baba

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English

Etymology

As one of the first utterances many babies are able to say, baba (like mama, papa, and dada) has come to be used in many languages as a term for various family members:

  • father: Albanian, Arabic, Western Armenian, Chinese, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Greek, Marathi, Mingrelian, Nepali, Persian, Swahili, Turkish, Yoruba, Shona, Zulu
  • grandmother: many Slavic languages (such as Bulgarian, Russian, Czech and Polish; a doublet of bubbeCategory:English doublets#BABA), Romanian, Yiddish, Japanese
  • grandfather: Azerbaijani, Zulu (father, grandfather)
  • baby: Afrikaans, Sinhala, Hungarian

These terms often continue to be used by English speakers whose families came from one of these cultures. In some cases, they may become more widely used in localities that have been heavily influenced by an immigrant community. Some senses were extensions of one of these family terms in the original languages ("old woman" from "grandmother", "holy man" from "father"). The "cake" sense comes through FrenchCategory:English terms derived from French#BABA, from PolishCategory:English terms derived from Polish#BABA baba (“old woman”). The Middle Eastern word baba (as in Ali Baba) is rather a term of endearment, and is ultimately derived from PersianCategory:English terms derived from Persian#BABA بابا (bābā, “father”) (from Old PersianCategory:English terms derived from Old Persian#BABA pāpa; as opposed to the Arabic words أَبُو (ʔabū) and أَب (ʔab); see also Papak), and is linguistically related to the common European word papaCategory:Undetermined language links#BABA and the word pope, having the same Indo-European origin. The Chinese word "baba", meaning father, comes from 爸爸.

Pronunciation

Noun

baba (usually countable, plural babas)Category:English lemmas#BABACategory:English nouns#BABACategory:English uncountable nouns#BABACategory:English countable nouns#BABACategory:English countable nouns#BABACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  2. (also uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#BABA) A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
    • 1994 May 1, Maureen B. Fant, “CHOICE TABLES; Tastes Swing Back To Flavors of Naples”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015:
      The trolley of fresh local cheeses, including the region's pride, mozzarella di bufala, is as attractive as the trolley of classic Neapolitan desserts, including pastiera napolitana (a ricotta cake with orange rind), feather-light baba, and, in mid-March, zeppola di San Giuseppe (whose feast day is March 19), a sweet bun filled with custard and black cherry.
      Category:English terms with quotations#BABA
  3. (especially among people of Eastern European ancestry) A grandmother.
  4. (by extension) An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an Eastern European culture.
    • 1914, Russell Sage Foundation, Wage-earning Pittsburgh:
      Only two women, typical "babas" (peasant women) in the house from which I got my quilt and bedcloth, could be coaxed to pose;
      Category:English terms with quotations#BABA
    • 1986, Janice Kulyk Keefer, The Paris-Napoli Express:
      Laura hadn't known that anyone's mother could look like that, like the babas you sometimes saw downtown, bandaged in kerchiefs and aprons, sitting toothless in stockinged feet on small verandahs, peeling potatoes or beets or just shaking their heads and grimacing.
      Category:English terms with quotations#BABA
    • 2003, Colin Michael Hall, Liz Sharples, editors, Food Tourism Around The World: Development, Management and Markets:
      According to some, new volunteers are becoming more difficult to recruit and there are dark suggestions that 'money is being made on the backs of the babas', the dedicated, but ageing ladies who still spend countless hours of their time preparing foodstuffs for the occasion.
      Category:English terms with quotations#BABA
      Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned
  5. (especially among people of Indian or Chinese ancestry) A father.
    • 1849, Edward Bulwer Lytton, The Caxtons:
      The first time I signed my exercise I wrote "Pisistratus Caxton" in my best round-hand. "And dey call your baba a scholar!" said the Doctor, contemptuously.
      Category:English terms with quotations#BABA
    • 1998, Mulan (movie)
      "The greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter. I've missed you so." "I've missed you too, baba."
    • 2002, Bend It Like Beckham (movie)
      Okay. Okay. Fine, baba. Let's just do it before something else goes wrong.
    • 2003, House of Sand and Fog (movie)
      "Do not be disrespectful, son. Look at me." "Baba, were you a Savaki?"
  6. (HinduismCategory:en:Hinduism#BABA, IslamCategory:en:Islam#BABA, SikhismCategory:en:Sikhism#BABA) A holy man, a spiritual leader.
    • 1995, Hugh J.M. Johnston, Tara Singh Bains, The Four Quarters of the Night: The Life-Journey of an Emigrant Sikh:
      While I was in Port Alberni, three babas came to Canada to raise money ...
      Category:English terms with quotations#BABA
    • 2004, Andrew Robinson, Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye: The Biography of a Master Film-Maker:
      But according to Ray, 'all the babas my uncle knew were genuine. None of them was exposed. They were fairly humble people, not show-offs like the Maharishi ...
      Category:English terms with quotations#BABA
    • 2006, Suraiya Faroqhi, Subjects Of The Sultan: Culture And Daily Life In The Ottoman Empire:
      Most babas had little contact with written culture and are not therefore named in books and treatises.
      Category:English terms with quotations#BABA
  7. (British IndiaCategory:British India English#BABA) A baby, child.
  8. In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.
    • 2004, House (TV, episode 1.14)
      Oh, it's storytime! Let me get my baba.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Category:en:Cakes and pastries#BABACategory:en:Children#BABACategory:en:Female family members#BABACategory:en:Leaders#BABACategory:en:Male family members#BABACategory:en:Male people#BABA

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Category:Requests for pronunciation in Afrikaans entries#BABA

Noun

baba (plural babas)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#BABACategory:Afrikaans nouns#BABACategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. baby

Verb

baba (present baba, present participle babaende, past participle gebaba)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#BABACategory:Afrikaans verbs#BABACategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. to treat with gentle care, to coddle

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Ottoman TurkishCategory:Albanian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish#BABACategory:Albanian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#BABA بابا (baba), whence Turkish baba.

Pronunciation

Noun

babá m (plural baballárë, definite babái)Category:Albanian lemmas#BABACategory:Albanian nouns#BABACategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Albanian masculine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. dad, father Category:sq:Male family members#BABA
    Synonyms: bábë, átë
Declension
Declension of baba
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative baba babai baballarë baballarët
accusative babanë
dative babai babait baballarëve baballarëve
ablative baballarësh
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

bábaCategory:Albanian non-lemma forms#BABACategory:Albanian noun forms#BABACategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. inflection of bábë:
    1. definite nominative singular
    2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

Noun

baba (Bengali script বাবা)Category:Atong (India) lemmas#BABACategory:Atong (India) nouns#BABACategory:Atong (India) nouns in Latin script#BABACategory:Atong (India) entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. father
  2. paternal uncle
  3. son

Synonyms

(father):

References

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic баба
Arabic بابا

Pronunciation

Noun

baba (definite accusative babanı, plural babalar)Category:Azerbaijani lemmas#BABACategory:Azerbaijani nouns#BABACategory:Azerbaijani entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. grandfather Category:az:Family members#BABA
    Coordinate term: nənə
  2. term of address for old men

Declension

Declension of baba
singular plural
nominative babababalar
definite accusative babanıbabaları
dative babayababalara
locative babadababalarda
ablative babadanbabalardan
definite genitive babanınbabaların
Possessive forms of baba
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) babam babalarım
sənin (“your”) baban babaların
onun (“his/her/its”) babası babaları
bizim (“our”) babamız babalarımız
sizin (“your”) babanız babalarınız
onların (“their”) babası or babaları babaları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) babamı babalarımı
sənin (“your”) babanı babalarını
onun (“his/her/its”) babasını babalarını
bizim (“our”) babamızı babalarımızı
sizin (“your”) babanızı babalarınızı
onların (“their”) babasını or babalarını babalarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) babama babalarıma
sənin (“your”) babana babalarına
onun (“his/her/its”) babasına babalarına
bizim (“our”) babamıza babalarımıza
sizin (“your”) babanıza babalarınıza
onların (“their”) babasına or babalarına babalarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) babamda babalarımda
sənin (“your”) babanda babalarında
onun (“his/her/its”) babasında babalarında
bizim (“our”) babamızda babalarımızda
sizin (“your”) babanızda babalarınızda
onların (“their”) babasında or babalarında babalarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) babamdan babalarımdan
sənin (“your”) babandan babalarından
onun (“his/her/its”) babasından babalarından
bizim (“our”) babamızdan babalarımızdan
sizin (“your”) babanızdan babalarınızdan
onların (“their”) babasından or babalarından babalarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) babamın babalarımın
sənin (“your”) babanın babalarının
onun (“his/her/its”) babasının babalarının
bizim (“our”) babamızın babalarımızın
sizin (“your”) babanızın babalarınızın
onların (“their”) babasının or babalarının babalarının

References

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-BasqueCategory:Basque terms inherited from Proto-Basque#BABACategory:Basque terms derived from Proto-Basque#BABA, ultimately from LatinCategory:Basque terms derived from Latin#BABA faba.

Pronunciation

Noun

baba inanCategory:Basque lemmas#BABACategory:Basque nouns#BABACategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Basque inanimate nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. broad bean
  2. bean, green bean
    Synonym: babarrun
  3. blister

Declension

Declension of baba (inan a-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive baba baba babak babok
ergative babak babak babek babok
dative babari babari babei baboi
genitive babaren babaren baben babon
comitative babarekin babarekin babekin babokin
causative babarengatik babarengatik babengatik babongatik
benefactive babarentzat babarentzat babentzat babontzat
instrumental babaz babaz babez babotaz
inessive babatan baban babetan babotan
locative babatako babako babetako babotako
allative babatara babara babetara babotara
terminative babataraino babaraino babetaraino babotaraino
directive babatarantz babarantz babetarantz babotarantz
destinative babatarako babarako babetarako babotarako
ablative babatatik babatik babetatik babotatik
partitive babarik — — —
prolative babatzat — — —

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “baba”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “baba”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Category:eu:Legumes#BABA

Betawi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from HokkienCategory:Betawi terms borrowed from Hokkien#BABACategory:Betawi terms derived from Hokkien#BABA 爸爸 (pa-pa), perhaps reinforced by the form aba. Sense 2 might be a semantic loan from ArabicCategory:Betawi semantic loans from Arabic#BABACategory:Betawi terms derived from Arabic#BABA بَابَا (bābā)Category:Arabic links with redundant target parameters#BABA.

Pronunciation

Noun

babaCategory:Betawi lemmas#BABACategory:Betawi nouns#BABACategory:Betawi entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. father
    Synonyms: abah, abi, ayah, bapa'
  2. (Roman CatholicismCategory:bew:Roman Catholicism#BABA, rareCategory:Betawi terms with rare senses#BABA) pope
    Synonym: paus

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Cebuano terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BABACategory:Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BABA *baqbaq.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

Noun

bâbâ (Badlit spelling ᜊᜊ)Category:Cebuano lemmas#BABACategory:Cebuano nouns#BABACategory:Cebuano terms with missing Badlit script entries#BABACategory:Cebuano terms with Badlit script#BABACategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. (anatomyCategory:ceb:Anatomy#BABA) mouth
  2. mouth of a river
  3. outlet; aperture; orifice
  4. talk; empty boasting, promises or claims

Verb

bâbâ (Badlit spelling ᜊᜊ)Category:Cebuano lemmas#BABACategory:Cebuano verbs#BABACategory:Cebuano terms with missing Badlit script entries#BABACategory:Cebuano terms with Badlit script#BABACategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. to hit, be hit or injured in the mouth
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Compare abaga.

Pronunciation

Verb

babá (Badlit spelling ᜊᜊ)Category:Cebuano lemmas#BABACategory:Cebuano verbs#BABACategory:Cebuano terms with missing Badlit script entries#BABACategory:Cebuano terms with Badlit script#BABACategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. to piggyback; to carry someone on the back
Quotations
Category:ceb:Body parts#BABACategory:ceb:Talking#BABA

Central Bikol

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Central Bikol terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BABACategory:Central Bikol terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BABA *babaq, from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Central Bikol terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#BABACategory:Central Bikol terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#BABA *babaq.

Pronunciation 1

Adjective

babâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊ)Category:Central Bikol lemmas#BABACategory:Central Bikol nouns#BABACategory:Central Bikol terms with missing Basahan script entries#BABACategory:Central Bikol terms with Basahan script#BABACategory:Central Bikol entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. downstairs
    Antonym: taas

Noun

babâ (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊ)Category:Central Bikol lemmas#BABACategory:Central Bikol nouns#BABACategory:Central Bikol terms with missing Basahan script entries#BABACategory:Central Bikol terms with Basahan script#BABACategory:Central Bikol entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. shortness, lowness (based on height)
    Antonym: langkaw
  2. (dialectalCategory:Central Bikol dialectal terms#BABA) bottom; below
    Antonym: babaw
  3. descent
    Synonym: palos
  4. disembarkment
    Synonym: lusad
  5. act of going downstairs
    Synonym: hilig
  6. decrease; lowering of quantity or measurement
    Synonym: ina
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Noun

babà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊ)Category:Central Bikol lemmas#BABACategory:Central Bikol nouns#BABACategory:Central Bikol terms with missing Basahan script entries#BABACategory:Central Bikol terms with Basahan script#BABACategory:Central Bikol entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. (anatomyCategory:bcl:Anatomy#BABA) chin
    Synonym: kuko

Etymology 2

From padaba (“loved one, term of endearment”).

