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Baba
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Appendix:Variations of "baba"
English
+-Nyonya
Etymology 1
From en ms Baba or ms baba.
Noun
en Malaysia Singapore Indonesia A male Peranakan.
See also
en Nyonya
See also
en Baba Ana Ali Baba Ali Baba bag Baba Jaga Baba Yaga
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en Set Egyptian god.
Anagrams
en aabb AABB Abba ABBA abba
Betawi
Alternative forms
bew Babè Kota
Etymology
See bew baba.
Proper noun
bew proper noun
bew Christianity Father God
bew 2012 Tuhan Aye My God w:Junaedi Salat Junaedi Salat Elyzabeth Tuhan ayè, Tuhan ayè Babè di Sorgè / Tuhan ayè, Tuhan ayè Juruselamet O my God, o my God the Father in Heaven / O my God, o my God the Savior
German
Etymology 1
From a Slavic language. Compare pl baba grandmother, ru баба grandma.
Pronunciation
de [ˈbaːba]
de De-Baba.ogg
Noun
f,s
de regional grandma
de Oma Großmutter
Declension
f,s
Further reading
Baba_Groszmutter
Etymology 2
Adjective
predonly
de baba boss, rad, fly
Hausa
Pronunciation
bā̀ba
Proper noun
m f Bā̀ba
ha unisex
Jamamadí
Proper noun
jaa proper noun
jaa Banawá jaa unisex
References
2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Japanese
Romanization
ばば
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1618. Contraction of lv Barbara.
Proper noun
lv proper noun f
lv female
Usage notes
Common in Latvia in the 17th and 18th century, but unused today.
Related terms
lv Baiba
References
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0
Population Register of Latvia: Baba did not occur as only given name of anyone in Latvia on May 21, 2010.
Malay
Etymology
Possibly ultimately ms fa-cls بابا bâbâ 1 or inc-ash *𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩 *𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀓 father. Compare hi बाबा, ur بابا, bn বাবা. See Baba (honorific).
Pronunciation
Noun
باب
A male Peranakan mostly found in Malacca, who speak Baba Malay, and historically descend from colonial Straits Settlement Straits-born Chinese
A male descendant of Peranakans Baba Nyonya
Descendants
en 1 Baba
nan-hbl 1 峇峇 bâ-bâ / bā-bā
yue 1 峇峇 baa1 baa1
cmn 1 峇峇 bābā
See also
ms baba
Further reading
Baba Nyonya
https://archive.org/details/aeg2034.0001.001.umich.edu/page/72/mode/2up?q=baba باب baba A Malay-English dictionary Wilkinson Richard James Kelly & Walsh limited Hong Kong 1901 72-73
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-60272771/view?partId=nla.obj-435847204#page/n68/mode/1up/search/baba baba A Malay-English dictionary (romanised) Wilkinson Richard James Salavopoulos & Kinderlis Mytilene, Greece 1932 II 59
ms Family Male
Old Polish
Etymology
From zlw-opl baba. 1365.
Pronunciation
zlw-opl baba
Proper noun
m-an!
zlw-opl m
References
74 1
Romanian
Etymology
From ro baba, definite form of ro babă.
Pronunciation
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Baba.wav
Proper noun
f
ro village commune/Horea county/Alba c/Romania
ro village commune/Coroieni county/Maramureș c/Romania