Ba

/[p˭ɑ˨]/ adj, name, noun, particle, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of bad-ass. abbreviation, alt-of, euphemistic, initialism
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of British Airways. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    A province of Fiji. Capital: Lautoka.
  3. 3
    Initialism of Buenos Aires: a province of Argentina. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of British Administration (usually followed by a place name). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    Abbreviation of Bali: a province of Indonesia. abbreviation, alt-of
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  1. 6
    Abbreviation of Bahia: a state of Brazil. abbreviation, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food. Egyptian

    "Any ordinary person who has ever floated out of his body during a nap knows what a Ba is, but unfortunately the dogmas of our materialistic culture constrain the person to ignore and repress his experience."

  2. 2
    Father, baba. colloquial, singular-normally
  3. 3
    A medieval football game played in parts of Scotland around Christmas and New Year. historical, singular-normally, uncountable

    "The townsmen played ba often and clearly knew what they were doing."

  4. 4
    Abbreviation of bathroom. abbreviation, alt-of, singular-normally

    "2 beds, 1 ba"

  5. 5
    Initialism of Bachelor of Arts. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Abbreviation of bass guitar (of a rock band) Japan, abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 7
    a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences wordnet
  3. 8
    Initialism of business analyst. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. 9
    a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite wordnet
  5. 10
    Initialism of breast augmentation. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  6. 11
    Initialism of Basic Authentication. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  7. 12
    Abbreviation of bathroom. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    Initialism of bongkrek acid. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  9. 14
    Initialism of breathing apparatus. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Particle
  1. 1
    Used to indicate a tentative suggestion. Manglish, Singlish, singular-normally

    "I think you should go see a doctor ba."

  2. 2
    Used to indicate confident speculation. Manglish, Singlish, singular-normally

    "rich pple in here... 15" Conti for 800? thats a little steep... same class as ps4s? / 18" tires about 600 to 750 bah..."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Egyptian bꜣ, G53-Z1

Etymology 2

The sound is very commonly made by infants, and is interpreted by parents as a reference to themselves.

Etymology 3

From Mandarin 吧 (ba).

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Fijian Ba.

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