baka

See also: Baka and båkå

English

Noun

baka (plural bakas or baka)

  1. (voodoo) An evil spirit in Haiti, often in the form of an animal.
    • 1953, Maya Daren, The Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company 2004, p. 113:
      Under his sign the malevolent bocor may take the shape of an animal, and men may be transformed into terrible bakas.
    • 1969, Milo Rigaud, Secrets of Voodoo, p. 83:
      A person has only to serve the baka incorrectly to have it turn against its owner and do him irremediable harm by reason of the very duality of its composition.
    • 2001, Jennie Marcelle Smith, When the Hands Are Many, p. 77:
      Because a baka can destroy a family's (or even a whole neighborhood's) well-being, there is great interest in catching and destroying them.

Anagrams

Asi

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun

baka

  1. cow

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • (Naga Bikol) IPA(key): [bɑkɑ]

Noun

baka

  1. cow

Binukid

Noun

baka

  1. cow

Noun

bakà

  1. jaw

Bolinao

Noun

baka

  1. cow

Cebuano

Etymology

From Latin vacca thru Spanish vaca.

Noun

baka

  1. cow
  2. (generally) cattle (both cows and bulls)
  3. beef

Adjective

baka

  1. beef

Dupaningan Agta

Adverb

baka

  1. perhaps; maybe

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛaːʰka/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːʰka
  • Homophone: bakað

Verb

baka (third person singular past indicative bakaði, third person plural past indicative bakað, supine bakað)

  1. to bake

Conjugation

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bàkáː/

Noun

bàkā m (plural bakunkunā̀, possessed form bàkan)

  1. bow
  2. hacksaw
  3. catch of a lock

Etymology 2

From baki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bákà/

Adverb

bakà

  1. in the mouth

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun

báka

  1. bull, cow, ox

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒkɒ]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ka

Noun

baka (plural bakák)

  1. soldier

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative baka bakák
accusative bakát bakákat
dative bakának bakáknak
instrumental bakával bakákkal
causal-final bakáért bakákért
translative bakává bakákká
terminative bakáig bakákig
essive-formal bakaként bakákként
essive-modal — —
inessive bakában bakákban
superessive bakán bakákon
adessive bakánál bakáknál
illative bakába bakákba
sublative bakára bakákra
allative bakához bakákhoz
elative bakából bakákból
delative bakáról bakákról
ablative bakától bakáktól
Possessive forms of baka
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bakám bakáim
2nd person sing. bakád bakáid
3rd person sing. bakája bakái
1st person plural bakánk bakáink
2nd person plural bakátok bakáitok
3rd person plural bakájuk bakáik

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaːka/
  • Rhymes: -aːka

Etymology 1

From the verb baka (“to bake”).

Noun

baka f (genitive singular böku, nominative plural bökur)

  1. pie
Declension
Derived terms
  • kjötbaka

Etymology 2

From Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

Verb

baka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bakaði, supine bakað)

  1. to bake
Conjugation
bakast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að bakast
supine
(sagnbót)		 bakast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 bakandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég bakast við bökumst present
(nútíð)		 ég bakist við bökumst
þú bakast þið bakist þú bakist þið bakist
hann, hún, það bakast þeir, þær, þau bakast hann, hún, það bakist þeir, þær, þau bakist
past
(þátíð)		 ég bakaðist við bökuðumst past
(þátíð)		 ég bakaðist við bökuðumst
þú bakaðist þið bökuðust þú bakaðist þið bökuðust
hann, hún, það bakaðist þeir, þær, þau bökuðust hann, hún, það bakaðist þeir, þær, þau bökuðust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 bakast (þú) bakist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
bakastu bakisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 3

Form of bak (“a back”).

Noun

baka n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of bak

Indonesian

Adjective

baka

  1. eternal

Japanese

Romanization

baka

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ばか

Kiput

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *bakas.

Noun

baka

  1. wild boar

Limos Kalinga

Noun

baka

  1. cow

Malay

Adjective

baka

  1. patriarchal, ruled by men
    sistem (kuasa) baka
    a patriarchal system

Antonyms

Noun

baka (plural baka-baka)

  1. stock, breed (of livestock)

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

baka

  1. cow

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

baka m, n

  1. definite neuter plural of bak

Etymology 2

From Old Norse baka

Verb

baka (present tense bakar or baker, past tense baka or bakte, past participle baka or bakt, passive infinitive bakast, present participle bakande, imperative bak)

  1. alternative form of bake

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-. Compare Old English bacan (English bake), Old Saxon bakkan (Low German backen), Dutch bakken, Old High German bahhan, backan (German backen).