Pronunciation

Noun

babà (Basahan spelling ᜊᜊ)Category:Central Bikol lemmas#BABACategory:Central Bikol nouns#BABACategory:Central Bikol terms with missing Basahan script entries#BABACategory:Central Bikol terms with Basahan script#BABACategory:Central Bikol entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–SorsogonCategory:Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon Central Bikol#BABA, slangCategory:Central Bikol slang#BABA) loved one

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Crimean Tatar entries#BABA

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ba

Noun

babaCategory:Crimean Tatar lemmas#BABACategory:Crimean Tatar nouns#BABACategory:Crimean Tatar entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. father
  2. dad

Declension

Declension of baba
singular plural
nominative baba babalar
genitive babanıñ babalarnıñ
dative babağa babalarğa
accusative babanı babalarnı
locative babada babalarda
ablative babadan babalardan

Derived terms

References

Category:crh:Family#BABACategory:crh:Male#BABA

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Czech terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BABACategory:Czech terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BABA *baba.

Pronunciation

Noun

baba fCategory:Czech lemmas#BABACategory:Czech nouns#BABACategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Czech feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. crone, hag
  2. coward, milksop
    Synonym: zbabělec
  3. (informalCategory:Czech informal terms#BABA) girl, chick

Declension

Declension of baba (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative baba baby
genitive baby bab
dative babě babám
accusative babu baby
vocative babo baby
locative babě babách
instrumental babou babami
Category:Czech hard feminine nouns#BABA
verbs

Further reading

Category:cs:Female people#BABA

Dagbani

Etymology

UnknownCategory:Dagbani terms with unknown etymologies#BABA.

Noun

baba (plural babanima)Category:Dagbani lemmas#BABACategory:Dagbani nouns#BABACategory:Dagbani entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. Title of the second chief butcher

Noun

babaCategory:Dagbani non-lemma forms#BABACategory:Dagbani noun forms#BABACategory:Dagbani entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. plural of babli (a featherless fowl)

Noun

babaCategory:Dagbani lemmas#BABACategory:Dagbani nouns#BABACategory:Dagbani entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. Father

Ewe

Noun

babaCategory:Ewe lemmas#BABACategory:Ewe nouns#BABACategory:Ewe entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. termite, white ant

References

  • Fiagã, Kwasi (1976), Grammaire eʋe: Eʋegbe ŋutinunya‎ (in French), Lomé: Institut national de la recherche scientifique, page 101
Category:ee:Insects#BABA

Fanagalo

Etymology

From ZuluCategory:Fanagalo terms inherited from Zulu#BABACategory:Fanagalo terms derived from Zulu#BABA ubaba, from Proto-BantuCategory:Fanagalo terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#BABACategory:Fanagalo terms derived from Proto-Bantu#BABA *bààbá.

Noun

babaCategory:Fanagalo lemmas#BABACategory:Fanagalo nouns#BABACategory:Fanagalo entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. father

Finnish

Etymology

From PolishCategory:Finnish terms derived from Polish#BABA baba, probably via FrenchCategory:Finnish terms derived from French#BABA.

Pronunciation

Noun

babaCategory:Finnish lemmas#BABACategory:Finnish nouns#BABACategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. baba, babka (type of cake)

Declension

Inflection of baba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative baba babat
genitive baban babojen
partitive babaa baboja
illative babaan baboihin
singular plural
nominative baba babat
accusative nom. baba babat
gen. baban
genitive baban babojen
babain rare
partitive babaa baboja
inessive babassa baboissa
elative babasta baboista
illative babaan baboihin
adessive baballa baboilla
ablative babalta baboilta
allative baballe baboille
essive babana baboina
translative babaksi baboiksi
abessive babatta baboitta
instructive — baboin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of baba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative babani babani
accusative nom. babani babani
gen. babani
genitive babani babojeni
babaini rare
partitive babaani babojani
inessive babassani baboissani
elative babastani baboistani
illative babaani baboihini
adessive baballani baboillani
ablative babaltani baboiltani
allative baballeni baboilleni
essive babanani baboinani
translative babakseni baboikseni
abessive babattani baboittani
instructive — —
comitative —baboineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative babasi babasi
accusative nom. babasi babasi
gen. babasi
genitive babasi babojesi
babaisi rare
partitive babaasi babojasi
inessive babassasi baboissasi
elative babastasi baboistasi
illative babaasi baboihisi
adessive baballasi baboillasi
ablative babaltasi baboiltasi
allative baballesi baboillesi
essive babanasi baboinasi
translative babaksesi baboiksesi
abessive babattasi baboittasi
instructive — —
comitative —baboinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative babamme babamme
accusative nom. babamme babamme
gen. babamme
genitive babamme babojemme
babaimme rare
partitive babaamme babojamme
inessive babassamme baboissamme
elative babastamme baboistamme
illative babaamme baboihimme
adessive baballamme baboillamme
ablative babaltamme baboiltamme
allative baballemme baboillemme
essive babanamme baboinamme
translative babaksemme baboiksemme
abessive babattamme baboittamme
instructive — —
comitative —baboinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative babanne babanne
accusative nom. babanne babanne
gen. babanne
genitive babanne babojenne
babainne rare
partitive babaanne babojanne
inessive babassanne baboissanne
elative babastanne baboistanne
illative babaanne baboihinne
adessive baballanne baboillanne
ablative babaltanne baboiltanne
allative baballenne baboillenne
essive babananne baboinanne
translative babaksenne baboiksenne
abessive babattanne baboittanne
instructive — —
comitative —baboinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative babansa babansa
accusative nom. babansa babansa
gen. babansa
genitive babansa babojensa
babainsa rare
partitive babaansa babojaan
babojansa
inessive babassaan
babassansa		 baboissaan
baboissansa
elative babastaan
babastansa		 baboistaan
baboistansa
illative babaansa baboihinsa
adessive baballaan
baballansa		 baboillaan
baboillansa
ablative babaltaan
babaltansa		 baboiltaan
baboiltansa
allative baballeen
baballensa		 baboilleen
baboillensa
essive babanaan
babanansa		 baboinaan
baboinansa
translative babakseen
babaksensa		 baboikseen
baboiksensa
abessive babattaan
babattansa		 baboittaan
baboittansa
instructive — —
comitative —baboineen
baboinensa
Category:Finnish kala-type nominals#BABA

Further reading

Category:fi:Desserts#BABA

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from PolishCategory:French terms borrowed from Polish#BABACategory:French terms derived from Polish#BABA baba, introduced in France in the eighteenth century at the court of Stanisław Leszczyński, king of Poland, duke of Lorraine and father-in-law of Louis XV.

a french rum baba

Noun

baba m (plural babas)Category:French lemmas#BABACategory:French nouns#BABACategory:French countable nouns#BABACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:French masculine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. baba (type of cake)
    baba au rhum ― rum babaCategory:French terms with usage examples#BABA

Etymology 2

OnomatopoeicCategory:French onomatopoeias#BABA.

Adjective

baba (plural babas)Category:French lemmas#BABACategory:French adjectives#BABACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. (colloquialCategory:French colloquialisms#BABA) flabbergasted
    • 1999, Anna Gavalda, “Ambre”, in Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, →ISBN:
      C'était un Argentin qui mesurait au moins deux mètres, il souriait tout les temps. J'étais baba devant ses tatouages.
      He was an Argentinian who was at least six foot six. He was always smiling. I was stunned by his tattoos.
      Category:French terms with quotations#BABA

Further reading

Category:fr:Cakes and pastries#BABA

Galician

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Attested since the 18th century. From the hypothesized Vulgar LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#BABACategory:Galician terms derived from Vulgar Latin#BABA *baba, ultimately imitativeCategory:Galician onomatopoeias#BABA of children speech on the pattern of the repeated syllable ba.

Noun

baba f (plural babas)Category:Galician lemmas#BABACategory:Galician nouns#BABACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Galician feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. drool
    Synonym: baballa
  2. slime (mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals)
    Synonyms: baballa, limo
Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

Verb

babaCategory:Galician non-lemma forms#BABACategory:Galician verb forms#BABACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. inflection of babar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Garo

Etymology

Likely from BengaliCategory:Garo terms borrowed from Bengali#BABACategory:Garo terms derived from Bengali#BABA বাবা (baba).

Noun

babaCategory:Garo lemmas#BABACategory:Garo nouns#BABACategory:Garo entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. father

Synonyms

Category:grt:Male family members#BABA

German

Etymology 1

A link of the term with the English bye-bye is possible but not certain.

Pronunciation

Interjection

babaCategory:German lemmas#BABACategory:German interjections#BABACategory:German entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. (informalCategory:German informal terms#BABA, AustriaCategory:Austrian German#BABA) bye-bye, see you, so long
Usage notes
  • Especially in East Austria, baba is the most commonly used informal term for saying "goodbye".

Further reading

Etymology 2

From TurkishCategory:German terms borrowed from Turkish#BABACategory:German terms derived from Turkish#BABA baba.

Pronunciation

Adjective

baba (indeclinable, predicative only)Category:German lemmas#BABACategory:German adjectives#BABACategory:German uncomparable adjectives#BABACategory:German entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. (slangCategory:German slang#BABA) boss, rad, fly
    Synonyms: Bombe, geisteskrank
    Diese Jacke sieht richtig baba aus.
    This jacket looks bare nang.
    Category:German terms with usage examples#BABA
    Ich finde den Schnitt baba.
    I deem the fit thrilling.
    Category:German terms with usage examples#BABA

Ghomara

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-BerberCategory:Ghomara terms inherited from Proto-Berber#BABACategory:Ghomara terms derived from Proto-Berber#BABA, from Proto-AfroasiaticCategory:Ghomara terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic#BABACategory:Ghomara terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic#BABA *ʔab-.

Pronunciation

Noun

baba m (usually uncountable)Category:Ghomara lemmas#BABACategory:Ghomara nouns#BABACategory:Ghomara uncountable nouns#BABACategory:Ghomara entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Ghomara masculine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. (my) father
    Synonym: lwalid

See also

References

  • Mourigh, Khalid (2015) A Grammar of Ghomara Berber (Thesis)‎, Leiden
Category:gho:Family#BABA

Hausa

Etymology 1

A widespread areal word.

Pronunciation

Noun

bā̀ba m (possessed form bā̀ban)Category:Hausa lemmas#BABACategory:Hausa nouns#BABACategory:Hausa entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Hausa masculine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. father
  2. Used as a term of address for a man of appropriate age to be one's father, or who shares one's father's name.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Hausa entries#BABA

Pronunciation

Noun

bā̀bā m (plural bā̀bànni, possessed form bā̀ban)Category:Hausa lemmas#BABACategory:Hausa nouns#BABACategory:Hausa entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Hausa masculine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. eunuch
  2. impotent man

Etymology 3

Probably an early borrowing from KanuriCategory:Hausa terms borrowed from Kanuri#BABACategory:Hausa terms derived from Kanuri#BABA báwà (“paternal aunt”)Category:Kanuri links with redundant target parameters#BABA.

Pronunciation

Noun

bābà f (possessed form bābàr̃)Category:Hausa lemmas#BABACategory:Hausa nouns#BABACategory:Hausa entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Hausa feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. paternal aunt

References

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Hausa entries#BABA

Pronunciation

Noun

bābā m (possessed form bāban)Category:Hausa lemmas#BABACategory:Hausa nouns#BABACategory:Hausa entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Hausa masculine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. indigo (the plant, or the dye from it)
Category:ha:Family members#BABACategory:ha:Plants#BABACategory:ha:Dyes#BABA

Higaonon

Noun

babaCategory:Higaonon lemmas#BABACategory:Higaonon nouns#BABACategory:Higaonon entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. mouth

Hiligaynon

Noun

bába or bâbâCategory:Hiligaynon lemmas#BABACategory:Hiligaynon nouns#BABACategory:Hiligaynon terms without pronunciation template#BABACategory:Hiligaynon entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. mouth
Category:hil:Body parts#BABA

Hungarian

Etymology

OnomatopoeicCategory:Hungarian onomatopoeias#BABA.[1] It may be a doublet of bábCategory:Hungarian doublets#BABA.

