baya

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baya

Where it comes from

Of Bantu origin. Cognate to Zulu bi.

adjective -baya · mbaya · wabaya · mibaya · baya · mabaya

  1. declinable bad, evil, wicked

    Opposite: zuri

  2. declinable poor

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"baya." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/baya. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

baya. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/baya

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"baya." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/baya.

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@misc{baya_2026,
  title = {baya},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/baya},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-baya.flac.