-ba

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ba"

Basque

Suffix

-ba

Suffix appended to words to create a kinship term.

Derived Terms

ahizpa “sister”
alaba “daughter” (from alu “vagina”)
arreba “sister”
asaba “grandfather” (from aso “senility”)
ginarreba “parent-in-law” (from ginar “flesh”)
- aitaginarreba “father-in-law”
- amaginarreba “mother-in-law”
iloba “nephew”
izeba “aunt”
osaba “uncle”

References

http://projetbabel.org/basque/dictionary.php?q=-ba

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Suffix

-ba

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

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Czech_words_suffixed_with_-ba'>Czech words suffixed with -ba</a>

honba, from honit
doba, from dít
služba, from sloužit
prosba, from prosit
léčba, from léčit
hrozba, from hrozit
palba, from pálit
chodba, from chodit
dlažba, from dláždit
kresba, from kreslit
ražba, from razit
tvorba, from tvořit
volba, from volit
platba, from platit
stavba, from stavět
lučba, from loučit
střelba, from střílet
skladba, from skládat
žaloba, from žalovat
malba, from malovat
družba, from družit

Gothic

Romanization

-ba

Romanization of -𐌱𐌰

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bɒ]

Suffix

-ba

(case suffix) into. Used to form the illative case.
ház (“house”) → a házba (“into the house”)

Usage notes

Hungarian case suffixes

Case	Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú	Front vowel
Case	Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú	unrounded e, é, i, í	rounded ö, ő, ü, ű
nominative	—
accusative	-t
accusative	-ot / -at	-et	-öt
dative	-nak	-nek
instrumental	-val	-vel
causal-final	-ért
translative	-vá	-vé
terminative	-ig
essive-formal	-ként
essive-modal	-ul	-ül
inessive	-ban	-ben
superessive	-n
superessive	-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
Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként. alma - almában, but almaként zene - zenében, but zeneként

(case suffix) Harmonic variants:
-ba is added to back vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
alma (“apple”) → Beleharapott egy almába. - 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.

Navajo

Prefix

-ba

(disjunct prefix of position I)
Postpositional prefix occurring in conjunction with di- in themes related to exhaustion, completion
► Navajo verbs with postpositional prefix -ba

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ьba.

Suffix

-ba (Cyrillic spelling -ба)

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