# bá
## Eton (Cameroon)
### Verb

bá
* to marry

### References

* Mark Van de Velde, A Grammar of Eton (2008, →ISBN

## Gokana
### Noun

bá
* arm
* hand

### References

* R. Blench, Comparative Ogonic

## Hungarian
### Etymology

An abbreviation of bácsi or bátya.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbaː]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -baː

### Noun

bá (plural bák)
* (informal) uncle
    Hogy van, Józsi bá? ― How are you uncle Joe?

#### Related terms

* bácsi
* bátya

### Further reading

* bá in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* bá in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Irish
### Etymology 1

From French baie, from Late Latin baia, probably ultimately from Iberian or Basque badia.

#### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /bˠɑː/
* (Ulster) IPA: /bˠaː/

#### Noun

bá f (genitive singular bá, nominative plural bánna)
* (geography) bay
* expanse (of sea)
* strip (of thatch)
* swath

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
bá
bánna
vocative
a bhá
a bhánna
genitive
bá
bánna
dative
bá
bánna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an bhá
na bánna
genitive
na bá
na mbánna
dative
leis an mbá don bhá
leis na bánna :

##### Synonyms

* (bay): cuan

### Etymology 2

From Middle Irish báid.

#### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /bˠɑː/
* (Ulster) IPA: /bˠaː/

#### Noun

bá f (genitive singular bá)
* sympathy, liking

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
bá
vocative
a bhá
genitive
bá
dative
bá
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an bhá
genitive
na bá
dative
leis an mbá don bhá :

##### Alternative forms

* báidh (superseded)

##### Derived terms

* bách
* bámhar
* báúil (“sympathetic, well-disposed”, adjective)

### Etymology 3

From Old Irish bádud.

#### Alternative forms

* bádhadh (obsolete)
* báthadh (Ulster)

#### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /bˠɑː/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈbˠaːhuː/ (corresponding to the form báthadh)

#### Noun

bá m (genitive singular as verbal noun báite, as substantive bá)
* verbal noun of báigh
* drowning
* immersion, inundation
* submergence
* quenching
* (linguistics) elision

##### Declension
###### As verbal noun

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
bá
vocative
a bhá
genitive
báite
dative
bá
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an bá
genitive
an bháite
dative
leis an mbá don bhá :

###### As substantive

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
bá
vocative
a bhá
genitive
bá
dative
bá
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an bá
genitive
an bhá
dative
leis an mbá don bhá :

##### Derived terms

* bileog bháite f (“(leaf of) waterlily”)
* focalbhá m (“ellipsis”)

#### Verb

bá
* present subjunctive indicative of báigh

##### Alternative forms

* bádha (obsolete)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

### References

* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 175, page 67

## Kabuverdianu
### Alternative forms

* bai (Sotavento)

### Etymology

From Portuguese vai (the third-person singular of ir (to go).

### Verb

bá
* (Barlavento)to go

### References

* Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
* Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

## Mandarin
### Alternative forms

* ba — nonstandard

### Romanization

bá (ba$^2$, Zhuyin ㄅㄚˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 叐
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坺
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 墢 / 𫭨
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 妭
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 抜
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拔
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 渿
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 炦
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 犮
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癭 / 瘿
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 秡
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胈
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茇
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 菝
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詙
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跋
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 軷 / 𫐈
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈸 / 钹
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 钹
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 颰 / 𩙥
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 馛
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魃
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼥
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㔜

## Navajo
### Postposition

bá
* for him/her/it/them, for his/her/its/their sake
* in his/her/its/their favor
    bá yáʼátʼééh ― it is good for him/her/it/them
    bá áshłééh ― I’m making it for him/her/it/them

#### Derived terms

* aahwiinítʼį́ bá hooghan (“courthouse”)
* béeso bá hooghan (“bank”)
* naalyéhé bá hooghan (“supermarket”)
* tsáskʼeh bá hooghan (“hotel”)

## Old Irish
### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [baː]

#### Verb

bá
* first-person singular preterite absolute of at·tá

#### Verb

·bá
* first/second-person singular preterite conjunct of at·tá

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [va(ː)]

#### Conjunction

bá
* Alternative form of fa (“or”)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈba/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈba/
* Rhymes: -a

### Noun

bá f (plural bás)
* (Brazil) Alternative form of babá

### Interjection

bá!
* (Rio Grande do Sul) expression of surprise

#### Alternative forms

* bah

## Tày
### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [ɓaː˧˥]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [ɓaː˦]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɓaːᴮ (“to spill”). Cognate with Nong Zhuang mbaq and Thai บ่า (bàa). Compare also Proto-Austronesian *baSaq (“flood; to overflow”) (whence Tagalog baha).

#### Verb

bá (𬇫)
* to pour; to fall; to spill
    Bẳng nặm bá.The water pipe is leaking.
    Choóc lẩu bá bấu têm.Couldn't pour the glass of wine full.

##### Derived terms

* mốc bá

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *C̥.baːᴮ (“shoulder”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷ᩵ᩤ, Lao ບ່າ (bā), Shan မႃႇ (màa) or ဝႃႇ (wàa), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥱ (mǎa), Ahom 𑜈𑜡 (bā), Zhuang mbaq, Thai บ่า (bàa). Compare Proto-Austronesian *qabaʀa (“shoulder”).

#### Noun

bá
* shoulder
    tối bá ― switch shoulders
    đúc bá ― clavicle
    phiêng bá ― equal (in terms of age, height or condition)
    háp khẩu dú tềnh bá ― carry rice on one's shoulders

##### Derived terms

* chông bá
* tông bá

### References

* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
* Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

## Tetum
### Verb

bá
* to go

### Adverb

bá
* hence

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔɓaː˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɓaː˨˩˦]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɓaː˦˥]
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

bá
* to crash into; to hit
    Synonyms: tông, bang
* (arms around the neck) to embrace; to hug
    Synonyms: khoác, quàng

##### Derived terms

* bá vai bá cổ

### Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 伯.

#### Noun

bá
* (dialectal) aunt, parent's elder sister
    Synonym: bác
* (dialectal) paternal aunt-in-law, father's elder brother's wife
    Synonym: bác

#### Romanization

bá
* Sino-Vietnamese reading of 伯

##### See also

* bá mẫu
* bá phụ
* sư bá

### Etymology 3

This character is also read as bách.

#### Romanization

bá
* Sino-Vietnamese reading of 百

##### See also

* bá bệnh
* bá bịnh
* bá gia
* bá quan
* bá tánh
* bá vơ