# baka
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbɑːkə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈbɑkə/
* Rhymes: -ɑːkə
* Hyphenation: ba‧ka

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

baka (plural bakas or baka)
* (voodoo) An evil spirit in Haitian belief, often in the form of an animal.
** 1953, Maya Daren, The Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 113:Under his sign the malevolent bocor may take the shape of an animal, and men may be transformed into terrible bakas.
** 1969, Milo Rigaud, Secrets of Voodoo, page 83:A person has only to serve the baka incorrectly to have it turn against its owner and do him irremediable harm by reason of the very duality of its composition.
** 2001, Jennie Marcelle Smith, When the Hands Are Many, page 77:Because a baka can destroy a family's (or even a whole neighborhood's) well-being, there is great interest in catching and destroying them.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 馬鹿(ばか) (baka, “stupid”).

#### Adjective

baka (comparative more baka, superlative most baka)
* (anime manga, fandom slang, endearing) Stupid, silly.

#### Noun

baka (plural bakas)
* (anime manga, fandom slang, endearing) A foolish person, a dummy, a silly goose.

##### Derived terms

* sussy baka

##### Related terms

* bakanae

### See also

* baka bomb

### Anagrams

* Ka'ba

## Anyi
### Noun

baka
* tree

### References

* Burmeister, Jonathan (1987) “Numbers before letters — Ivory Coast literacy program”, in G. Gagné, F. Daems, S. Kroon, J. Sturm and E. Tarrab, editors, Selected Papers in Mother Tongue Education / Études en pédagogie de la langue maternelle‎, Dordrecht, The Netherlands & Montréal, Canada: Foris Publications Holland; Centre de Diffusion P.P.M.F. primaire, Université de Montréal, →ISBN, page 23 of 19–25
* Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, and Cecil H. Brown (eds.). (2020). The ASJP Database (version 19).

### Further reading

* Burmeister, Jonathan L. (1983) “L’agni”, in Atlas des langues kwa de Côte d’Ivoire, volume 1, Paris & Abidjan: Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT); Institut de Linguistique Appliquée (ILA), Université d’Abidjan
* Pyne, P. C. (1977) “Anyi”, in M. E. Kropp Dakubu, editor, West African language data sheets, volume 1, Legon, Ghana: West African Linguistic Society

## Asi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

### Noun

baka
* cow

## Bikol Central
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaka/ [ˈba.ka]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ka

#### Noun

báka (Basahan spelling ᜊᜃ)
* cattle; cow

#### See also

* toro

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bakáq. Compare Tagalog baka, Remontado Agta baka, Ibaloi baka, and Ilocano baka.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbakaʔ/ [ˈba.kaʔ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ka

#### Adverb

bakà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜃ)
* maybe; probably; perhaps; might
    Synonyms: tibaad, seguro

### References

* ↑ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bakáq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Binukid
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

#### Noun

baka
* cow

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bakà
* (anatomy) jaw

## Bolinao
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

### Noun

baka
* cow

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧ka
* IPA: /ˈbaka/ [ˈba.kɐ]

### Noun

baka
* a cow; an adult female of the species Bos taurus that has calved
* any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves
* beef; the meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine

### Adjective

baka
* beef

### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:baka.

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Noun

bakà
* (anatomy) jaw

## Dupaningan Agta
### Adverb

baka
* perhaps; maybe

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛaːʰka/
* Rhymes: -ɛaːʰka
* Homophone: bakað

### Verb

baka (third person singular past indicative bakaði, third person plural past indicative bakað, supine bakað)
* to bake

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

## Fula
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

#### Noun

baka o
* (Pular) tunic, boubou, agbada

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

baka o (plural bakaaji ɗi)
* (Maasina) part, portion, share

### References

* Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
* Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.