Pronunciation

Noun

baba (plural babák)Category:Hungarian lemmas#BABACategory:Hungarian nouns#BABACategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. doll (toy in the form of a human)
  2. baby, infant (very young human child, particularly from birth until walking is mastered)
    Synonyms: csecsemő, kisbaba, bébi
  3. (in the possessive, folk songs) baby, darling (term of endearment for a girlfriend, or less often, a boyfriend)
    Synonyms: kedves, (also in the possessive) pár

Declension

Derived terms

Expressions

Adjective

baba (comparative babább, superlative legbabább)Category:Hungarian lemmas#BABACategory:Hungarian adjectives#BABACategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. (slangCategory:Hungarian slang#BABA) swell, neat (exceptionally good, pleasing or enjoyable)

Declension

References

  1. ↑ baba in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • baba in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • baba 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).
Category:hu:Family#BABACategory:hu:Toys#BABA

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Ilocano terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BABACategory:Ilocano terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BABA *babaq.

Pronunciation

Adverb

babaCategory:Ilocano lemmas#BABACategory:Ilocano adverbs#BABACategory:Ilocano terms without Kur-itan script#BABACategory:Ilocano terms without pronunciation template#BABACategory:Ilocano entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. below

Derived terms

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from BetawiCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Betawi#BABACategory:Indonesian terms derived from Betawi#BABA baba.

Noun

baba (plural baba-baba)Category:Indonesian lemmas#BABACategory:Indonesian nouns#BABACategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. father

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Indonesian entries#BABA

Noun

baba (plural baba-baba)Category:Indonesian lemmas#BABACategory:Indonesian nouns#BABACategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. (nauticalCategory:id:Nautical#BABA) rat

Etymology 3

Cognate of Cebuano babá (“to piggyback”)Category:Cebuano links with redundant target parameters#BABA.

Verb

babaCategory:Indonesian lemmas#BABACategory:Indonesian verbs#BABACategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. to piggyback: to carry someone on the back

Further reading

Istriot

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Istriot entries#BABA

Noun

baba fCategory:Istriot lemmas#BABACategory:Istriot nouns#BABACategory:Istriot entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Istriot feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. flask, large bottle

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Serbo-CroatianCategory:Istriot terms borrowed from Serbo-Croatian#BABACategory:Istriot terms derived from Serbo-Croatian#BABA baba.

Noun

baba fCategory:Istriot lemmas#BABACategory:Istriot nouns#BABACategory:Istriot entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Istriot feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. woman
  2. an elderly, chatty woman

References

  • Antonio Pellizzer; Giovanni Pellizzer (1992), Vocabulario del dialetto di Rovigno d'Istria, page 79
  • Sandro Cergna (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria, →ISBN, page 34

Japanese

Romanization

babaCategory:Japanese non-lemma forms#BABACategory:Japanese romanizations#BABACategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#BABACategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ばば

Kabyle

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-BerberCategory:Kabyle terms inherited from Proto-Berber#BABACategory:Kabyle terms derived from Proto-Berber#BABA.

Pronunciation

Noun

baba m (plural ibabaten)Category:Kabyle lemmas#BABACategory:Kabyle nouns#BABACategory:Kabyle entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Kabyle masculine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. (my) father
  2. term of respect when speaking to an elderly man

Usage notes

In the singular, kinship terms ending in -a or -i are assumed to refer to a first-person singular possessor when used without affixes; for example, baba (“my father”). To refer to another possessor, a specific set of bound pronouns must be used.

Inflection

Inflection of baba
singular plural
free state baba ibabaten
annexed state baba ibabaten

References

  • Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎, retrieved 2025
  • Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

Noun

bábaCategory:Kankanaey lemmas#BABACategory:Kankanaey nouns#BABACategory:Kankanaey entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. Eugenia mananquil BlancoCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Eugenia%20mananquil%20Blanco (a myrtaceous tree with an edible fruit)

Noun

babáCategory:Kankanaey lemmas#BABACategory:Kankanaey nouns#BABACategory:Kankanaey entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

  1. Laggera alataCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Laggera%20alata (a common composite herb with pinkish flowers)

Derived terms

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “baba”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 51

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ
Proto-Slavic *bàba
Kashubian baba

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bàba.

    Category:Kashubian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BABACategory:Kashubian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BABACategory:Kashubian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BABACategory:Kashubian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BABACategory:Pages with etymology trees#BABACategory:Kashubian entries with etymology trees#BABACategory:Kashubian entries with etymology texts#BABA

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    baba fCategory:Kashubian lemmas#BABACategory:Kashubian nouns#BABACategory:Kashubian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Kashubian feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. (colloquialCategory:Kashubian colloquialisms#BABA, derogatoryCategory:Kashubian derogatory terms#BABA) woman, wife
    2. (humorousCategory:Kashubian humorous terms#BABA) synonym of akùszerka (“accoucheuse, midwife”)

    Declension

    Declension of baba
    singular plural
    nominative baba babë
    genitive babë babów/bôb
    dative babie babóm
    accusative babã babë
    instrumental babą babama
    locative babie babach
    vocative babò babë

    Further reading

    • Stefan Ramułt (1893), “baba”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 4
    • Sychta, Bernard (1967), “baba”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 9
    • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “baba”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “baba”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
    • “baba”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

    Kikuyu

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    The first a is pronounced long.[1]
    As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a disyllabic stem, together with mũgwacĩ, nyamũ, and so on.
    • (Kiambu)

    Noun

    baba class 1Category:Kikuyu lemmas#BABACategory:Kikuyu nouns#BABACategory:Kikuyu class 1 nouns#BABACategory:Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Kikuyu class 1 nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. my father, dad

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ “baba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 21. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
    2. ↑ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
    3. 1 2 Kagaya, Ryohei (1982). "Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns in Three Dialects: Murang'a, Nyeri and Ndia." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 24, 1–42.
    Category:ki:Family#BABACategory:ki:Male#BABA

    Latgalian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from a SlavicCategory:Latgalian terms borrowed from Slavic languages#BABACategory:Latgalian terms derived from Slavic languages#BABA language, from Proto-SlavicCategory:Latgalian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BABA *baba. Doublet of buobaCategory:Latgalian doublets#BABA.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    baba f (diminutive babeņa)Category:Latgalian lemmas#BABACategory:Latgalian nouns#BABACategory:Latgalian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Latgalian feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. grandmother

    Declension

    Declension of baba (type 4 noun)
    singular plural
    nominative baba babys, babas1)
    genitive babys, babas1) babu
    dative babaiCategory:Latgalian links with redundant wikilinks#BABACategory:Latgalian links with redundant alt parameters#BABA babom
    accusative babu babys, babas1)
    instrumental babu babom
    locative babā babuos
    vocative baba, bab babys, babas1)

    1) dialectal

    Synonyms

    Coordinate terms

    • dzeds (“grandfather”)

    References

    • A. Andronov; L. Leikuma (2008), Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 10
    Category:ltg:Female family members#BABA

    Lower Sorbian

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Lower Sorbian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BABACategory:Lower Sorbian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BABA *baba.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    baba f (diminutive babka)Category:Lower Sorbian lemmas#BABACategory:Lower Sorbian nouns#BABACategory:Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Lower Sorbian feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. midwife
    2. old woman
    3. woman

    Declension

    Noun

    baba f (diminutive babka)Category:Lower Sorbian lemmas#BABACategory:Lower Sorbian nouns#BABACategory:Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Lower Sorbian feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. sponge cake

    Declension

    Further reading

    • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “baba”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
    • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “baba”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
    Category:dsb:Female people#BABACategory:dsb:Foods#BABACategory:dsb:Occupations#BABA

    Lower Tanana

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    baba (possessed form baba')Category:Lower Tanana lemmas#BABACategory:Lower Tanana nouns#BABACategory:Lower Tanana entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. food
      dene baba' ― Native foodCategory:Lower Tanana terms with usage examples#BABA
      ɬika baba' ― dog foodCategory:Lower Tanana terms with usage examples#BABA

    Derived terms

    References

    • Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 69
    Category:taa:Food and drink#BABA

    Luo

    Noun

    babaCategory:Luo lemmas#BABACategory:Luo nouns#BABACategory:Luo entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. father
    Category:luo:Family#BABACategory:luo:Male#BABA

    Malay

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Voiced bapa.

    Noun

    baba (Jawi spelling باب, plural baba-baba or baba2)Category:Malay lemmas#BABACategory:Malay nouns#BABACategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. father (male parent)
    Synonyms

    Etymology 2

    Possibly borrowed from PersianCategory:Malay terms borrowed from Persian#BABACategory:Malay terms derived from Persian#BABA بابا (bâbâ). See Baba (honorific).

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    baba (Jawi spelling باب, plural baba-baba or baba2)Category:Malay lemmas#BABACategory:Malay nouns#BABACategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. A colonial Straits-born European, Eurasian, or Chinese man (as opposed to immigrant Chinese or European males)
    2. (archaicCategory:Malay terms with archaic senses#BABA) Respectful term of address for a Portuguese gentleman
    See also

    Further reading

    • "baba" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
    • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “باب baba”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 72-73
    • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “baba”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 59
    Category:ms:Family#BABACategory:ms:Male#BABA

    Mansaka

    Etymology 1

    From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Mansaka terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BABACategory:Mansaka terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BABA *babaq.

    Adverb

    babaCategory:Mansaka lemmas#BABACategory:Mansaka adverbs#BABACategory:Mansaka entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. below

    Etymology 2

    From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Mansaka terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BABACategory:Mansaka terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BABA *baqbaq.

    Noun

    babaCategory:Mansaka lemmas#BABACategory:Mansaka nouns#BABACategory:Mansaka entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. mouth

    Etymology 3

    From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Mansaka terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BABACategory:Mansaka terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BABA *baba, compare Malay bawa.

    Verb

    babaCategory:Mansaka lemmas#BABACategory:Mansaka verbs#BABACategory:Mansaka entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. to carry

    Marshallese

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    babaCategory:Marshallese lemmas#BABACategory:Marshallese nouns#BABACategory:Marshallese entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. father
    2. daddy

    References

    Category:mh:Male family members#BABACategory:mh:Parents#BABA

    Matal

    Noun

    babaCategory:Matal lemmas#BABACategory:Matal nouns#BABACategory:Matal entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. father
      La katskats tasàk à kəslah iyaw aŋatà à ahəŋ la baba aŋatà gà, tanəfà Yesu. (Mata 4:22)
      And immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Jesus. (Matthew 4:22)
      Category:Matal terms with usage examples#BABA
    Category:mfh:Family#BABA

    Mwani

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Proto-BantuCategory:Mwani terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#BABACategory:Mwani terms derived from Proto-Bantu#BABA *bààbá.

    Noun

    baba class 1a (plural wababa)Category:Mwani lemmas#BABACategory:Mwani nouns#BABACategory:Mwani class 1a nouns#BABACategory:Mwani entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Mwani class 1a nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. father
    Category:wmw:Family#BABACategory:wmw:Male#BABA

    Naga Pidgin

    Etymology

    Category:Naga Pidgin terms derived from Ashokan Prakrit#BABACategory:Naga Pidgin terms inherited from Ashokan Prakrit#BABA

    Inherited from AssameseCategory:Naga Pidgin terms inherited from Assamese#BABACategory:Naga Pidgin terms derived from Assamese#BABA বাবা (baba).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    babaCategory:Naga Pidgin lemmas#BABACategory:Naga Pidgin nouns#BABACategory:Naga Pidgin entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. father, baba
      Synonym: bap

    Further reading

    Category:nag:Male family members#BABA

    Napu

    Noun

    babaCategory:Napu lemmas#BABACategory:Napu nouns#BABACategory:Napu terms in nonstandard scripts#BABACategory:Napu entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. door

    References

    • Tr. Mondolu et al. (2011), Kamus Napu–Indonesia–Inggris [Napu–Indonesian–English Dictionary]‎, Sulawesi Language Alliance, page 9

    Nefamese

    Etymology

    Category:Nefamese terms derived from Ashokan Prakrit#BABA

    From AssameseCategory:Nefamese terms derived from Assamese#BABA বাবা (baba).

