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ba

noun
/p˭ɑ˨//ᵐba/

Etymology

The sound is very commonly made by infants, and is interpreted by parents as a reference to themselves.

  1. borrowed from bꜣ

Definitions

  1. A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after…

    A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food.

    • Any ordinary person who has ever floated out of his body during a nap knows what a Ba is, but unfortunately the dogmas of our materialistic culture constrain the person to ignore and repress his experience.
    • But the Ba, I remembered, could be seen as the mistress of your heart and might or might not decide to speak to you, just as the heart cannot always forgive.

  2. Father, baba.

  3. A medieval football game played in parts of Scotland around Christmas and New Year.

    • The townsmen played ba often and clearly knew what they were doing.
  4. ›+ 17 more definitions

    1. Abbreviation of bathroom.

      • 2 beds, 1 ba

    2. Used to indicate a tentative suggestion.

      • I think you should go see a doctor ba.

    3. Used to indicate confident speculation.

      • rich pple in here... 15" Conti for 800? thats a little steep... same class as ps4s? / 18" tires about 600 to 750 bah...

    4. Initialism of Bachelor of Arts.

    5. Initialism of business analyst.

    6. Initialism of breast augmentation.

    7. Initialism of Basic Authentication.

    8. Initialism of bongkrek acid.

    9. Initialism of breathing apparatus.

    10. Initialism of British Airways.

    11. Initialism of Buenos Aires

      Initialism of Buenos Aires: a province of Argentina.

    12. Initialism of British Administration (usually followed by a place name).

    13. Abbreviation of Bali

      Abbreviation of Bali: a province of Indonesia.

    14. Abbreviation of Bahia

      Abbreviation of Bahia: a state of Brazil.

    15. Initialism of bad-ass.

    16. A province of Fiji. Capital

      A province of Fiji. Capital: Lautoka.

    17. Abbreviation of bass guitar (of a rock band)

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA