

to begray

Stem set

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Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Neuter	baa	baʼ	baał	baʼ
Transitional	baes	baʼ	baał	baʼ
Repetitive	baes	baes	baes	baes
Customary	baes	baes	baes	baes
Reversitative	baex	—	—	—

Derived terms

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baay(“gray”)(adjective)
hwbaa(“morning twilight”)
kalbaa(“an area is gray, dim”)
lbaa(“it is gray”)
nihbaay(“short-tailed weasel”)
tsae baa(“jade”)
tʼeghes baay(“aspen”)
sbaay(“mountain goat”)
yesbaa(“snowy owl”)

Noun

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baa

milk

Derived terms

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baluuʼ(“ice cream”)

References

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Kari, James (1990),Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center,→ISBN, page97

Bongo

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /bꜜáà/

Noun

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baa

river,sea

References

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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

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Noun

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baa (pluralbahi)

Gamilaraay

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /baː/

Noun

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baa

References

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Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary 2003

Libon Bikol

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Etymology

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FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*bahaq, fromProto-Austronesian*baSaq.

Noun

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bahâ

flood

Lun Bawang

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Adverb

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baa

very

References

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Ricky Gananget al. (2008), “baa”, inKemaloh Lundayeh–English Dictionary, Borneo Research Council,→OCLC, page28

Mansaka

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Etymology

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FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*bahaq.

Verb

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baa

toflood

Manx

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /bɛː/

Noun

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baa f

plural/genitive singular ofbooa

Mutation

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Mutation ofbaa
radical	lenition	eclipsis
baa	vaa	maa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Moore

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Adverb

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baa

even

Navajo

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Etymology

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FromProto-Athabaskan*-aˑ.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /pɑ̀ː/

Postposition

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baa

about him/her/it/them
tohim/her/it/them
intohim/her/it/them
baaníʼą́ ―I gave it to him

Usage notes

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In pronunciation, the postpositionbaa is assimilated by an initialyi- of a following verb to makebeei-:baayishdloh = /beeishdloh/ (I am laughing at him). This does not affect the spelling, however.