    Noun

    babaCategory:Nefamese lemmas#BABACategory:Nefamese nouns#BABACategory:Nefamese terms in nonstandard scripts#BABACategory:Nefamese entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. father, baba

    Ngarluma

    Noun

    babaCategory:Ngarluma lemmas#BABACategory:Ngarluma nouns#BABACategory:Ngarluma entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. water
    2. rain, rainwater

    References

    Nkonya

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    baba (plural ababa)Category:Nkonya lemmas#BABACategory:Nkonya nouns#BABACategory:Nkonya entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. termite
    Category:nko:Insects#BABA

    Old Czech

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    baba fCategory:Old Czech lemmas#BABACategory:Old Czech nouns#BABACategory:Old Czech entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Old Czech feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

    1. alternative form of bába

    Declension

    Declension of baba (hard a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative baba babě baby
    genitive baby babú bab
    dative babě babama babám
    accusative babu babě baby
    vocative babo babě baby
    locative babě babú babách
    instrumental babú babama babami
    This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
    Category:Old Czech hard feminine a-stem nouns#BABA

    Further reading

    Old Polish

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ
    Proto-Slavic *bàba
    Old Polish baba

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bàba.Category:Old Polish terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BABACategory:Old Polish terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BABACategory:Old Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BABACategory:Old Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BABACategory:Pages with etymology trees#BABACategory:Old Polish entries with etymology trees#BABACategory:Old Polish entries with etymology texts#BABA First attested in 1393.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      baba f (related adjective babin)Category:Old Polish lemmas#BABACategory:Old Polish nouns#BABACategory:Old Polish entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Old Polish feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

      1. (attested in Greater PolandCategory:Greater Poland Old Polish#BABA, Sieradz-ŁęczycaCategory:Sieradz-Łęczyca Old Polish#BABA, MasoviaCategory:Masovia Old Polish#BABA) grandma (parent's mother)
        1. (hapax legomenonCategory:Old Polish hapax legomena#BABA) The meaning of this term is uncertain.Category:Old Polish terms with uncertain meaning#BABA
      2. (attested in Greater PolandCategory:Greater Poland Old Polish#BABA) grandma (any old woman)
      3. (attested in Lesser PolandCategory:Lesser Poland Old Polish#BABA) woman
      4. (hapax legomenonCategory:Old Polish hapax legomena#BABA) midwife
      5. (hapax legomenonCategory:Old Polish hapax legomena#BABA) pear (Pyrus communis)
      6. (attested in Sieradz-ŁęczycaCategory:Sieradz-Łęczyca Old Polish#BABA, in the plural, astronomyCategory:zlw-opl:Constellations#BABA, hapax legomenonCategory:Old Polish hapax legomena#BABA) Pleiades
      7. (hapax legomenonCategory:Old Polish hapax legomena#BABA) Corruption of the proper noun Bala.

      Declension

      Derived terms

      adjectives

      Descendants

      References

      Category:zlw-opl:Age#BABACategory:zlw-opl:Female family members#BABACategory:zlw-opl:Female people#BABACategory:zlw-opl:Fruits#BABACategory:zlw-opl:Healthcare occupations#BABACategory:zlw-opl:Obstetrics#BABA

      Peranakan Indonesian

      Etymology

      Borrowed from BetawiCategory:Peranakan Indonesian terms borrowed from Betawi#BABACategory:Peranakan Indonesian terms derived from Betawi#BABA baba.

      Noun

      babaCategory:Peranakan Indonesian lemmas#BABACategory:Peranakan Indonesian nouns#BABACategory:Peranakan Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

      1. greetings for Chinese people (male)

      Phuthi

      Etymology

      From Proto-BantuCategory:Phuthi terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#BABACategory:Phuthi terms derived from Proto-Bantu#BABA *-bába.

      Verb

      -babaCategory:Phuthi lemmas#BABACategory:Phuthi verbs#BABACategory:Phuthi entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

      1. to taste bitter

      Inflection

      This verb needs an inflection-table template.

      Category:Requests for inflections in Phuthi verb entries#BABACategory:Requests for inflections in Phuthi entries#BABA

      Polish

      Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia pl

      Pronunciation

       

      Etymology 1

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ
      Proto-Slavic *bàba
      Old Polish baba
      Polish baba

        Inherited from Old Polish baba.

        Category:Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BABACategory:Polish terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BABACategory:Polish terms inherited from Old Polish#BABACategory:Polish terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BABACategory:Polish terms derived from Old Polish#BABACategory:Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BABACategory:Pages with etymology trees#BABACategory:Polish entries with etymology trees#BABACategory:Polish entries with etymology texts#BABA

        Alternative forms

        Noun

        baba f (diminutive babka or babcia, augmentative babsko or babisko, related adjective babi or babski)Category:Polish lemmas#BABACategory:Polish nouns#BABACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Polish feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

        2. (colloquialCategory:Polish colloquialisms#BABA, somewhat derogatoryCategory:Polish derogatory terms#BABA or dialectalCategory:Polish dialectal terms#BABA, KuyaviaCategory:Kuyavian Polish#BABA, Radziejów, SuwałkiCategory:Suwałki Polish#BABA, Augustów, Bory TucholskieCategory:Bory Tucholskie Polish#BABA, Northern BorderlandsCategory:Northern Borderlands Polish#BABA, Southern BorderlandsCategory:Southern Borderlands Polish#BABA, KociewieCategory:Kociewie Polish#BABA, ZagórzeCategory:Zagórze Polish#BABA, KielceCategory:Kielce Polish#BABA, OstródaCategory:Ostróda Polish#BABA, WarmiaCategory:Warmia Polish#BABA, MasuriaCategory:Masuria Polish#BABA, Northern Greater PolandCategory:Northern Greater Poland Polish#BABA) woman, crone, hag (female person; often one causing problems or one that is old)
          1. (colloquialCategory:Polish colloquialisms#BABA or dialectalCategory:Polish dialectal terms#BABA, PrzemyślCategory:Przemyśl Polish#BABA, San river, Western KrakówCategory:Western Kraków Polish#BABA, Sącz, ŁąckoCategory:Łącko Polish#BABA, Zabrzeż, Babia GóraCategory:Babia Góra Polish#BABA, Skawica, KliszczakCategory:Kliszczak Polish#BABA, Osielec, PodhaleCategory:Podhale Polish#BABA, Skawa, Zakopane, LasoviaCategory:Lasovia Polish#BABA, Tarnobrzeg, KuyaviaCategory:Kuyavian Polish#BABA, Inowrocław, KurpieCategory:Kurpie Polish#BABA, ŁowiczCategory:Łowicz Polish#BABA, Far MasovianCategory:Far Masovian Polish#BABA, Northern BorderlandsCategory:Northern Borderlands Polish#BABA, Southern BorderlandsCategory:Southern Borderlands Polish#BABA, ZagórzeCategory:Zagórze Polish#BABA, KielceCategory:Kielce Polish#BABA, MasuriaCategory:Masuria Polish#BABA, Northern Greater PolandCategory:Northern Greater Poland Polish#BABA) woman; wife; girlfriend (female romantic partner, especially married)
          2. (childishCategory:Polish childish terms#BABA or dialectalCategory:Polish dialectal terms#BABA, Northern BorderlandsCategory:Northern Borderlands Polish#BABA, Southern BorderlandsCategory:Southern Borderlands Polish#BABA, WarmiaCategory:Warmia Polish#BABA, MasuriaCategory:Masuria Polish#BABA) grandmother (mother of one's mother or father)
            Synonyms: babcia, babka, babunia
          3. (colloquialCategory:Polish colloquialisms#BABA, derogatoryCategory:Polish derogatory terms#BABA) female teacher
            Synonym: nauczycielka
          4. village woman (woman from a village)
            Synonyms: chłopka, wieśniaczka
          5. village seller (woman who sells things from a village)
          6. (KurpieCategory:Kurpie Polish#BABA, used in folk talesCategory:Polish folk poetic terms#BABA) hag (evil female character)
          7. (KociewieCategory:Kociewie Polish#BABA) grain hag (demon in the form of an old woman who scares children not to go into the grain)
          8. (KociewieCategory:Kociewie Polish#BABA, obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA) hag (unspecified, mythical figure of a woman in Grzybek on the Black Water Bridge, whose buttocks must be kissed by all who go to Osie for the first time)
          9. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA) hag; witch, spellcaster
            Synonyms: czarownica, wiedźma
          10. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA or dialectalCategory:Polish dialectal terms#BABA, OstródaCategory:Ostróda Polish#BABA, WarmiaCategory:Warmia Polish#BABA, MasuriaCategory:Masuria Polish#BABA, Northern Greater PolandCategory:Northern Greater Poland Polish#BABA) female beggar (woman who begs)
            Coordinate term: dziad
          11. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA or dialectalCategory:Polish dialectal terms#BABA, PodhaleCategory:Podhale Polish#BABA, Western KrakówCategory:Western Kraków Polish#BABA, Southern BorderlandsCategory:Southern Borderlands Polish#BABA, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Drohobych, Near MasovianCategory:Near Masovian Polish#BABA, Wilanów, obstetricsCategory:pl:Obstetrics#BABA, ZagórzeCategory:Zagórze Polish#BABA) midwife
            Synonyms: akuszerka, położna
          12. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA) female hireling; female worker
          13. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA) female pimp
            Synonym: stręczycielka
          14. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA) snowwoman
            Synonym: bałwanica
          15. (Middle PolishCategory:Middle Polish#BABA or dialectalCategory:Polish dialectal terms#BABA, ZagórzeCategory:Zagórze Polish#BABA) synonym of znachorka
          16. (Middle PolishCategory:Middle Polish#BABA) synonym of płaczka (“mourner, griever”)
          17. (Middle PolishCategory:Middle Polish#BABA, chessCategory:pl:Chess#BABA) queen
            Synonyms: dama, hetman, królowa
          18. (Middle PolishCategory:Middle Polish#BABA) idol (female-shaped pillar representing a deity, an object of worship)
        3. (derogatoryCategory:Polish derogatory terms#BABA) pansy, big girl's blouse (male of weak or cowardly character)
        5. babka (cake in the shape of a truncated cone, with a round base, baked in a large, special form)
          Synonym: babka
        7. (engineeringCategory:pl:Engineering#BABA) ram (hydraulic hammer)
          1. (Western LublinCategory:Western Lublin Polish#BABA, Janów Lubelski County, PodlachiaCategory:Podlachia Polish#BABA, Tykocin, Central Greater PolandCategory:Central Greater Poland Polish#BABA, Kalisz) driver (thick piece of wood for driving piles, pressing oil, etc.)
        8. (Western KrakówCategory:Western Kraków Polish#BABA, Pińczów, KociewieCategory:Kociewie Polish#BABA, Więckowy, Near MasovianCategory:Near Masovian Polish#BABA, Międzyrzec Podlaski) large sheaf
          Hypernym: snop
        9. (PodlachiaCategory:Podlachia Polish#BABA, Tykocin) coal opening (hole in a stove for coals poured in to heat the room more quickly)
        10. (KuyaviaCategory:Kuyavian Polish#BABA) star (luminous celestial body)
          Synonym: gwiazda
        11. (PodlachiaCategory:Podlachia Polish#BABA, Tykocin, Western KrakówCategory:Western Kraków Polish#BABA, Rudawa, Far MasovianCategory:Far Masovian Polish#BABA, Ciechanów, Eastern KrakówCategory:Eastern Kraków Polish#BABA, Tarnów, Northern Greater PolandCategory:Northern Greater Poland Polish#BABA, in the plural, astronomyCategory:pl:Constellations#BABA) Pleiades
          Synonym: Plejady
        12. (PodlachiaCategory:Podlachia Polish#BABA, Tykocin) old, thick pine
          Hypernym: sosna
        13. (PodlachiaCategory:Podlachia Polish#BABA, Tykocin, ŁowiczCategory:Łowicz Polish#BABA, MasuriaCategory:Masuria Polish#BABA, spinningCategory:pl:Spinning#BABA) stool circle (short, thick, wooden circle in a spinning wheel attached to a screw at the stool)
        14. (SuwałkiCategory:Suwałki Polish#BABA, Augustów Governorate) any of various freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus
          Synonym: głowacz
        15. (ŁowiczCategory:Łowicz Polish#BABA) chimney side (side channel in a brick chimney)
        16. (Southern BorderlandsCategory:Southern Borderlands Polish#BABA) Christmas bundle (bundle of straw placed on the floor on Christmas Eve)
          Hypernym: wiązka
        17. (Southern BorderlandsCategory:Southern Borderlands Polish#BABA) blunt end (wider end of an egg)
        18. (KociewieCategory:Kociewie Polish#BABA, OstródaCategory:Ostróda Polish#BABA) end (last sheaf of grain)
          Synonym: pępek
        19. (KociewieCategory:Kociewie Polish#BABA) end (last potato bush)
        20. (KociewieCategory:Kociewie Polish#BABA) horsing around (playing around with grain equipment)
        21. (KociewieCategory:Kociewie Polish#BABA) nimbus (dark cloud)
        22. (KociewieCategory:Kociewie Polish#BABA) net windlass (manual windlass for pulling nets out the water)
          Hypernym: kołowrót
        23. (Central Greater PolandCategory:Central Greater Poland Polish#BABA, Kłecko) stack center (structural element of a grain or hay stack; the central, inner part of the stack)
        24. (MasuriaCategory:Masuria Polish#BABA) potato cake (baked good made with potatoes)
        25. (WarmiaCategory:Warmia Polish#BABA) hag (person in disguise taking part in the ritual round of houses before the Epiphany)
        26. (OstródaCategory:Ostróda Polish#BABA) sliver (bundle of unspun fibres)
          Synonym: kądziel
        27. (MasuriaCategory:Masuria Polish#BABA, Skorupki) batlet (stick for washing laundry in a river or pond)
          Synonym: kijanka
        28. (MasuriaCategory:Masuria Polish#BABA, Laski Wielkie, Ełk County) scarecrow
          Synonym: strach
        29. (WarmiaCategory:Warmia Polish#BABA, MasuriaCategory:Masuria Polish#BABA) type of dance, considered the most famous
        30. (Northern Greater PolandCategory:Northern Greater Poland Polish#BABA, chiefly in the plural) smoke exhaust (hole in the ceiling through which smoke escapes into the chimney)
        31. (Northern Greater PolandCategory:Northern Greater Poland Polish#BABA) pocket (air under thin ice)
        32. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA, timber rafting) kissing block (wooden block carved in the shape of a human head given to new rafters to kiss by rafters who are helping the new rafters with the rafting for the first time)
        33. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA or dialectalCategory:Polish dialectal terms#BABA, KrajnaCategory:Krajna Polish#BABA, Wyrzysk County, Far MasovianCategory:Far Masovian Polish#BABA, Ciechanów, Bory TucholskieCategory:Bory Tucholskie Polish#BABA, MasuriaCategory:Masuria Polish#BABA, Northern Greater PolandCategory:Northern Greater Poland Polish#BABA, fishingCategory:pl:Fishing#BABA) seine barrel (narrow barrel with a pole through it, used for winding a seine line while fishing later placed on a sled on ice)
        34. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA, sportsCategory:pl:Sports#BABA) starting peg (peg that starts a game of croquet)
        35. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA, engineeringCategory:pl:Engineering#BABA) tamping block (oak block with a handle used for tamping when laying stones, spreading gravel on road surfaces, etc.)
        36. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA, artCategory:pl:Art#BABA) painting pillow (leather pillow for applying paint in manual printing of canvases)
        37. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA or dialectalCategory:Polish dialectal terms#BABA, Central Greater PolandCategory:Central Greater Poland Polish#BABA, KielceCategory:Kielce Polish#BABA, Opoczno County, Eastern LublinCategory:Eastern Lublin Polish#BABA, ŻywiecCategory:Żywiec Polish#BABA, PodlachiaCategory:Podlachia Polish#BABA, Międzyrzec Podlaski, Far MasovianCategory:Far Masovian Polish#BABA, Ciechanów, SieradzCategory:Sieradz Polish#BABA, Wieluń, Radomsko, SuwałkiCategory:Suwałki Polish#BABA, Augustów Governorate, PodhaleCategory:Podhale Polish#BABA) plug (bundle of rags, wooden board for plugging the cavity of a stove or chimney)
        38. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA or dialectalCategory:Polish dialectal terms#BABA, KurpieCategory:Kurpie Polish#BABA) bogie (booger)
          Synonym: babok
        39. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA) hay block (bundle of hay used as a blockade for dangerous passages)
        40. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA) hat form (a wooden form on which hats are ironed and shaped)
          Hypernym: forma
        41. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA, sailingCategory:pl:Sailing#BABA) boathook
        42. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA) plantain (any plant of the genus Plantago)
          Synonym: babka
        43. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA or dialectalCategory:Polish dialectal terms#BABA, BieczCategory:Biecz Polish#BABA, Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, PodlachiaCategory:Podlachia Polish#BABA, Tykocin, Northern Greater PolandCategory:Northern Greater Poland Polish#BABA) type of bulbous pear
        44. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA, sailingCategory:pl:Sailing#BABA) tight knot (knot on a mast twist that raftsmen can't undo)
        45. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA, sailingCategory:pl:Sailing#BABA) raft block (bundle of straw that will be placed in dangerous places on rivers to prevent the raft from running aground)
        46. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA, miningCategory:pl:Mining#BABA) synonym of posułt
        47. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA, huntingCategory:pl:Hunting#BABA) Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
          Synonym: sójka
        48. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA, huntingCategory:pl:Hunting#BABA) type of wild duck
        49. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA, university slangCategory:pl:Universities#BABACategory:Polish student slang#BABA, gamesCategory:pl:Games#BABA) leather ball
        50. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA) pelican (seabird of the family Pelecanidae)
          Synonym: pelikan
        51. (obsoleteCategory:Polish terms with obsolete senses#BABA) tuna (fish of the genus Thunnus)
          Synonym: tuńczyk
        52. (Middle PolishCategory:Middle Polish#BABA) whipping block
        53. (Middle PolishCategory:Middle Polish#BABA) type of cannon; gun
          Hypernyms: armata, działo
        Declension
        Derived terms
        verbs
        verbs
        adverbs