Verb

baka

  1. to bake

Descendants

References

  • baka in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

baka m

  1. crane
  2. heron

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From earlier babka; compare bȁba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǎːka/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ka

Noun

báka f (Cyrillic spelling ба́ка)

  1. (hypocoristic) grandmother, grandma
  2. (hypocoristic, regional) old woman

Declension

References

  • “baka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English back.

Adjective

baka

  1. back
    bakasey ― behind

Noun

baka

  1. back

Swahili

Verb

-baka (infinitive kubaka)

  1. molest, rape
    Synonym: -najisi

Conjugation

Conjugation of -baka
Non-finite forms
Form Positive Negative
Infinitive kubaka kutobaka
Simple finite forms
Positive form Singular Plural
Imperative baka bakeni
Habitual hubaka
Complex finite forms
Polarity Persons Persons / Classes Classes
1st 2nd 3rd / M-wa M-mi Ma Ki-vi N U Ku Pa Mu
Sg. Pl. Sg. Pl. Sg. / 1 Pl. / 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 / 14 15 / 17 16 18
Past
Positive nilibaka
nalibaka		 tulibaka
twalibaka		 ulibaka
walibaka		 mlibaka
mwalibaka		 alibaka walibaka ulibaka ilibaka lilibaka yalibaka kilibaka vilibaka ilibaka zilibaka ulibaka kulibaka palibaka mulibaka
Relative niliobaka
naliobaka		 tuliobaka
twaliobaka		 uliobaka
waliobaka		 mliobaka
mwaliobaka		 aliobaka waliobaka uliobaka iliobaka liliobaka yaliobaka kiliobaka viliobaka iliobaka ziliobaka uliobaka kuliobaka paliobaka muliobaka
Negative sikubaka hatukubaka hukubaka hamkubaka hakubaka hawakubaka haukubaka haikubaka halikubaka hayakubaka hakikubaka havikubaka haikubaka hazikubaka haukubaka hakukubaka hapakubaka hamukubaka
Present
Positive ninabaka
nabaka		 tunabaka unabaka mnabaka anabaka wanabaka unabaka inabaka linabaka yanabaka kinabaka vinabaka inabaka zinabaka unabaka kunabaka panabaka munabaka
Relative ninaobaka
naobaka		 tunaobaka unaobaka mnaobaka anaobaka wanaobaka unaobaka inaobaka linaobaka yanaobaka kinaobaka vinaobaka inaobaka zinaobaka unaobaka kunaobaka panaobaka munaobaka
Negative sibaki hatubaki hubaki hambaki habaki hawabaki haubaki haibaki halibaki hayabaki hakibaki havibaki haibaki hazibaki haubaki hakubaki hapabaki hamubaki
Future
Positive nitabaka tutabaka utabaka mtabaka atabaka watabaka utabaka itabaka litabaka yatabaka kitabaka vitabaka itabaka zitabaka utabaka kutabaka patabaka mutabaka
Relative nitakaobaka tutakaobaka utakaobaka mtakaobaka atakaobaka watakaobaka utakaobaka itakaobaka litakaobaka yatakaobaka kitakaobaka vitakaobaka itakaobaka zitakaobaka utakaobaka kutakaobaka patakaobaka mutakaobaka
Negative sitabaka hatutabaka hutabaka hamtabaka hatabaka hawatabaka hautabaka haitabaka halitabaka hayatabaka hakitabaka havitabaka haitabaka hazitabaka hautabaka hakutabaka hapatabaka hamutabaka
Subjunctive
Positive nibake tubake ubake mbake abake wabake ubake ibake libake yabake kibake vibake ibake zibake ubake kubake pabake mubake
Negative nisibake tusibake usibake msibake asibake wasibake usibake isibake lisibake yasibake kisibake visibake isibake zisibake usibake kusibake pasibake musibake
Present Conditional
Positive ningebaka tungebaka ungebaka mngebaka angebaka wangebaka ungebaka ingebaka lingebaka yangebaka kingebaka vingebaka ingebaka zingebaka ungebaka kungebaka pangebaka mungebaka
Negative nisingebaka
singebaka		 tusingebaka
hatungebaka		 usingebaka
hungebaka		 msingebaka
hamngebaka		 asingebaka
hangebaka		 wasingebaka
hawangebaka		 usingebaka
haungebaka		 isingebaka
haingebaka		 lisingebaka
halingebaka		 yasingebaka
