Ba

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Bodzvokhan

Etymology

From Sungdin *b + *-ʕ.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ba/

Rhymes: -a

Orthographic Form

ba

Cyrillic Orthographic Form

ба

Pronoun

ba (independent third person singular, plural khu)

  1. he, she, it; third person singular personal pronoun, independent form
Inflection
Translations

Irathient

Etymology 1

From an invisible proto-language
The etymology of this word comes from an invisible proto-language. If you're confident you know the etymology, feel free to add it, but reader beware should the etymology be added by someone other than the creator of the language!

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /-ba/

Rhymes: -a

Orthographic Form

ba

Adjective

-ba

  1. (usually prenominal) able
  2. (usually prenominal) useful
Inflection

Root

ba

  1. having to do with possibility
Derived Terms

Etymology 2

From an invisible proto-language
The etymology of this word comes from an invisible proto-language. If you're confident you know the etymology, feel free to add it, but reader beware should the etymology be added by someone other than the creator of the language!

Verb

ba

  1. bare first-person plural jussive of shon

Noalath

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language
The etymology of this word comes from an invisible proto-language. If you're confident you know the etymology, feel free to add it, but reader beware should the etymology be added by someone other than the creator of the language!

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /bə/

Rhymes:

Preposition

ba

  1. (locative) at, on, in, upon, near, around (assigns the objective case)
  2. (comparative) than
  3. co-occurs with the subject of a verb in the conditional or future tenses
    Hi yu arisha ü Choan Yordho ba jof thun nevith chailim!
    We will bathe the Four Lands in Elven blood!
    -Dagda Mor (The Shannara Chronicles, Episode 109)
Derived Terms

Sangheili

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sangheili *bax.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ba/

Rhymes: -a

Postposition

ba

  1. (elative) out of, out from (co-occurs with the elative arguments)
  2. (genitive) of (used when the possessee is an emotional state or an opinion from the possessor)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ba/

Rhymes: -a

Determiner

ba

  1. some, any; indefinite demonstrative
See Also
Translations

Trigedasleng

Etymology

From English but.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /bə/

Rhymes:

Conjunction

ba

  1. but

Veda

Etymology

From Proto-Veda *bʔ.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ba/

Rhymes: -a

Orthographic Form

ba

Noun

ba

  1. time

Creation and Usage Notes

Ordinarily I'd invest a bit more thought in a word for "time", but given the status of this language as a mother language, and the conculture, I figured it'd be best to do a simple, basic word for "time" (think 𓂓 from Egyptian).

-David J. Peterson 16:46, 31 December 2019 (PST)