"baa" meaning in Somali

See baa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /bɑ̂ː/ Forms: bàa [canonical], aa [alternative]
Etymology: Compare Blin -ba (emphatic suffix). Etymology templates: {{cog|byn|-ba|pos=emphatic suffix}} Blin -ba (emphatic suffix) Head templates: {{head|so|particle|head=bàa}} bàa
  1. focus marker
    Sense id: en-baa-so-particle-inb3dl7a Categories (other): Pages with 17 entries, Pages with entries, Somali entries with incorrect language header, Somali particles
     
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "-ba",
      "-ba#Blin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "byn",
        "2": "-ba",
        "pos": "emphatic suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Blin -ba (emphatic suffix)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Blin -ba (emphatic suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bàa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "particle",
        "head": "bàa"
      },
      "expansion": "bàa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 17 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Somali particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "focus marker"
      ],
      "id": "en-baa-so-particle-inb3dl7a"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑ̂ː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "baa"
}

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "-ba",
      "-ba#Blin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "byn",
        "2": "-ba",
        "pos": "emphatic suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Blin -ba (emphatic suffix)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Blin -ba (emphatic suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bàa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "particle",
        "head": "bàa"
      },
      "expansion": "bàa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 17 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
        "Somali lemmas",
        "Somali particles"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "focus marker"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑ̂ː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "baa"
}

Download raw JSONL data for baa meaning in Somali (0.7kB)

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Somali dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.