## Hausa
### Etymology 1

Cognate with Duwai bak, Mwaghavul mbuka.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bà.káː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [bə̀.káː]

#### Noun

bàkā m (plural bakunkunā̀, possessed form bàkan)
* bow
* hacksaw
* catch of a lock

### Etymology 2

From baki.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bá.kà/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [bə́.kə̀]

#### Adverb

bakà
* in the mouth

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

### Noun

báka
* cow, bull, ox

#### Related terms

* kabakahan

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Probably a doublet of boka, via its former meaning of “boots”, expressing a booted soldier. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɒkɒ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ka
* Rhymes: -kɒ

### Noun

baka (plural bakák)
* (informal) soldier
    Synonym: katona

#### Declension
### Further reading

* baka 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
* baka 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).

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baka/
* Rhymes: -ka
* Hyphenation: ba‧ka

### Conjunction

baka
* like, similar to

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaːka/
* Rhymes: -aːka

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from baka (“to bake”).

#### Noun

baka f (genitive singular böku, nominative plural bökur)
* pie

##### Derived terms

* kjötbaka

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

#### Verb

baka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bakaði, supine bakað)
* to bake

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

Form of bak (“a back”).

#### Noun

baka n
* indefinite genitive plural of bak

## Ilocano
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧ka
* IPA: /ˈbaka/

#### Noun

baka
* cow
* ox

##### Derived terms

* agbaka
* mamaka

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *bakáq. Compare Bikol Central baka, Remontado Agta baka, Ibaloi baka, and Tagalog baka.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baka/ [bɐ.ka]
* (colloquial) IPA: /ˈbaka/ [ˈbɐ.ka]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ka

#### Adverb

baká
* maybe, perhaps, might be

### References

* ↑ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bakáq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay baka, baqa, from Classical Malay باک (baka), بقاٴ (baqa), from Arabic بَقَاء (baqāʔ, “remaining, lasting, enduring”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbaka/ [ˈba.ka]
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: ba‧ka

### Adjective

baka
* eternal
    Synonym: selamanya

### References

* “baka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Japanese
### Romanization

baka
* Rōmaji transcription of ばか
* Rōmaji transcription of バカ

## Javanese
### Romanization

baka
* Romanization of ꦧꦏ

## Kagayanen
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

baka
* (anatomy) chin

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

#### Noun

baka
* cow

## Karaim
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *b(i)āka.

### Noun

baka
* frog

### References

* N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “baka”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

## Kavalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

### Noun

baka
* cow

## Kiput
### Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *bakas.

### Noun

baka
* wild boar

## Limos Kalinga
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

### Noun

baka
* cow

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Johor, Riau-Lingga) IPA: /ˈbakə/ [ˈba.kə]
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)

### Adjective

baka (Jawi spelling باک)
* patriarchal, ruled by men
    sistem (kuasa) baka
       a patriarchal system

#### Antonyms

* saka

### Noun

baka (Jawi spelling باک, plural baka-baka, informal 1st possessive bakaku, 2nd possessive bakamu, 3rd possessive bakanya)
* stock, breed (of livestock)
    baka bercampurmixed breed.

### Further reading

* “baka” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Mansaka
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

### Noun

baka
* cow

## Masbatenyo
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

#### Noun

baka
* cow

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

bakâ
* bowlegged

## Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

### Noun

baka
* cow

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* bakane

#### Noun

baka m or n
* definite neuter plural of bak

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse baka.

#### Alternative forms

* bake
* båkå, båkkå (dialectal)

#### Verb

baka (present tense bakar or baker, past tense baka or bakte, past participle baka or bakt, passive infinitive bakast, present participle bakande, imperative bak)
* to bake (something)

##### Derived terms

* bakebolle
* bakepapir
* bakepulver

##### Related terms

* bakar (noun)
* baking

### References

* “baka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बक (baka, “heron”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.ka/
* Rhymes: -ka
* Hyphenation: ba‧ka

### Noun

baka
* heron

#### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦧꦏ (baka) (inherited)

### Further reading

* "baka" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-. Compare Old English bacan (English bake), Old Saxon bakkan (Low German backen), Dutch bakken, Old High German bahhan, backan (German backen).

