Human sciences, Mysticism, Mythology, Philosophy, SciencesEgyptian A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food.
Any ordinary person who has ever floated out of his body during a nap knows what a Ba is, but unfortunately the dogmas of our materialistic culture constrain the person to ignore and repress his experience.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 220:
But the Ba, I remembered, could be seen as the mistress of your heart and might or might not decide to speak to you, just as the heart cannot always forgive.1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:
ba
particle
Singapore [p˭ɑ˨]
Etymology From Mandarin 吧 (ba).
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Manglish, Singlish, Singular normally Used to indicate a tentative suggestion.
I think you should go see a doctor ba.
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Manglish, Singlish, Singular normally Used to indicate confident speculation.
rich pple in here... 15" Conti for 800? thats a little steep... same class as ps4s? / 18" tires about 600 to 750 bah...2024 June 7, Vegas, “Planning to get new Rims & Tyres”, in MyCarForum, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2024:
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31 termswhat, lah1–14, lor2–3, lor1, ah6, leh1–2, mah, leh3–6, one1–3, hor1, know, nia, only, sia, hor2, ah1–3, hah1–3, meh, ba2, leh7–11, ba1, liao, already, Gupta, A. F. (1992), in, volume 18, number 1, →DOI, ba-dum-ching, ba-dum-tss
ba
noun
Etymology The sound is very commonly made by infants, and is interpreted by parents as a reference to themselves.
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Colloquial, Singular normally, In direct address Father, baba.
ba
noun
1
Historical, Singular normally A medieval football game played in parts of Scotland around Christmas and New Year.
The townsmen played ba often and clearly knew what they were doing.2011, Alistair Moffat, The Borders: