Beja
Pronunciation
Noun
báaba m (plural báaba)
Declension
Declension of baaba (masculine weak)
| singular | indefinite | definite | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| isolated | construct | isolated | construct | |
| nominative | baaba | baabaayuu- | ubaaba | ubaabaayuu- |
| accusative | baabaab | baabaayoo- | ubaaba | ubaabaayoo- |
| genitive | baabaayi | baabaayii- | ubaabaayi | ubaabaayii- |
| plural | indefinite | definite | ||
| isolated | construct | isolated | construct | |
| nominative | baaba | baabaayaa- | ibaaba | ibaabaayaa- |
| accusative | baabaab | baabaayee- | ibaaba | ibaabaayee- |
| genitive | baabaayi | baabaayee- | ibaabaayi | ibaabaayee- |
Coordinate terms
| dhiwa (“family”) | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| parent | baaba (“father”) | de (“mother”) | |
| grandparent | ahooba (“grandfather”) | ahu (“grandmother”) | |
| sibling | san (“brother”) | kwa (“sister”) | |
| child | oor (“son”) | oot (“daughter”) | |
| parent's sibling | duura (“uncle”) | duura (“aunt”) | |
| spouse | hiyu (“husband”) | hiyu (“wife”) | |
| relative through marriage | ham (“in-law”) | ham (“in-law”) | |
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian баба (baba).
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːbɑ/, [ˈbɑːb]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːbɑ/, [ˈpɑːb̥ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑːb, -ɑːbɑ
- Hyphenation: baa‧ba
Noun
baaba
- grandmother
- old woman
- 1969, Paul Ariste, “Vanaküla isuri murrakust [On the Ingrian dialect of Vanhakylä]”, in Emakeele seltsi aastaraamat, volumes 14-15, page 174:
- eli en̄ died i bāb. neil ei oллut‿poika.
- Long ago there lived an old man and and old woman. They did not have a son.
- (colloquial) wifey
Declension
| Declension of baaba (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | baaba | baabat |
| genitive | baaban | baaboin |
| partitive | baabaa | baaboja |
| illative | baabaa | baaboi |
| inessive | baabaas | baabois |
| elative | baabast | baaboist |
| allative | baaballe | baaboille |
| adessive | baabaal | baaboil |
| ablative | baabalt | baaboilt |
| translative | baabaks | baaboiks |
| essive | baabanna, baabaan | baaboinna, baaboin |
| exessive1) | baabant | baaboint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Synonyms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 390
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Inherited from English barber.
Noun
baaba (plural baaba dem, quantified baaba)
Further reading
- baaba at majstro.com
- “A Learner’s Grammar of Jamaican”, in Open Grammar Project[1], 2015, Glossary[2]
Warrwa
Noun
baaba
References
- McGregor, William B. (2026), A Grammar of Warrwa, Kimberley, Western Australia, De Gruyter, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1068