### Verb

baka
* to bake

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: baka
* Faroese: baka
* Norn: båke
* Norwegian Nynorsk: baka
* Elfdalian: båkå
* Old Swedish: baka
** Swedish: baka
* Danish: bage
** Norwegian Bokmål: bake
* Old Gutnish: baka
** Gutnish: bake

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “baka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-. Compare Old English bacan (English bake), Old Saxon bakkan (Low German backen), Dutch bakken, Old High German bahhan, backan (German backen).

### Verb

baka
* to bake

#### Descendants

* Swedish: baka

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀩𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* बक (Devanagari script)
* বক (Bengali script)
* බක (Sinhalese script)
* ဗက or ၿၵ (Burmese script)
* พก or พะกะ (Thai script)
* ᨻᨠ (Tai Tham script)
* ພກ or ພະກະ (Lao script)
* ពក (Khmer script)
* 𑄝𑄇 (Chakma script)

### Noun

baka m
* crane
* heron

#### Declension
## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese vaca and Spanish vaca and Kabuverdianu báka.

### Noun

baka
* cow

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.ka/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Kociewie) IPA: /ˈba.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: ba‧ka
* Homophone: Baka

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Bake.

#### Noun

baka f
* (navigation, nautical) seamark
    Synonym: stawa

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Backe.

#### Noun

baka f
* (Malbork) Synonym of policzek

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

baka m inan
* genitive singular of bak

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

baka
* third-person singular present of bakać

### Further reading

* baka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Kazimierz Nitsch (1907) “baka”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 387

## Quechua
### Alternative forms

* waka (Cuzco-Collao)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.ka/
** (Ayacucho) IPA: [ˈba.ka]
** (Cuzco-Collao) IPA: [ˈwa.ka]