hayangebaka		 kisingebaka
hakingebaka		 visingebaka
havingebaka		 isingebaka
haingebaka		 zisingebaka
hazingebaka		 usingebaka
haungebaka		 kusingebaka
hakungebaka		 pasingebaka
hapangebaka		 musingebaka
hamungebaka
Past Conditional
Positive ningalibaka tungalibaka ungalibaka mngalibaka angalibaka wangalibaka ungalibaka ingalibaka lingalibaka yangalibaka kingalibaka vingalibaka ingalibaka zingalibaka ungalibaka kungalibaka pangalibaka mungalibaka
Negative nisingalibaka
singalibaka		 tusingalibaka
hatungalibaka		 usingalibaka
hungalibaka		 msingalibaka
hamngalibaka		 asingalibaka
hangalibaka		 wasingalibaka
hawangalibaka		 usingalibaka
haungalibaka		 isingalibaka
haingalibaka		 lisingalibaka
halingalibaka		 yasingalibaka
hayangalibaka		 kisingalibaka
hakingalibaka		 visingalibaka
havingalibaka		 isingalibaka
haingalibaka		 zisingalibaka
hazingalibaka		 usingalibaka
haungalibaka		 kusingalibaka
hakungalibaka		 pasingalibaka
hapangalibaka		 musingalibaka
hamungalibaka
Conditional Contrary to Fact
Positive ningelibaka tungelibaka ungelibaka mngelibaka angelibaka wangelibaka ungelibaka ingelibaka lingelibaka yangelibaka kingelibaka vingelibaka ingelibaka zingelibaka ungelibaka kungelibaka pangelibaka mungelibaka
General Relative
Positive nibakao tubakao ubakao mbakao abakao wabakao ubakao ibakao libakao yabakao kibakao vibakao ibakao zibakao ubakao kubakao pabakao mubakao
Negative nisiobaka tusiobaka usiobaka msiobaka asiobaka wasiobaka usiobaka isiobaka lisiobaka yasiobaka kisiobaka visiobaka isiobaka zisiobaka usiobaka kusiobaka pasiobaka musiobaka
Gnomic
Positive nabaka twabaka wabaka mwabaka abaka wabaka wabaka yabaka labaka yabaka chabaka vyabaka yabaka zabaka wabaka kwabaka pabaka mwabaka
Perfect
Positive nimebaka tumebaka umebaka mmebaka amebaka wamebaka umebaka imebaka limebaka yamebaka kimebaka vimebaka imebaka zimebaka umebaka kumebaka pamebaka mumebaka
"Already"
Positive nimeshabaka tumeshabaka umeshabaka mmeshabaka ameshabaka wameshabaka umeshabaka imeshabaka limeshabaka yameshabaka kimeshabaka vimeshabaka imeshabaka zimeshabaka umeshabaka kumeshabaka pameshabaka mumeshabaka
"Not yet"
Negative sijabaka hatujabaka hujabaka hamjabaka hajabaka hawajabaka haujabaka haijabaka halijabaka hayajabaka hakijabaka havijabaka haijabaka hazijabaka haujabaka hakujabaka hapajabaka hamujabaka
"If/When"
Positive nikibaka tukibaka ukibaka mkibaka akibaka wakibaka ukibaka ikibaka likibaka yakibaka kikibaka vikibaka ikibaka zikibaka ukibaka kukibaka pakibaka mukibaka
"If not"
Negative nisipobaka tusipobaka usipobaka msipobaka asipobaka wasipobaka usipobaka isipobaka lisipobaka yasipobaka kisipobaka visipobaka isipobaka zisipobaka usipobaka kusipobaka pasipobaka musipobaka
Consecutive
Positive nikabaka tukabaka ukabaka mkabaka akabaka wakabaka ukabaka ikabaka likabaka yakabaka kikabaka vikabaka ikabaka zikabaka ukabaka kukabaka pakabaka mukabaka
Not all possible forms are listed in the table. Transitive verbs can take object concords, relative concords can agree with all noun classes, and many other forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

  • Verbal derivations:
    • Augmentative: -bakua (“rob, plunder”)

Noun

baka (ma class, plural mabaka)

  1. mark on the body (like a scar or birthmark)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)

Verb

baka

  1. to bake; to cook in an oven.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun

baka

  1. cow

Adverb

baka

  1. maybe, probably
  2. might

Tausug

Noun

baka

  1. cow

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun

baka

  1. cow
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