        Etymology 2

        Etymology tree
        Old Anatolian Turkish بَبَا (baba)
        Ottoman Turkish بابا (baba)
        Turkish bababor.
        Polish baba

          Borrowed from Turkish baba.[1][2]Category:Polish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#BABACategory:Polish terms derived from Turkish#BABACategory:Polish terms derived from Old Anatolian Turkish#BABACategory:Polish terms borrowed from Turkish#BABACategory:Pages with etymology trees#BABACategory:Polish entries with etymology trees#BABACategory:Polish entries with etymology texts#BABA First attested in 1633, but in common usage only as of the 20th century.[3][4]

          Noun

          baba fCategory:Polish lemmas#BABACategory:Polish nouns#BABACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Polish feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

          1. balbal (stone figure used in cult or spiritual functions)
          2. (Middle PolishCategory:Middle Polish#BABA) jail; dungeon
          Declension

          References

          1. ↑ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “baba”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
          2. ↑ Dubisz, Stanisław, editor (2003), “baba”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1–4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN, →OCLC
          3. ↑ Paweł Kupiszewski (18.07.2022), “BABA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
          4. ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “baba II”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

          Further reading

          • baba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
          • baba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
          • Maciej Czeszewski (2006), “baba”, in Monika Szewczyk, editor, Słownik polszczyzny potocznej, 1 edition, Warsaw: Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, →ISBN, page 22
          • Woliński, Marcin; Saloni, Zygmunt; Wołosz, Robert; Gruszczyński, Włodzimierz; Skowrońska, Danuta; Bronk, Zbigniew (2020), “baba”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎, 4. online edition, Warszawa
          • Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “baba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
          • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “baba”, in Słownik języka polskiego
          • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “baba”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
          • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “baba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 77
          • Jan Karłowicz (1900), “baba”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 27
          • Halina Świderska (1929), “baba”, in Dialekt Księstwa Łowickiego (in Polish), Warsaw, →ISBN, page 344
          • Adam Tomaszewski (1930), “baba”, in Gwara Łopienna i okolicy w północnej Wielkopolsce‎ (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, page 104
          • Bernard Sychta (1980), “baba”, in Hanna Taborska, Anna Cieślarowa, editors, Słownictwo kociewskie na tle kultury ludowej (in Polish), volume 1, Wrocław, Warsaw, Krakow, Gdańsk: Polska Akadamia Nauk, →ISBN, page 7
          • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024), “baba”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 137
          • Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “baba”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎ (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 2
          • Władysław Paryl (2004), “baba I-VI”, in Słownik gwary przesiedleńców ze wsi Tuligłowy koło Komarna; Polskie Słownictwo Kresowe (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Lexis, page 22
          • Stanisław Cygan (2018), “baba”, in Słownik gwary opoczyńskiej‎ (in Polish), Opoczno, page 32
          • Henryk Gadomski (2022), “baba”, in Mirosław Grzyb, Krystyna Łaszczych, Tadeusz Grec, editors, Słownik dialektu kurpiowskiego (in Polish), Ostrołęka: Związek Kurpiów, →ISBN, page 52
          • Günter Donder (2011), “bäbä”, in Kleines masurisches Wörterbuch mit Lesestücken und einen Tonträger‎ (in German), archived from the original on 10/12/2023, page 11
          • baba in Słownik Gwary Borowiackiej
          • baba in Słownik Wyrazów Dyferencjalnych
          • Justyna Kobus, Krystyna Wilkosz, editors (2024), “baba”, in Słownik języka mieszkańców okolic Kłecka, Praca na roli i w gospodarstwie‎ (in Polish), Poznań: Wydawnictwo „Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne”, →ISBN, page 51
          Category:pl:Age#BABACategory:pl:Agriculture#BABACategory:pl:Cakes and pastries#BABACategory:pl:Clouds#BABACategory:pl:Conifers#BABACategory:pl:Corvids#BABACategory:pl:Dances#BABACategory:pl:Ducks#BABACategory:pl:Female family members#BABACategory:pl:Female people#BABACategory:pl:Fibers#BABACategory:pl:Healthcare occupations#BABACategory:pl:Laundry#BABACategory:pl:Male people#BABACategory:pl:Mythological creatures#BABACategory:pl:Obstetrics#BABACategory:pl:Places#BABACategory:pl:Plantain family plants#BABACategory:pl:Pome fruits#BABACategory:pl:Potatoes#BABACategory:pl:Prison#BABACategory:pl:Prostitution#BABACategory:pl:Rooms#BABACategory:pl:Scombroids#BABACategory:pl:Scorpaeniform fish#BABACategory:pl:Seabirds#BABACategory:pl:Shrubs#BABACategory:pl:Stars#BABACategory:pl:Sports equipment#BABACategory:pl:Tools#BABACategory:pl:Weapons#BABA

          Portuguese

          Etymology 1

          From the hypothesized Vulgar LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#BABACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin#BABA *baba, ultimately imitativeCategory:Portuguese onomatopoeias#BABA of children speech on the pattern of the repeated syllable ba. Compare French bave.

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          baba f (plural babas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#BABACategory:Portuguese nouns#BABACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#BABACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

          1. drool, dribble, slobber
          2. (BrazilCategory:Brazilian Portuguese#BABA, vulgarCategory:Portuguese vulgarities#BABA) Cowper's fluid; pre-ejaculate
          Derived terms

          Etymology 2

          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

          Verb

          babaCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#BABACategory:Portuguese verb forms#BABACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

          1. inflection of babar:
            1. third-person singular present indicative
            2. second-person singular imperative

          Further reading

          Category:pt:Bodily fluids#BABA

          Ratagnon

          Noun

          babaCategory:Ratagnon lemmas#BABACategory:Ratagnon nouns#BABACategory:Ratagnon entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

          1. mouth

          Romanian

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          babaCategory:Romanian non-lemma forms#BABACategory:Romanian noun forms#BABACategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

          1. definite singular of babă

          Salar

          Etymology

          Cognate with Azerbaijani baba (“grandfather”).

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          babaCategory:Salar lemmas#BABACategory:Salar nouns#BABACategory:Salar entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

          1. grandfather

          Derived terms

          References

          • 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985), “baba”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 126
          • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “baba”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 25
          • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “baba”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 52
          • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “baba”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 30

          Senhaja de Srair

          Etymology

          Inherited from Proto-BerberCategory:Senhaja de Srair terms inherited from Proto-Berber#BABACategory:Senhaja de Srair terms derived from Proto-Berber#BABA, from Proto-AfroasiaticCategory:Senhaja de Srair terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic#BABACategory:Senhaja de Srair terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic#BABA *ʔab-.

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          baba m (usually uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⴱⴰ)Category:Senhaja de Srair lemmas#BABACategory:Senhaja de Srair nouns#BABACategory:Senhaja de Srair uncountable nouns#BABACategory:Senhaja de Srair entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Senhaja de Srair masculine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

          1. (my) father
            Synonym: lwalid
            Aryaz-iyya d baba. ― This man is my father.Category:Senhaja de Srair terms with usage examples#BABA

          See also

          References

          • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎, retrieved 2025
          • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎, Paris, France: HAL
          Category:sjs:Family#BABA

          Serbo-Croatian

          Etymology

          Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BABACategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BABA *baba. First attested in the 15th century.[1]

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          bȁba f (Cyrillic spelling ба̏ба, augmentative babetina)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#BABACategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#BABACategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

          1. (regionalCategory:Regional Serbo-Croatian#BABA) grandmother
            Da je (moja) baba muško, zvala bi se Duško. ― If my grandmother were a man, her name would be Duško.Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with collocations#BABA (a rhyming expression about impossible conditions)
          2. (usually derogatoryCategory:Serbo-Croatian derogatory terms#BABA) old woman, hag
          3. (derogatoryCategory:Serbo-Croatian derogatory terms#BABA) female person

          Declension

          Declension of baba
          singular plural
          nominative bȁba babe
          genitive babe bȃbā
          dative babi babama
          accusative babu babe
          vocative babo babe
          locative babi babama
          instrumental babom babama

          Synonyms

          References

          1. ↑ Matasović, Ranko, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2016–2021), “baba”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume [], Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 35

          Further reading

          • “baba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
          Category:sh:Female family members#BABACategory:sh:Female people#BABA

          Shona

          Etymology

          From Proto-BantuCategory:Shona terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#BABACategory:Shona terms derived from Proto-Bantu#BABA *bààbá.