### Noun

baka
* cow

#### Declension

ñuqap - first-person singular
ñuqap (my)
singular
plural
nominative
bakay
bakaykuna
accusative
bakayta
bakaykunata
dative
bakayman
bakaykunaman
genitive
bakaypa
bakaykunap
locative
bakaypi
bakaykunapi
terminative
bakaykama
bakaykunakama
ablative
bakaymanta
bakaykunamanta
instrumental
bakaywan
bakaykunawan
comitative
bakaynintin
bakaykunantin
abessive
bakayninnaq
bakaykunannaq
comparative
bakayhina
bakaykunahina
causative
bakayrayku
bakaykunarayku
benefactive
bakaypaq
bakaykunapaq
associative
bakaypura
bakaykunapura
distributive
bakayninka
bakaykunanka
exclusive
bakaylla
bakaykunalla
qampa - second-person singular
qampa (your)
singular
plural
nominative
bakayki
bakaykikuna
accusative
bakaykita
bakaykikunata
dative
bakaykiman
bakaykikunaman
genitive
bakaykipa
bakaykikunap
locative
bakaykipi
bakaykikunapi
terminative
bakaykikama
bakaykikunakama
ablative
bakaykimanta
bakaykikunamanta
instrumental
bakaykiwan
bakaykikunawan
comitative
bakaykintin
bakaykikunantin
abessive
bakaykinnaq
bakaykikunannaq
comparative
bakaykihina
bakaykikunahina
causative
bakaykirayku
bakaykikunarayku
benefactive
bakaykipaq
bakaykikunapaq
associative
bakaykipura
bakaykikunapura
distributive
bakaykinka
bakaykikunanka
exclusive
bakaykilla
bakaykikunalla
paypa - third-person singular
paypa (his/her/its)
singular
plural
nominative
bakan
bakankuna
accusative
bakanta
bakankunata
dative
bakanman
bakankunaman
genitive
bakanpa
bakankunap
locative
bakanpi
bakankunapi
terminative
bakankama
bakankunakama
ablative
bakanmanta
bakankunamanta
instrumental
bakanwan
bakankunawan
comitative
bakanintin
bakankunantin
abessive
bakanninnaq
bakankunannaq
comparative
bakanhina
bakankunahina
causative
bakanrayku
bakankunarayku
benefactive
bakanpaq
bakankunapaq
associative
bakanpura
bakankunapura
distributive
bakaninka
bakankunanka
exclusive
bakanlla
bakankunalla
ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural
ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))
singular
plural
nominative
bakanchik
bakanchikkuna
accusative
bakanchikta
bakanchikkunata
dative
bakanchikman
bakanchikkunaman
genitive
bakanchikpa
bakanchikkunap
locative
bakanchikpi
bakanchikkunapi
terminative
bakanchikkama
bakanchikkunakama
ablative
bakanchikmanta
bakanchikkunamanta
instrumental
bakanchikwan
bakanchikkunawan
comitative
bakanchiknintin
bakanchikkunantin
abessive
bakanchikninnaq
bakanchikkunannaq
comparative
bakanchikhina
bakanchikkunahina
causative
bakanchikrayku
bakanchikkunarayku
benefactive
bakanchikpaq
bakanchikkunapaq
associative
bakanchikpura
bakanchikkunapura
distributive
bakanchikninka
bakanchikkunanka
exclusive
bakanchiklla
bakanchikkunalla
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
ñuqaykup (our(excl))
singular
plural
nominative
bakayku
bakaykukuna
accusative
bakaykuta
bakaykukunata
dative
bakaykuman
bakaykukunaman
genitive
bakaykupa
bakaykukunap
locative
bakaykupi
bakaykukunapi
terminative
bakaykukama
bakaykukunakama
ablative
bakaykumanta
bakaykukunamanta
instrumental
bakaykuwan
bakaykukunawan
comitative
bakaykuntin
bakaykukunantin
abessive
bakaykunnaq
bakaykukunannaq
comparative
bakaykuhina
bakaykukunahina
causative
bakaykurayku
bakaykukunarayku
benefactive
bakaykupaq
bakaykukunapaq
associative
bakaykupura
bakaykukunapura
distributive
bakaykunka
bakaykukunanka
exclusive
bakaykulla
bakaykukunalla
qamkunap - second-person plural
qamkunap (your(pl))
singular
plural
nominative
bakaykichik
bakaykichikkuna
accusative
bakaykichikta
bakaykichikkunata
dative
bakaykichikman
bakaykichikkunaman
genitive
bakaykichikpa
bakaykichikkunap
locative
bakaykichikpi
bakaykichikkunapi
terminative
bakaykichikkama
bakaykichikkunakama
ablative
bakaykichikmanta
bakaykichikkunamanta
instrumental
bakaykichikwan
bakaykichikkunawan
comitative
bakaykichiknintin
bakaykichikkunantin
abessive
bakaykichikninnaq
bakaykichikkunannaq
comparative
bakaykichikhina
bakaykichikkunahina
causative
bakaykichikrayku
bakaykichikkunarayku
benefactive
bakaykichikpaq
bakaykichikkunapaq
associative
bakaykichikpura
bakaykichikkunapura
distributive
bakaykichikninka
bakaykichikkunanka
exclusive
bakaykichiklla
bakaykichikkunalla
paykunap - third-person plural
paykunap (their)
singular
plural
nominative
bakanku
bakankukuna
accusative
bakankuta
bakankukunata
dative
bakankuman
bakankukunaman
genitive
bakankupa
bakankukunap
locative
bakankupi
bakankukunapi
terminative
bakankukama
bakankukunakama
ablative
bakankumanta
bakankukunamanta
instrumental
bakankuwan
bakankukunawan
comitative
bakankuntin
bakankukunantin
abessive
bakankunnaq
bakankukunannaq
comparative
bakankuhina
bakankukunahina
causative
bakankurayku
bakankukunarayku
benefactive
bakankupaq
bakankukunapaq
associative
bakankupura
bakankukunapura
distributive
bakankunka
bakankukunanka
exclusive
bakankulla
bakankukunalla :

### References

Itier, César (2017) Diccionario quechua sureño-castellano (con un índice castellano-quechua) [Southern Quechua-Spanish Dictionary (with a Spanish-Quechua index)], Lima: Editorial Comentarios, →ISBN, page 230

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From earlier babka; compare bȁba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bǎːka/
* Hyphenation: ba‧ka

### Noun

báka f (Cyrillic spelling ба́ка)
* (hypocoristic) grandmother, grandma
* (hypocoristic, regional) old woman

#### Declension
### References

* “baka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

### Noun

baka
* cow

## Sranan Tongo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaka/, [ˈba̠ka̠], [ˈbɑ̟kɑ̟]

### Etymology 1

From English back.

