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ba¹

  • /bɑː/ UK
  • /bɔː/ UK
  • /bɑ/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Egyptian bꜣ, G53-Z1

noun bas

  1. Egyptian A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food. 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.

ba²

Where it comes from

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

noun bas

  1. colloquial, singular normally Father, baba.

ba³

noun ba'

  1. historical, singular normally, uncountable A medieval football game played in parts of Scotland around Christmas and New Year. The townsmen played ba often and clearly knew what they were doing.

ba⁴

noun bas

  1. abbreviation, singular normally Abbreviation of bathroom.bathroom 2 beds, 1 ba

ba⁵

  • [p˭ɑ˨] Singapore

Where it comes from

From Mandarin 吧 (ba).

particle bah

  1. Manglish, Singlish, singular normally Used to indicate a tentative suggestion. I think you should go see a doctor ba.
  2. Manglish, Singlish, singular normally Used to indicate confident speculation. rich pple in here... 15" Conti for 800? thats a little steep... same class as ps4s? / 18" tires about 600 to 750 bah...

BA⁶

noun BAs · B.A.

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Bachelor of Arts.Bachelor of Arts
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of business analyst.business analyst
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of breast augmentation.breast augmentation
  4. Internet, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Basic Authentication.Basic Authentication
  5. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of bathroom.bathroom
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of bongkrek acid.bongkrek acid
  7. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of breathing apparatus.breathing apparatus

proper noun B.A.

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of British Airways.British Airways
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Buenos Aires: a province of Argentina.Buenos Aires
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of British Administration (usually followed by a place name).British Administration
  4. abbreviation Abbreviation of Bali: a province of Indonesia.Bali
  5. abbreviation Abbreviation of Bahia: a state of Brazil.Bahia

adjective more BA · most BA · B.A.

  1. abbreviation, euphemistic, initialism Initialism of badass.badass

Ba⁷

  • /ᵐba/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Fijian Ba.

proper noun

  1. A province of Fiji. Capital: Lautoka.

Ba⁸

noun Bas

  1. Japan, abbreviation Abbreviation of bass guitar (of a rock band)bass guitar

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