bà

bà

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ba"

Emilian

Alternative forms

• bå (Bolognese)
• bò (Carpigiano)

Noun

bà m

1. cattle

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Mandarin

Alternative forms

• ba (nonstandard)

Pronunciation

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Romanization

bà (ba⁴, Zhuyin ㄅㄚˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伫.
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坝.
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 垻.
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 壩.
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弝.
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 抈.
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 杷.
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 欛.
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 灞.
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爸.
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猈.
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 罢, 罷.
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 耘.
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 覇, 霸.
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靳.
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 魿.
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮂.
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鱻.
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鲄.
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鲋.

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

bà f

1. genitive singular of bò
2. plural of bò

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 婆 (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩]

Noun

bà

1. a grandmother
2. an old woman; an old lady

   Hai Bà Trưng

   the Two Ladies Trưng

Derived terms

• bà nội
• bà ngoại
• đàn bà

Pronoun

bà

1. you, my grandmother
2. (informal, familiar) you, an old woman
3. (formal) you, a woman about 40 or older
4. I/me, your grandmother
5. (informal, familiar) I/me, an old woman
6. (informal) you, a gal

   Bà chỉ tôi chỗ này với.

   Girl, can you help me with this one?

7. (narratology) she/her, an admirable/lovable old/deceased woman

Derived terms

• bả (southern Vietnam)
• bà ấy
• bà chúa
• bà hoàng

See also

• ông