#### Preposition

baka
* after
* behind

#### Adjective

baka
* back
    bakasey ― behind

#### Adverb

baka
* back, in return
* again

#### Noun

baka
* back

##### Derived terms

* bakabonyo (“backbone”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch bakken.

#### Verb

baka
* to bake, to fry

##### Derived terms

* bakabana

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَقَّعَ (baqqaʕa, “to stain”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-baka (infinitive kubaka)
* to molest, to rape
    Synonym: -najisi

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -baka :
| Positive present | -nabaka |
| Subjunctive | -bake |
| Negative | -baki |
| Imperative singular | baka |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kubaka |
| Negative | kutobaka |
Imperatives :
| Singular | baka |
| Plural | bakeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hubaka |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -libaka |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kubaka |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tabaka |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tabaka |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sibake |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngebaka |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singebaka |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalibaka |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalibaka |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mebaka |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshabaka |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jabaka |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kibaka |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipobaka |
| Consecutive | kabaka / positive subject concord + -kabaka |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kabake |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Augmentative: -bakua (“rob, plunder”)
** Passive: -bakwa
* Nominal derivations:
** mbakaji (“rapist”)
** ubakaji (“rape”)

### Noun

baka class V (plural mabaka class VI)
* mark on the body (like a scar or birthmark)

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

baka (present bakar, preterite bakade, supine bakat, imperative baka)
* to bake; to cook in an oven.

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Derived terms

* bagare
* bageri
* baka in
* baka ut
* bakning

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* baca — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”), from Latin vacca.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbaka/ [ˈbaː.xɐ]
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: ba‧ka

#### Noun

baka (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ)
* cattle; cow
* beef
    Synonym: karneng-baka

##### Derived terms

* baka-baka
* baka-bakahan
* bakahan
* bakareta
* batuk-baka
* gabaka
* kapong baka
* karneng-baka
* magbabaka
* matang-baka

##### Related terms

* Baka
* bakero
* bakuna

##### See also

* toro

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bakáq. Compare Bikol Central baka, Remontado Agta baka, Ibaloi baka, and Ilocano baka.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /baˈkaʔ/ [bɐˈxaʔ], (nonstandard) /baˈka/ [bɐˈxa]
* Rhymes: -aʔ, (nonstandard) -a
* Syllabification: ba‧ka

#### Adverb

bakâ or baká (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ)
* maybe; probably
    Synonyms: marahil, maaari, posible
* might

##### Derived terms

* baka-sakali
* magbakasakali

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbaka/ [ˈbaː.xɐ]
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: ba‧ka

#### Noun

baka (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ)
* declaration of war (against another nation)
    Synonyms: salakay, pagsalakay, lusob, paglusob
* campaign against something wrong or immoral
    Synonyms: laban, paglaban, pagbabaka
* verbal attack or assault
    Synonyms: tuligsa, pagtuligsa, atake, pag-atake

##### Derived terms

* bakahin
* kabaka
* kabakahin
* magbaka
* makibaka
* makipagbaka
* pagbabaka
* pakikibaka

### Further reading

* “baka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bakáq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* kaba, akba

## Tausug
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /baka/ [baˈk̠ɑ]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ba‧ka

### Noun

baka (Sulat Sūg spelling بَكَ)
* cow
    Synonym: sapi'

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaka/, [ˈba.ka]
* Hyphenation: ba‧ka

### Noun

baka
* cow

## Yami
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

### Noun

baka
* cow

## Yogad
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

### Noun

baka
* cow