          Noun

          babá class 1a (plural vababá class 2)Category:Shona lemmas#BABACategory:Shona nouns#BABACategory:Shona class 1a nouns#BABACategory:Shona entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Shona class 1a nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

          1. father
          2. (ChristianityCategory:sn:Christianity#BABA) father (priest)
            Synonym: fata
          Category:sn:Family#BABACategory:sn:Male#BABA

          Silesian

          Etymology

          Etymology tree
          Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ
          Proto-Slavic *bàba
          Old Polish baba
          Silesian baba

            Inherited from Old Polish baba.

            Category:Silesian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BABACategory:Silesian terms inherited from Old Polish#BABACategory:Silesian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BABACategory:Silesian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BABACategory:Silesian terms derived from Old Polish#BABACategory:Silesian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BABACategory:Pages with etymology trees#BABACategory:Silesian entries with etymology trees#BABACategory:Silesian entries with etymology texts#BABA

            Pronunciation

            Noun

            baba fCategory:Silesian lemmas#BABACategory:Silesian nouns#BABACategory:Silesian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Silesian feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

            1. (sometimes derogatoryCategory:Silesian derogatory terms#BABA) woman; old woman (female person, especially an older one)
              Synonyms: kobiyta, niywiasta, (Cieszyn) żyńskŏ
            2. wife; girlfriend (female romantic partner)
              Synonyms: moja, ślubnŏ, żōna
            3. midwife
              Synonym: hebama
            4. grandma (mother of a parent)
            5. female beggar (woman who begs)
            6. female quack (female incompetent doctor)
            7. female herbalist (woman who deals with herbs)
            8. female matchmaker (woman who sets up couples)
            9. narrowleaf plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
            10. pile driver (machine for forcing a pile, a long beam, into the ground)
            11. (derogatoryCategory:Silesian derogatory terms#BABA) pansy, big girl's blouse (male of weak or cowardly character)
            12. babka (type of cake)
            13. scarecrow; female effigy
            14. common pearCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#common%20pear, (Pyrus communis)
              Synonym: babka
            15. large wooden hammer
            16. pipe running from an oven to a chimney
            17. (miningCategory:szl:Mining#BABA) hammer for mining
            18. roof over the hearth of a furnace that discharges smoke into the chimney
            19. chimney with a bulging, spherical shape
            20. (forging) small anvil for striking a scythe or a sickle
              Synonym: babka
            21. (agricultureCategory:szl:Agriculture#BABA) group of sheaves of grain next to each other covered in another sheaf

            Declension

            Declension of baba
            singular plural
            nominative baba baby
            genitive baby bŏb/babōw
            dative babie babōm
            accusative babã baby
            instrumental babōm babami/babōma
            locative babie babach
            vocative babo baby

            Further reading

            • baba in dykcjonorz.eu
            • baba in silling.org
            • Bogdan Kallus (2020), “baba”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 234
            • Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022), “baba”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 62
            • Eugeniusz Kosmała (2023), Dykcjōnôrz Polsko-Ślonskiy (in Silesian), b, page 1
            • Barbara Podgórska; Adam Podgóski (2008), “+”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian dialects] (in Polish), Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 28
            • Aleksandra Wencel (2023), “baba”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 32
            • Michał Przywara (c. 1900), “baba”, in Narzecza śląskie napisał ks. Michał Przywara. C. Słownik‎
            Category:szl:Age#BABACategory:szl:Architectural elements#BABACategory:szl:Blacksmithing#BABACategory:szl:Cakes and pastries#BABACategory:szl:Female family members#BABACategory:szl:Female people#BABACategory:szl:Healthcare occupations#BABACategory:szl:Machines#BABACategory:szl:Male people#BABACategory:szl:Obstetrics#BABACategory:szl:Plantain family plants#BABACategory:szl:Tools#BABA

            Slovak

            Etymology

            Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Slovak terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BABACategory:Slovak terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BABA *baba.

            Pronunciation

            Noun

            baba fCategory:Slovak lemmas#BABACategory:Slovak nouns#BABACategory:Slovak entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Slovak feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

            1. (colloquialCategory:Slovak colloquialisms#BABA) old woman
            2. (colloquialCategory:Slovak colloquialisms#BABA) girl
            3. (datedCategory:Slovak dated terms#BABA) midwife
            4. (datedCategory:Slovak dated terms#BABA) doll
              Synonym: bábika
            5. (datedCategory:Slovak dated terms#BABA) puppet
              Synonym: maňuška
            6. (datedCategory:Slovak dated terms#BABA) hash brown
              Synonyms: zemiaková placka, zemiaková baba

            Declension

            Declension of baba
            (pattern žena)
            singularplural
            nominativebabababy
            genitivebabybáb
            dativebabebabám
            accusativebabubaby
            locativebabebabách
            instrumentalbaboubabami
            Category:Slovak terms with declension žena#baba

            Derived terms

            Further reading

            • “baba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
            Category:sk:Toys#BABACategory:sk:Female people#BABA

            Slovene

            Etymology

            Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Slovene terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BABACategory:Slovene terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BABA *baba. First attested in the 16th century

            Pronunciation

            Noun

            baba fCategory:Slovene lemmas#BABACategory:Slovene nouns#BABACategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Slovene feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

            1. old woman, hag

            Declension

            Unknown tone or non-tonal
            		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
            Category:Requests for tone in Slovene entries
            Feminine, a-stem
            nom. sing. bába
            gen. sing. bábe
            singular dual plural
            nominative
            (imenovȃlnik)            		 bába bábi bábe
            genitive
            (rodȋlnik)            		 bábe báb báb
            dative
            (dajȃlnik)            		 bábi bábama bábam
            accusative
            (tožȋlnik)            		 bábo bábi bábe
            locative
            (mẹ̑stnik)            		 bábi bábah bábah
            instrumental
            (orọ̑dnik)            		 bábo bábama bábami
            Category:Slovene feminine a-stem nouns#BABA

            Derived terms

            Further reading

            • “baba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026
            Category:sl:Female people#BABA

            Slovincian

            Etymology

            Etymology tree
            Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ
            Proto-Slavic *bàba
            Slovincian baba

              Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bàba.

              Category:Slovincian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BABACategory:Slovincian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BABACategory:Slovincian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic#BABACategory:Slovincian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BABACategory:Pages with etymology trees#BABACategory:Slovincian entries with etymology trees#BABACategory:Slovincian entries with etymology texts#BABA

              Pronunciation

              Noun

              baba f (diminutive babjina, augmentative babjiszczô or babskô, related adjective babjy, possessive adjective babjyn)Category:Slovincian lemmas#BABACategory:Slovincian nouns#BABACategory:Slovincian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Slovincian feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

              1. old woman
              2. (derogatoryCategory:Slovincian derogatory terms#BABA) woman, broad
              3. female animal

              Declension

              Derived terms

              adjectives
              verbs

              References

              Category:zlw-slv:Animals#BABACategory:zlw-slv:Female people#BABA

              Southern Ndebele

              Etymology

              From Proto-BantuCategory:Southern Ndebele terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#BABACategory:Southern Ndebele terms derived from Proto-Bantu#BABA *-bába.

              Verb

              -bábaCategory:Southern Ndebele lemmas#BABACategory:Southern Ndebele nouns#BABACategory:Southern Ndebele entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

              1. to be bitter

              Inflection

              This verb needs an inflection-table template.

              Category:Requests for inflections in Southern Ndebele verb entries#BABACategory:Requests for inflections in Southern Ndebele entries#BABA

              Spanish

              Etymology

              From the hypothesized Vulgar LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#BABACategory:Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin#BABA *baba (“drooling, infantile talk”), ultimately imitativeCategory:Spanish onomatopoeias#BABA of children's speech on the pattern of the repeated syllable ba.

              Pronunciation

              Noun

              baba f (plural babas)Category:Spanish lemmas#BABACategory:Spanish nouns#BABACategory:Spanish countable nouns#BABACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

              1. drool, dribble
                La chacha lavaba, y mientras lavaba, la baba se le caía.
                The maid washed, and as she washed, she drooled.
                Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#BABA
              2. slime
              3. (VenezuelaCategory:Venezuelan Spanish#BABA) baby alligator, caiman or crocodile

              Derived terms

              See also

              Further reading

              Swahili

              Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
              Wikipedia sw

              Etymology

              Inherited from Proto-BantuCategory:Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#BABACategory:Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu#BABA *bààbá. Likely reinforced by ArabicCategory:Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic#BABACategory:Swahili terms derived from Arabic#BABA بابا (bābā) and PersianCategory:Swahili terms borrowed from Persian#BABACategory:Swahili terms derived from Persian#BABA بابا (bâbâ).

              Pronunciation

              Noun

              baba class IX (plural baba class X)Category:Swahili lemmas#BABACategory:Swahili nouns#BABACategory:Swahili entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Swahili class IX nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

              1. father (male parent)

              Coordinate terms

              Derived terms

              Category:sw:Parents#BABACategory:sw:Male family members#BABA

              Swazi

              Etymology

              From Proto-BantuCategory:Swazi terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#BABACategory:Swazi terms derived from Proto-Bantu#BABA *-bába.

              Verb

              -bábaCategory:Swazi lemmas#BABACategory:Swazi verbs#BABACategory:Swazi entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

              1. (intransitiveCategory:Swazi intransitive verbs#BABA) to taste bitter

              Inflection

              This verb needs an inflection-table template.

              Category:Requests for inflections in Swazi verb entries#BABACategory:Requests for inflections in Swazi entries#BABA

              Tagalog

              Etymology 1

              From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BABACategory:Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BABA *babaq, from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#BABACategory:Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#BABA *babaq (“lower surface, below, bottom”). Cognate with Malay bawah (“under, below”).

              Pronunciation

              Noun

              babà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#BABACategory:Tagalog nouns#BABACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#BABACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#BABACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

              1. lowness; low height
              2. (anatomyCategory:tl:Anatomy#BABA) chin
                Synonym: (Marinduque) sihang
              Derived terms

              Noun

              babâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#BABACategory:Tagalog nouns#BABACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#BABACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#BABACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

              1. descent; going down
                Synonyms: lapag, lunsad, lusong, (of stairs) panaog
              2. getting off; alighting (from a vehicle or animal)
              3. stepping down; abdication; resignation from office
                Synonyms: bitiw, abdika, dimiti
              4. downstairs; basement
                Synonyms: ibaba, lapag
              5. decrease; lowering (of quantity or measurement)
              6. fruit picking in season
              7. putting down the phone; hanging up on a phone call
              Derived terms

              Etymology 2

              From Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BABACategory:Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#BABA *baba, from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#BABACategory:Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#BABA *baba (“to carry (a person piggyback)”). Cognate with Malay bawa (“to carry”).

              Pronunciation

              Noun

              babá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#BABACategory:Tagalog nouns#BABACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#BABACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#BABACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

              1. piggyback
              2. coitus of animals
                Synonym: kasta
              Derived terms
              See also

              Adjective

              babá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#BABACategory:Tagalog adjectives#BABACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#BABACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#BABACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

              1. carried piggyback
                Baba ko siya.
                I am carrying him piggyback.
                Category:Tagalog terms with usage examples#BABA

              Noun

              baba (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#BABACategory:Tagalog nouns#BABACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#BABACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#BABACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA (obsoleteCategory:Tagalog obsolete terms#BABA)

              1. loading a person into a boat
                Synonyms: pagsakay, paglulan
              Derived terms

              Etymology 3

              Pronunciation

              Noun

              babâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#BABACategory:Tagalog nouns#BABACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#BABACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#BABACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA (obsoleteCategory:Tagalog obsolete terms#BABA)

              1. name of the Baybayin letter ᜊ (ba), corresponding to "ba"

              See also

              Further reading

              Category:tl:Baybayin letter names#BABA

              Taíno

              Noun

              babaCategory:Taíno lemmas#BABACategory:Taíno nouns#BABACategory:Taíno entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

              1. father
              Category:tnq:Male family members#BABA Category:tnq:Parents#BABA

              Tarifit

              Alternative forms

              Etymology

              Inherited from Proto-BerberCategory:Tarifit terms inherited from Proto-Berber#BABACategory:Tarifit terms derived from Proto-Berber#BABA, from Proto-AfroasiaticCategory:Tarifit terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic#BABACategory:Tarifit terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic#BABA *ʔab-.

