bà
verb
/bà/
Definitions
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to hit (with an impact)
ọfà á bà wọ́n The arrow hit them
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to be overcome with fear (literally, to be hit with fear)
ẹ̀rú bà wá Fear overcame us
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to be too long or oversized (to hit the ground)
agbádá yìí bà mí nílẹ̀ The agbada was too big for me
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to perch
Lékeléke bà mí lékè, ẹyẹ àdàbà bà mí lékè An egret perched on me, a dove perched on me
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to braid; to plait
Similar wordsdìverb 3 entries are spelled “dì”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. dì to bind, to fasten, to tie up dì to coagulate, to solidify dì to win a game
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 4 entries spelled “bà”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
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to fear, to be afraid
to fear, to be afraid
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 4,
where this word is spelled “ba”.
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