ba
Father, baba.
Noun colloquial, singular normally
- Father, baba.
Origin
The sound is very commonly made by infants, and is interpreted by parents as a reference to themselves.
Forms
Noun human sciences, mysticism
- 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. - 1981,...
- But the Ba, I remembered, could be seen as the mistress of your heart and might or might not decide to speak to you, just as the heart cannot always forgive. - 1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:
Origin
Borrowed from Egyptian bꜣ, G53-Z1
Forms
Noun historical, singular normally
- 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. - 2011, Alistair Moffat, The Borders:
Forms
Noun abbreviation, alt of
Forms
Particle
- Used to indicate a tentative suggestion.
- I think you should go see a doctor ba.
- 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... - 2024 June 7, Vegas, “Planning to get new Rims & Tyres”, in MyCarForum, archived from the original...
Origin
From Mandarin 吧 (ba).
Forms
Related
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