              Noun

              baba m (plural ibabaten, Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴰⴱⴰ)Category:Tarifit lemmas#BABACategory:Tarifit nouns#BABACategory:Tarifit entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Tarifit masculine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

              1. (my) father
                Synonym: lwalid
              Category:rif:Family#BABA

              Ternate

              Pronunciation

              Noun

              babaCategory:Ternate lemmas#BABACategory:Ternate nouns#BABACategory:Ternate entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

              1. father
                Synonym: aba

              References

              • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.

              Tswana

              Etymology

              From Proto-BantuCategory:Tswana terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#BABACategory:Tswana terms derived from Proto-Bantu#BABA *-bába.

              Verb

              -bábaCategory:Tswana lemmas#BABACategory:Tswana verbs#BABACategory:Tswana entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

              1. (intransitiveCategory:Tswana intransitive verbs#BABA) to taste hot, spicy
              2. (intransitiveCategory:Tswana intransitive verbs#BABA) to taste bitter
              3. (intransitiveCategory:Tswana intransitive verbs#BABA) to itch

              Tumbuka

              Verb

              -baba (infinitive kubaba)Category:Tumbuka lemmas#BABACategory:Tumbuka verbs#BABACategory:Tumbuka entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

              1. to give birth
              2. to beget (of men)
              3. to bear, to carry on one's back

              Derived terms

              References

              • William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎, Central Africana Limited, page 4

              Turkish

              Etymology

                Category:Turkish terms derived from Old Anatolian Turkish#BABACategory:Turkish terms inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish#BABACategory:Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish#BABACategory:Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#BABACategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#BABA

                From Ottoman TurkishCategory:Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish#BABACategory:Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#BABA بابا. First attested in 13th century. Nişanyan suggests the current word is a result of onomatopoeiaCategory:Turkish onomatopoeias#BABA found commonly in many languages. (In that respect, compare also papa and mama as translingual phenomena for father and mother.)

                Cognate with Southern Altai баабый (baabïy, “small baby”), папа (papa), Kazakh баба (baba), Bashkir баба (baba), Uzbek bobo, Uyghur بابا (baba)Category:Uyghur terms with redundant transliterations#BABA, بوۋا (bowa)Category:Uyghur terms with redundant transliterations#BABA, Turkmen baba, Azerbaijani baba (“grandfather”), etc.

                Pronunciation

                Noun

                baba (definite accusative babayı, plural babalar)Category:Turkish lemmas#BABACategory:Turkish nouns#BABACategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. father
                2. (Bektashism) saint
                3. (slangCategory:Turkish slang#BABA) crime boss
                4. (slangCategory:Turkish slang#BABA) penis, dick
                5. (BursaCategory:Bursa Turkish#BABA) roundabout
                6. ellipsis of iskele babası (“bollard, bitt”)Category:Turkish ellipses#BABA

                Declension

                Declension of baba
                singular plural
                nominative baba babalar
                definite accusative babayı babaları
                dative babaya babalara
                locative babada babalarda
                ablative babadan babalardan
                genitive babanın babaların
                Possessive forms
                nominative
                singular plural
                1st singular babam babalarım
                2nd singular baban babaların
                3rd singular babası babaları
                1st plural babamız babalarımız
                2nd plural babanız babalarınız
                3rd plural babaları babaları
                definite accusative
                singular plural
                1st singular babamı babalarımı
                2nd singular babanı babalarını
                3rd singular babasını babalarını
                1st plural babamızı babalarımızı
                2nd plural babanızı babalarınızı
                3rd plural babalarını babalarını
                dative
                singular plural
                1st singular babama babalarıma
                2nd singular babana babalarına
                3rd singular babasına babalarına
                1st plural babamıza babalarımıza
                2nd plural babanıza babalarınıza
                3rd plural babalarına babalarına
                locative
                singular plural
                1st singular babamda babalarımda
                2nd singular babanda babalarında
                3rd singular babasında babalarında
                1st plural babamızda babalarımızda
                2nd plural babanızda babalarınızda
                3rd plural babalarında babalarında
                ablative
                singular plural
                1st singular babamdan babalarımdan
                2nd singular babandan babalarından
                3rd singular babasından babalarından
                1st plural babamızdan babalarımızdan
                2nd plural babanızdan babalarınızdan
                3rd plural babalarından babalarından
                genitive
                singular plural
                1st singular babamın babalarımın
                2nd singular babanın babalarının
                3rd singular babasının babalarının
                1st plural babamızın babalarımızın
                2nd plural babanızın babalarınızın
                3rd plural babalarının babalarının
                Predicative forms
                singular plural
                1st singular babayım babalarım
                2nd singular babasın babalarsın
                3rd singular baba
                babadır                		 babalar
                babalardır
                1st plural babayız babalarız
                2nd plural babasınız babalarsınız
                3rd plural babalar babalardır

                Derived terms

                Adjective

                babaCategory:Turkish lemmas#BABACategory:Turkish adjectives#BABACategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. (slangCategory:Turkish slang#BABA) top-notch, high-quality, very good

                Descendants

                Further reading

                • “baba”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
                • Aktunç, Hulki (1998), “baba”, in Türkçenin büyük argo sözlüğü (tanıklarıyla) [Great Dictionary of Turkish Argot (with Attestations)] (in Turkish), Istanbul: YKY, page 55a
                • Devellioğlu, Ferit (1980), “baba”, in Türk argosu: İnceleme ve sözlük (Aydin Kitabevi yayınları. Sözlük dizisi; 1)‎ (in Turkish), 6th edition, Ankara: Aydın Kitabevi, page 62a
                • Püsküllüoğlu, Ali (2021), “baba”, in Türkçenin Argo Sözlüğü [Turkish Slang Dictionary] (in Turkish), 4th edition, Ankara: Arkadaş, →ISBN, page 35
                Category:tr:Family#BABACategory:tr:Male#BABA

                Turkmen

                Other scripts
                Latin baba‍
                Cyrillic баба‍
                Arabic بابا

                Etymology

                (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Turkmen entries#BABA

                Pronunciation

                Noun

                babaCategory:Turkmen lemmas#BABACategory:Turkmen nouns#BABACategory:Turkmen entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. maternal grandfather
                2. term of address for old men

                Declension

                Declension of baba
                singular plural
                nominative baba babalar
                accusative babany babalary
                genitive babanyň babalaryň
                dative babā babalara
                locative babada babalarda
                ablative babadan babalardan

                Derived terms

                Further reading

                • “baba” in Enedilim.com
                • “baba” in Webonary.org
                Category:tk:Family#BABA

                Upper Sorbian

                Etymology

                Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Upper Sorbian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#BABACategory:Upper Sorbian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#BABA *bàba.

                Pronunciation

                Noun

                baba f (diminutive babka)Category:Upper Sorbian lemmas#BABACategory:Upper Sorbian nouns#BABACategory:Upper Sorbian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Upper Sorbian feminine nouns#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. midwife (woman who attends births, helping women in labor)
                2. bundt cake
                3. old woman (elderly woman)

                Declension

                Declension of baba (feminine hard stem)
                singular dual plural
                nominative baba babje baby
                genitive baby babow babow
                dative babje babomaj babam
                accusative babu babje baby
                instrumental babu babomaj babami
                locative babje babomaj babach
                vocative baba babje baby
                Category:Upper Sorbian feminine hard stem nouns#BABA

                Further reading

                • “baba”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026
                • “baba” in Soblex
                Category:hsb:Female family members#BABACategory:hsb:Foods#BABACategory:hsb:Occupations#BABACategory:hsb:Pregnancy#BABACategory:hsb:Female people#BABA

                Venda

                Etymology

                From Proto-BantuCategory:Venda terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#BABACategory:Venda terms derived from Proto-Bantu#BABA *bààbá.

                Noun

                babaCategory:Venda lemmas#BABACategory:Venda nouns#BABACategory:Venda entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. father
                Category:ve:Family#BABA

                Wajarri

                Pronunciation

                Noun

                babaCategory:Wajarri lemmas#BABACategory:Wajarri nouns#BABACategory:Wajarri entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. water (not including sea water), rain

                West Makian

                Etymology

                Together with the polite yaya (“mother”), likely borrowed from TernateCategory:West Makian terms derived from Ternate#BABA baba (“father”).

                Pronunciation

                Noun

                babaCategory:West Makian lemmas#BABACategory:West Makian nouns#BABACategory:West Makian entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. father

                Usage notes

                The term baba is used for addressing one's father, whereas the term fao is used for referring to a father.

                References

                • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

                Woiwurrung

                Alternative forms

                Noun

                babaCategory:Woiwurrung lemmas#BABACategory:Woiwurrung nouns#BABACategory:Woiwurrung entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. mother[6]

                Derived terms

                References

                Category:wyi:Anatomy#BABA

                Yoruba

                Etymology 1

                Pronunciation

                Noun

                bàbáCategory:Yoruba lemmas#BABACategory:Yoruba nouns#BABACategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. father, dad
                  Synonyms: baba, àbá, iba, bàá, bà
                2. A term of respect or endearment for an older man, male relative, or a higher ranking man.
                3. A title for a man of a specific occupation (ex. bàbá-alágbẹ̀dẹ (“blacksmith”)Category:Yoruba links with redundant target parameters#BABA).
                Usage notes

                While bàbá is generally synonymous with baba, bàbá is a more restricted definition.

                Coordinate terms
                Derived terms

                Etymology 2

                Pronunciation

                Noun

                babaCategory:Yoruba lemmas#BABACategory:Yoruba nouns#BABACategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. father
                  Synonym: bàbáCategory:Yoruba links with redundant target parameters#BABA
                2. elderly man of wisdom, sage, elder
                  Synonym: bàbáCategory:Yoruba links with redundant target parameters#BABA
                3. revered or senior leader or entity
                  ògòǹgò, baba ẹyẹ ― The ostrich, the most revered of all the birdsCategory:Yoruba terms with usage examples#BABA
                4. male ancestor
                  Synonym: baba-ńláCategory:Yoruba links with redundant target parameters#BABA
                5. A prefix for given names in the class orúkọ àmútọ̀runwáCategory:Yoruba links with redundant target parameters#BABA, given to children who are believed to be reincarnations of a male ancestor. (ex. BabájídéCategory:Yoruba links with redundant target parameters#BABA, BabátúndéCategory:Yoruba links with redundant target parameters#BABA).
                Derived terms

                Etymology 3

                Àwọn nǹkan oníbàbà
                Chemical element
                Cu
                Previous: níkùlù (Ni)
                Next: síǹkì (Zn)
                Category:yo:Chemical elements#BABA

                Pronunciation

                Noun

                bàbàCategory:Yoruba lemmas#BABACategory:Yoruba nouns#BABACategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. copper (chemical element, Cu, atomical number 29)
                Derived terms

                Etymology 4

                Bábà

                Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Yoruba terms borrowed from English#BABACategory:Yoruba terms derived from English#BABA barber.

                Pronunciation

                Noun

                bábàCategory:Yoruba lemmas#BABACategory:Yoruba nouns#BABACategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. barber
                  Synonyms: onígbàjámọ̀Category:Yoruba links with redundant target parameters#BABA, agẹrun, gẹrun-gẹrun

                Etymology 5

                Bàbà

                Possibly from Etymology 3 (bàbà (“copper”)Category:Yoruba links with redundant target parameters#BABA), in reference to the copper-like color of sorghum

                Pronunciation

                Noun

                bàbàCategory:Yoruba lemmas#BABACategory:Yoruba nouns#BABACategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. sorghum, millet, (in particular) Sorghum bicolor
                  Synonyms: ọkà bàbàCategory:Yoruba links with redundant target parameters#BABA, jéróCategory:Yoruba links with redundant target parameters#BABA
                2. dark red color, in comparison to the color of sorghum
                  Synonym: ẹpọ́nCategory:Yoruba links with redundant target parameters#BABA

                Etymology 6

                Adjective sense derives from ideophone sense

                Pronunciation

                Ideophone

                bàbàCategory:Yoruba lemmas#BABACategory:Yoruba ideophones#BABACategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA or bábáCategory:Yoruba lemmas#BABACategory:Yoruba ideophones#BABACategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. (of an object) to be quickly and rapidly hovering
                Derived terms

                Adjective

                bábáCategory:Yoruba lemmas#BABACategory:Yoruba adjectives#BABACategory:Yoruba entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. plentiful
                  bábá owó ― Plentiful amount of moneyCategory:Yoruba terms with usage examples#BABA
                Derived terms
                Category:yo:Family#BABACategory:yo:Occupations#BABACategory:yo:Grains#BABACategory:yo:Plants#BABACategory:yo:Colors#BABA

                Zulu

                Etymology 1

                From Proto-BantuCategory:Zulu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#BABACategory:Zulu terms derived from Proto-Bantu#BABA *-bába.

