# baa
## English
### Etymology 1

Compare German bäh, mäh; an imitative word.
The pronunciation /bɑː/ is perhaps a development from earlier /bæː/ reflecting the shift of /æː/ to /ɑː/ during the 18th and 19th centuries. Compare Early Modern English bae, bea, both "to baa", respectively displaying the then current pronunciation of Middle English /aː/ as /æː/ and the failure of Middle English /ɛː/ to raise, and the replacement of mew with meow for another instance where recent sound change has made onomatopoeia opaque.

#### Alternative forms

* bah (obsolete)

#### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: [bɑː]
* (US) IPA: [bæ], [bɑ]
* IPA: [bæ̰ː], [bæ̰ˀæ̰ˀæ̰ˀæ̰ˀ]
* Audio (Received Pronunciation):(file)
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː, -æ
* Homophones: bah, bar (in some pronunciations)

#### Noun

baa (plural baas)
* (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep.

##### Synonyms

* bleat
* bleating

##### Derived terms

* baa-lamb

##### Translations
#### Interjection

baa
* (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep.

##### Translations
#### Verb

baa (third-person singular simple present baas, present participle baaing, simple past and past participle baaed)
* To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.
** a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:He treble baas for help, but none can get.
** 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 44:The lamb bunted several irresponsive objects - never its dam's udder - baaing listlessly.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Arabic بَاء (bāʔ).

#### Noun

baa (plural baas)
* The letter ب in the Arabic script.

### Anagrams

* A.B.A., AAB, ABA, Aba, aba

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaː/ [ˈbaː]
* Hyphenation: baa

### Noun

báa m
* Apocopic form of babba

#### References

* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 143

## Bongo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bꜜáà/

### Noun

baa
* river, sea

### References

* Moi, Daniel Rabbi and Mario Lau Babur Kuduku, Sister Mary Mangira Michael, Simon Hagimir John, Rapheal Zakenia Paul Mafoi, Nyoul Gulluma Kuduku. 2018. Bongo – English Dictionary. Juba, South Sudan. SIL-South Sudan.

## Dagbani
### Noun

baa (plural bahi)
* dog

#### See also

* bakɔha
* baluli
* bawahiriga
* batɔha
* zɔbaa

## Gamilaraay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baː/

### Noun

baa
* hip

#### References

* Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary 2003

## Libon Bikol
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq.

### Noun

bahâ
* flood

## Mansaka
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq.

### Verb

baa
* to flood

## Manx
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛː/

### Noun

baa f
* plural/genitive singular of booa

### Mutation

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

## Moore
### Adverb

baa
* even

## Navajo
### Postposition

baa
* about him/her/it/them
* to him/her/it/them
* into him/her/it/them
    baa níʼą́ ― I gave it to him

#### Usage notes

In pronunciation, the postposition baa is assimilated by an initial yi- of a following verb to make beei-: baa yishdloh = /beeishdloh/ (I am laughing at him). This does not affect the spelling, however.

#### Inflection
## Shoshone
### Alternative forms

* paa

### Noun

baa
* (Eastern Shoshone) water

### References

* Eastern Shoshone Working Dictionary

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بِغَاء (biḡāʔ).

#### Noun

baa class V (plural mabaa class VI)
* evil, plague
* danger, misfortune

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bar.

#### Noun

baa class IX (plural baa class X)
* a bar (social pub for alcoholic drinks)

## Wolio
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɓaː/

### Noun

baa
* head

### References

* Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris