-ba’
K'iche'
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɓaːʔ/
Suffix
-ba’
- Forms transitive verbs from intransitive verbs
- jupi’k (“to lie face down”) → jupuba’ (“to place face down”)
- ch’aqi’k (“to get wet”) → ch’aqaba’ (“to make wet”)
- Forms transitive verbs from nouns
- tzay (“swing”) → tzayaba’ (“to hang (v.t.)”)
- kabal (“opening”) → kababa’ (“to open halfway”)
- (rarely) Forms transitive verbs from transitive verbs
- laq’ (“to pat on the back”) → laq’ba’ (“to leave on ground something large and flat”)
- mu’ (“to soak; to sop”) → muba’ (“to soak”)
- (rarely) Forms verbs from adjectives
- choqolik (“lying on the ground”) → choqba’ (“to slide off”)
References
- Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary