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-ba

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Bambara

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Suffix

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-ba

  1. (augmentative suffix)
    dugu + ‎-ba → ‎duguba

Basque

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Suffix

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-ba

  1. (non-productive) Kinship suffix. It is usually found attached to unknown stems.

Derived terms

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References

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  • -ba” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech -ba, from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ba f (noun-forming suffix)

  1. forms feminine nouns usually denoting an action, process or its result
    chodit + ‎-ba → ‎chodba
    sloužit + ‎-ba → ‎služba

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • -ba in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Garo

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Affix

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-ba

  1. affirmative affix, indeed
  2. also

Antonyms

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Gothic

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Romanization

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-ba

  1. Romanization of -𐌱𐌰

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ba/-be (illative case suffix)

  1. into
    ház (house)a házba (into the house)
  2. Eye dialect spelling of -ban.

Usage notes

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  • (illative case suffix) Variants:
    -ba is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
    alma (apple)Beleharapott egy almába.He/she has bitten into an apple.
    -be is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
    zene (music)Variációkat dolgoztunk bele a zenébe.We worked variations into the music.
Hungarian case suffixes
case back vowel
a, á, o, ó, u, ú
front vowel
unrounded
e, é, i, í
rounded
ö, ő, ü, ű
nominative
accusative -t
-ot / -at -et -öt
dative -nak -nek
instrumental -val -vel
causal-final -ért
translative -vá -vé
terminative -ig
essive-formal -ként1
essive-modal -ul -ül
inessive -ban -ben
superessive -n
-on -en -ön
adessive -nál -nél
illative -ba -be
sublative -ra -re
allative -hoz -hez -höz
elative -ból -ből
delative -ról -ről
ablative -tól -től

1 Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except before -ként.
    almaalmában, but almaként
    zenezenében, but zeneként

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Hungarian pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (see also postpositions)
case suffix who? what? this that he/she (it)1 verbal prefix category
nominative ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az / -∅
accusative -t / -ot /
-at / -et / -öt
kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt / -∅
c1
c2
dative -nak / -nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- category
instrumental -val / -vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel
azzal/
avval
vele category
causal-final -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte category
translative -vá / -vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá category
terminative -ig meddig eddig addig category
essive-formal -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként category
essive-modal -ul / -ül category
inessive -ban / -ben kiben miben ebben abban benne category
superessive -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) category
adessive -nál / -nél kinél minél ennél annál nála category
illative -ba / -be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- category
sublative -ra / -re kire mire erre arra rá- category
allative -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- category
elative -ból / -ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle category
delative -ról / -ről kiről miről erről arról róla category
ablative -tól / -től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle category

1Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template

Japanese

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Romanization

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-ba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ba/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
  • Homophone: ba

Suffix

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-ba f

  1. (not productive) forms feminine nouns meaning the action of a verb
    służyć + ‎-ba → ‎służba

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • -ba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Suffix

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-ba (Cyrillic spelling -ба)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually denoting an action.

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