-ba’

K'iche'

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɓaːʔ/

Suffix

-ba’

1. Forms transitive verbs from intransitive verbs

   jupi’k (“to lie face down”) → jupuba’ (“to place face down”)

   ch’aqi’k (“to get wet”) → ch’aqaba’ (“to make wet”)

2. Forms transitive verbs from nouns

   tzay (“swing”) → tzayaba’ (“to hang (v.t.)”)

   kabal (“opening”) → kababa’ (“to open halfway”)

3. (rarely) Forms transitive verbs from transitive verbs

   laq’ (“to pat on the back”) → laq’ba’ (“to leave on ground something large and flat”)

   mu’ (“to soak; to sop”) → muba’ (“to soak”)

4. (rarely) Forms verbs from adjectives

   choqolik (“lying on the ground”) → choqba’ (“to slide off”)

References

• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary