"baaʼ" meaning in Navajo

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Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *-waˑʼɢ (“raid, make war”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*-waˑʼɢ||raid, make war}} Proto-Athabaskan *-waˑʼɢ (“raid, make war”) Head templates: {{head|nv|noun}} baaʼ
  1. war, raid
    Sense id: en-baaʼ-nv-noun-dtwF0NXe
  2. heroine, warrior-girl (used as a component in many feminine personal names)
    Sense id: en-baaʼ-nv-noun-jDhCmcOy Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Female Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Female: 0 100
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*-waˑʼɢ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "raid, make war"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *-waˑʼɢ (“raid, make war”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *-waˑʼɢ (“raid, make war”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "baaʼ",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "war, raid"
      ],
      "id": "en-baaʼ-nv-noun-dtwF0NXe",
      "links": [
        [
          "war",
          "war"
        ],
        [
          "raid",
          "raid"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nv",
          "name": "Female",
          "orig": "nv:Female",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heroine, warrior-girl (used as a component in many feminine personal names)"
      ],
      "id": "en-baaʼ-nv-noun-jDhCmcOy",
      "links": [
        [
          "heroine",
          "heroine"
        ],
        [
          "warrior",
          "warrior"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "baaʼ"
}
{
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    "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo nouns",
    "Navajo terms derived from Proto-Athabaskan",
    "Navajo terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "nv:Female"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "ath-pro",
        "3": "*-waˑʼɢ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "raid, make war"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *-waˑʼɢ (“raid, make war”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *-waˑʼɢ (“raid, make war”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "baaʼ",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "war, raid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "war",
          "war"
        ],
        [
          "raid",
          "raid"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "heroine, warrior-girl (used as a component in many feminine personal names)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heroine",
          "heroine"
        ],
        [
          "warrior",
          "warrior"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "baaʼ"
}

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