Baka
See also: Appendix:Variations of "baka"
English
editEtymology 1
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Noun
editBaka (plural Baka)
- A member of a nomadic ethnic group inhabiting parts of western and central Africa.
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Czech, Slovak, Hungarian and Polish Baka.
Proper noun
editBaka (plural Bakas)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Baka is the 38850th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 568 individuals. Baka is most common among White (88.38%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Baka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 85.
Anagrams
editCzech
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBaka m anim (female equivalent Baková)
- a male surname
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “Baka”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
Jamamadí
editProper noun
editBaka
- (Banawá) a unisex given name
References
edit- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Slovak
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBaka m pers (female equivalent Baková)
- a male surname
Declension
editDeclension of Baka (pattern hrdina)
Further reading
edit- “Baka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Tagalog
editEtymology
editFrom baka. Calque of Arabic الْبَقَرَة (al-baqara, “the cow”). See also Arabic سُورَةُ ٱلْبَقَرَة (sūratu l-baqara).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbaka/ [ˈbaː.xɐ]
- Rhymes: -aka
- Syllabification: Ba‧ka
Proper noun
editBaka (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ) (Islam)
Anagrams
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/aka
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