See ba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "ah1–3"
},
{
"word": "hah1–3"
},
{
"word": "meh"
},
{
"word": "ba2"
},
{
"word": "leh7–11"
},
{
"word": "ba1"
},
{
"word": "liao"
},
{
"word": "already"
},
{
"urls": [
"https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0378-2166%2892%2990106-l"
],
"word": "Gupta"
},
{
"urls": [
"https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0378-2166%2892%2990106-l"
],
"word": "A. F. (1992)"
},
{
"urls": [
"https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0378-2166%2892%2990106-l"
],
"word": "in"
},
{
"urls": [
"https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0378-2166%2892%2990106-l"
],
"word": "volume 18"
},
{
"urls": [
"https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0378-2166%2892%2990106-l"
],
"word": "number 1"
},
{
"urls": [
"https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0378-2166%2892%2990106-l"
],
"word": "→DOI"
},
{
"word": "ba-dum-ching"
},
{
"word": "ba-dum-tss"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"Manglish",
"Singlish"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
35,
37
]
],
"text": "I think you should go see a doctor ba.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to indicate a tentative suggestion."
],
"links": [
[
"tentative",
"tentative#English"
],
[
"suggestion",
"suggestion#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Manglish, Singlish) Used to indicate a tentative suggestion."
],
"tags": [
"Manglish",
"Singlish",
"singular-normally"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Manglish",
"Singlish"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
113,
116
]
],
"ref": "2024 June 7, Vegas, “Planning to get new Rims & Tyres”, in MyCarForum, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2024:",
"text": "rich pple in here... 15\" Conti for 800? thats a little steep... same class as ps4s? / 18\" tires about 600 to 750 bah...",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to indicate confident speculation."
],
"links": [
[
"speculation",
"speculation#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Manglish, Singlish) Used to indicate confident speculation."
],
"tags": [
"Manglish",
"Singlish",
"singular-normally"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[p˭ɑ˨]",
"tags": [
"Singapore"
]
}
],
"word": "ba"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ba meaning in English (8.8kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in English: 'volume 18', originally 'volume 18'",
"path": [
"ba"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "particle",
"title": "ba",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in English: 'number 1', originally 'number 1'",
"path": [
"ba"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "particle",
"title": "ba",
"trace": ""
}
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