"baba baba" meaning in Yoruba

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Noun

IPA: /bà.bá bà.bá/ Forms: bàbá bàbá [canonical]
Etymology: Reduplication of bàbá (“father's father”). Etymology templates: {{reduplication|yo|bàbá|bàbá|t=father's father}} Reduplication of bàbá (“father's father”) Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=bàbá bàbá|head2=}} bàbá bàbá, {{yo-pos|noun|bàbá bàbá|}} bàbá bàbá, {{yo-noun|bàbá bàbá}} bàbá bàbá
  1. paternal grandfather Synonyms: àbá àbá, bàbábá, àbábá Related terms: bàbá ìyá (english: maternal grandfather), bàbá àgbà (english: grandfather)

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