                Verb

                -bábaCategory:Zulu lemmas#BABACategory:Zulu verbs#BABACategory:Zulu entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. (intransitiveCategory:Zulu intransitive verbs#BABA) to taste hot, spicy
                2. (intransitiveCategory:Zulu intransitive verbs#BABA) to taste bitter
                Inflection
                tone H (infinitive ukubaba)
                positive negative
                infinitive ukubaba ukungababi
                imperative
                simple + object concord
                singular baba -babe
                plural babani -babeni
                present
                positive absolute positive relative positive participial negative absolute negative relative negative participial
                1st singular ngiyababa, ngibaba engibabayo, engibaba ngibaba angibabi engingababi ngingababi
                2nd singular uyababa, ubaba obabayo, obaba ubaba awubabi ongababi ungababi
                1st plural siyababa, sibaba esibabayo, esibaba sibaba asibabi esingababi singababi
                2nd plural niyababa, nibaba enibabayo, enibaba nibaba anibabi eningababi ningababi
                class 1 uyababa, ubaba obabayo, obaba ebaba akababi ongababi engababi
                class 2 bayababa, bababa abababayo, abababa bebaba abababi abangababi bengababi
                class 3 uyababa, ubaba obabayo, obaba ubaba awubabi ongababi ungababi
                class 4 iyababa, ibaba ebabayo, ebaba ibaba ayibabi engababi ingababi
                class 5 liyababa, libaba elibabayo, elibaba libaba alibabi elingababi lingababi
                class 6 ayababa, ababa ababayo, ababa ebaba awababi angababi engababi
                class 7 siyababa, sibaba esibabayo, esibaba sibaba asibabi esingababi singababi
                class 8 ziyababa, zibaba ezibabayo, ezibaba zibaba azibabi ezingababi zingababi
                class 9 iyababa, ibaba ebabayo, ebaba ibaba ayibabi engababi ingababi
                class 10 ziyababa, zibaba ezibabayo, ezibaba zibaba azibabi ezingababi zingababi
                class 11 luyababa, lubaba olubabayo, olubaba lubaba alubabi olungababi lungababi
                class 14 buyababa, bubaba obubabayo, obubaba bubaba abubabi obungababi bungababi
                class 15 kuyababa, kubaba okubabayo, okubaba kubaba akubabi okungababi kungababi
                class 17 kuyababa, kubaba okubabayo, okubaba kubaba akubabi okungababi kungababi
                recent past
                positive absolute positive relative positive participial negative absolute negative relative negative participial
                1st singular ngibabile, ngibabē engibabile, engibabē ngibabile, ngibabē angibabanga engingababanga ngingababanga
                2nd singular ubabile, ubabē obabile, obabē ubabile, ubabē awubabanga ongababanga ungababanga
                1st plural sibabile, sibabē esibabile, esibabē sibabile, sibabē asibabanga esingababanga singababanga
                2nd plural nibabile, nibabē enibabile, enibabē nibabile, nibabē anibabanga eningababanga ningababanga
                class 1 ubabile, ubabē obabile, obabē ebabile, ebabē akababanga ongababanga engababanga
                class 2 bababile, bababē abababile, abababē bebabile, bebabē abababanga abangababanga bengababanga
                class 3 ubabile, ubabē obabile, obabē ubabile, ubabē awubabanga ongababanga ungababanga
                class 4 ibabile, ibabē ebabile, ebabē ibabile, ibabē ayibabanga engababanga ingababanga
                class 5 libabile, libabē elibabile, elibabē libabile, libabē alibabanga elingababanga lingababanga
                class 6 ababile, ababē ababile, ababē ebabile, ebabē awababanga angababanga engababanga
                class 7 sibabile, sibabē esibabile, esibabē sibabile, sibabē asibabanga esingababanga singababanga
                class 8 zibabile, zibabē ezibabile, ezibabē zibabile, zibabē azibabanga ezingababanga zingababanga
                class 9 ibabile, ibabē ebabile, ebabē ibabile, ibabē ayibabanga engababanga ingababanga
                class 10 zibabile, zibabē ezibabile, ezibabē zibabile, zibabē azibabanga ezingababanga zingababanga
                class 11 lubabile, lubabē olubabile, olubabē lubabile, lubabē alubabanga olungababanga lungababanga
                class 14 bubabile, bubabē obubabile, obubabē bubabile, bubabē abubabanga obungababanga bungababanga
                class 15 kubabile, kubabē okubabile, okubabē kubabile, kubabē akubabanga okungababanga kungababanga
                class 17 kubabile, kubabē okubabile, okubabē kubabile, kubabē akubabanga okungababanga kungababanga
                remote past
                positive absolute positive relative positive participial negative absolute negative relative negative participial
                1st singular ngābaba engābaba ngābaba angibabanga engingababanga ngingababanga
                2nd singular wābaba owābaba wābaba awubabanga ongababanga ungababanga
                1st plural sābaba esābaba sābaba asibabanga esingababanga singababanga
                2nd plural nābaba enābaba nābaba anibabanga eningababanga ningababanga
                class 1 wābaba owābaba ābaba akababanga ongababanga engababanga
                class 2 bābaba abābaba bābaba abababanga abangababanga bengababanga
                class 3 wābaba owābaba wābaba awubabanga ongababanga ungababanga
                class 4 yābaba eyābaba yābaba ayibabanga engababanga ingababanga
                class 5 lābaba elābaba lābaba alibabanga elingababanga lingababanga
                class 6 ābaba ābaba ābaba awababanga angababanga engababanga
                class 7 sābaba esābaba sābaba asibabanga esingababanga singababanga
                class 8 zābaba ezābaba zābaba azibabanga ezingababanga zingababanga
                class 9 yābaba eyābaba yābaba ayibabanga engababanga ingababanga
                class 10 zābaba ezābaba zābaba azibabanga ezingababanga zingababanga
                class 11 lwābaba olwābaba lwābaba alubabanga olungababanga lungababanga
                class 14 bābaba obābaba bābaba abubabanga obungababanga bungababanga
                class 15 kwābaba okwābaba kwābaba akubabanga okungababanga kungababanga
                class 17 kwābaba okwābaba kwābaba akubabanga okungababanga kungababanga
                potential
                positive absolute positive relative positive participial negative absolute negative relative negative participial
                1st singular ngingababa — ngingababa ngingebabe — ngingebabe
                2nd singular ungababa — ungababa ungebabe — ungebabe
                1st plural singababa — singababa singebabe — singebabe
                2nd plural ningababa — ningababa ningebabe — ningebabe
                class 1 angababa — engababa angebabe — engebabe
                class 2 bangababa — bengababa bangebabe — bengebabe
                class 3 ungababa — ungababa ungebabe — ungebabe
                class 4 ingababa — ingababa ingebabe — ingebabe
                class 5 lingababa — lingababa lingebabe — lingebabe
                class 6 angababa — engababa angebabe — engebabe
                class 7 singababa — singababa singebabe — singebabe
                class 8 zingababa — zingababa zingebabe — zingebabe
                class 9 ingababa — ingababa ingebabe — ingebabe
                class 10 zingababa — zingababa zingebabe — zingebabe
                class 11 lungababa — lungababa lungebabe — lungebabe
                class 14 bungababa — bungababa bungebabe — bungebabe
                class 15 kungababa — kungababa kungebabe — kungebabe
                class 17 kungababa — kungababa kungebabe — kungebabe
                immediate future
                positive absolute positive relative positive participial negative absolute negative relative negative participial
                1st singular ngizobaba engizobaba ngizobaba angizubaba engingezubaba ngingezubaba
                2nd singular uzobaba ozobaba uzobaba awuzubaba ongezubaba ungezubaba
                1st plural sizobaba esizobaba sizobaba asizubaba esingezubaba singezubaba
                2nd plural nizobaba enizobaba nizobaba anizubaba eningezubaba ningezubaba
                class 1 uzobaba ozobaba ezobaba akazubaba ongezubaba engezubaba
                class 2 bazobaba abazobaba bezobaba abazubaba abangezubaba bengezubaba
                class 3 uzobaba ozobaba uzobaba awuzubaba ongezubaba ungezubaba
                class 4 izobaba ezobaba izobaba ayizubaba engezubaba ingezubaba
                class 5 lizobaba elizobaba lizobaba alizubaba elingezubaba lingezubaba
                class 6 azobaba azobaba ezobaba awazubaba angezubaba engezubaba
                class 7 sizobaba esizobaba sizobaba asizubaba esingezubaba singezubaba
                class 8 zizobaba ezizobaba zizobaba azizubaba ezingezubaba zingezubaba
                class 9 izobaba ezobaba izobaba ayizubaba engezubaba ingezubaba
                class 10 zizobaba ezizobaba zizobaba azizubaba ezingezubaba zingezubaba
                class 11 luzobaba oluzobaba luzobaba aluzubaba olungezubaba lungezubaba
                class 14 buzobaba obuzobaba buzobaba abuzubaba obungezubaba bungezubaba
                class 15 kuzobaba okuzobaba kuzobaba akuzubaba okungezubaba kungezubaba
                class 17 kuzobaba okuzobaba kuzobaba akuzubaba okungezubaba kungezubaba
                remote future
                positive absolute positive relative positive participial negative absolute negative relative negative participial
                1st singular ngiyobaba engiyobaba ngiyobaba angiyubaba engingeyubaba ngingeyubaba
                2nd singular uyobaba oyobaba uyobaba awuyubaba ongeyubaba ungeyubaba
                1st plural siyobaba esiyobaba siyobaba asiyubaba esingeyubaba singeyubaba
                2nd plural niyobaba eniyobaba niyobaba aniyubaba eningeyubaba ningeyubaba
                class 1 uyobaba oyobaba eyobaba akayubaba ongeyubaba engeyubaba
                class 2 bayobaba abayobaba beyobaba abayubaba abangeyubaba bengeyubaba
                class 3 uyobaba oyobaba uyobaba awuyubaba ongeyubaba ungeyubaba
                class 4 iyobaba eyobaba iyobaba ayiyubaba engeyubaba ingeyubaba
                class 5 liyobaba eliyobaba liyobaba aliyubaba elingeyubaba lingeyubaba
                class 6 ayobaba ayobaba eyobaba awayubaba angeyubaba engeyubaba
                class 7 siyobaba esiyobaba siyobaba asiyubaba esingeyubaba singeyubaba
                class 8 ziyobaba eziyobaba ziyobaba aziyubaba ezingeyubaba zingeyubaba
                class 9 iyobaba eyobaba iyobaba ayiyubaba engeyubaba ingeyubaba
                class 10 ziyobaba eziyobaba ziyobaba aziyubaba ezingeyubaba zingeyubaba
                class 11 luyobaba oluyobaba luyobaba aluyubaba olungeyubaba lungeyubaba
                class 14 buyobaba obuyobaba buyobaba abuyubaba obungeyubaba bungeyubaba
                class 15 kuyobaba okuyobaba kuyobaba akuyubaba okungeyubaba kungeyubaba
                class 17 kuyobaba okuyobaba kuyobaba akuyubaba okungeyubaba kungeyubaba
                present subjunctive
                positive negative
                1st singular ngibabe ngingababi
                2nd singular ubabe ungababi
                1st plural sibabe singababi
                2nd plural nibabe ningababi
                class 1 ababe angababi
                class 2 bababe bangababi
                class 3 ubabe ungababi
                class 4 ibabe ingababi
                class 5 libabe lingababi
                class 6 ababe angababi
                class 7 sibabe singababi
                class 8 zibabe zingababi
                class 9 ibabe ingababi
                class 10 zibabe zingababi
                class 11 lubabe lungababi
                class 14 bubabe bungababi
                class 15 kubabe kungababi
                class 17 kubabe kungababi
                past subjunctive
                positive negative
                1st singular ngababa ngangababa, angababa, angangababa
                2nd singular wababa wangababa, awababa, awangababa
                1st plural sababa sangababa, asababa, asangababa
                2nd plural nababa nangababa, anababa, anangababa
                class 1 wababa wangababa, akababa, akangababa
                class 2 bababa bangababa, abababa, abangababa
                class 3 wababa wangababa, awababa, awangababa
                class 4 yababa yangababa, ayababa, ayangababa
                class 5 lababa langababa, alababa, alangababa
                class 6 ababa angababa, awababa, awangababa
                class 7 sababa sangababa, asababa, asangababa
                class 8 zababa zangababa, azababa, azangababa
                class 9 yababa yangababa, ayababa, ayangababa
                class 10 zababa zangababa, azababa, azangababa
                class 11 lwababa lwangababa, alwababa, alwangababa
                class 14 bababa bangababa, abababa, abangababa
                class 15 kwababa kwangababa, akwababa, akwangababa
                class 17 kwababa kwangababa, akwababa, akwangababa
                Category:Zulu verbs with tone H#BABA

                Etymology 2

                See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

                Noun

                babaCategory:Zulu non-lemma forms#BABACategory:Zulu noun forms#BABACategory:Zulu entries with incorrect language header#BABACategory:Pages with entries#BABACategory:Pages with 81 entries#BABA

                1. simple singular of ubaba

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