"bá" meaning in Navajo

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Postposition

Head templates: {{head|nv|postposition}} bá Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], shá [first-person, singular], nihá [duoplural, first-person], [second-person, singular], nihá [duoplural, second-person], [third-person], [fourth-person], [fourth-person], á [fourth-person, singular], - [duoplural, fourth-person], ádá [reflexive, singular], - [duoplural, reflexive], - [reciprocal, singular], ahá [duoplural, reciprocal]
  1. for him/her/it/them, for his/her/its/their sake
    Sense id: en-bá-nv-postp-RHFLzpiV
  2. in his/her/its/their favor
    Sense id: en-bá-nv-postp--qasHiPQ Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Navajo postpositions Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Navajo postpositions: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aahwiinítʼį́ bá hooghan (english: courthouse), béeso bá hooghan (english: bank), naalyéhé bá hooghan (english: supermarket), tsáskʼeh bá hooghan (english: hotel)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "courthouse",
      "word": "aahwiinítʼį́ bá hooghan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bank",
      "word": "béeso bá hooghan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "supermarket",
      "word": "naalyéhé bá hooghan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "hotel",
      "word": "tsáskʼeh bá hooghan"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nv-postpositions",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "há",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "á",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ádá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reciprocal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reciprocal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "postposition"
      },
      "expansion": "bá",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "postp",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "for him/her/it/them, for his/her/its/their sake"
      ],
      "id": "en-bá-nv-postp-RHFLzpiV",
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "sake",
          "sake"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo postpositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "it is good for him/her/it/them",
          "text": "bá yáʼátʼééh",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I’m making it for him/her/it/them",
          "text": "bá áshłééh",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in his/her/its/their favor"
      ],
      "id": "en-bá-nv-postp--qasHiPQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "favor",
          "favor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bá"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo postpositions",
    "Pages with 13 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "vi:Family",
    "vi:Female",
    "vi:Male"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "courthouse",
      "word": "aahwiinítʼį́ bá hooghan"
    },
    {
      "english": "bank",
      "word": "béeso bá hooghan"
    },
    {
      "english": "supermarket",
      "word": "naalyéhé bá hooghan"
    },
    {
      "english": "hotel",
      "word": "tsáskʼeh bá hooghan"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nv-postpositions",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ná",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nihá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "há",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "á",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ádá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "reciprocal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ahá",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "reciprocal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "postposition"
      },
      "expansion": "bá",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "postp",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "for him/her/it/them, for his/her/its/their sake"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "sake",
          "sake"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Navajo terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "it is good for him/her/it/them",
          "text": "bá yáʼátʼééh",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I’m making it for him/her/it/them",
          "text": "bá áshłééh",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in his/her/its/their favor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "favor",
          "favor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bá"
}

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