baka

baka (plural bakas or baka)

1. (voodoo) An evil spirit in Haitian belief, often in the form of an animal.
   • 1953, Maya Daren, The Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company 2004, p. 113:

     Under his sign the malevolent bocor may take the shape of an animal, and men may be transformed into terrible bakas.

   • 1969, Milo Rigaud, Secrets of Voodoo, p. 83:

     A person has only to serve the baka incorrectly to have it turn against its owner and do him irremediable harm by reason of the very duality of its composition.

   • 2001, Jennie Marcelle Smith, When the Hands Are Many, p. 77:

     Because a baka can destroy a family's (or even a whole neighborhood's) well-being, there is great interest in catching and destroying them.

Japanese ばか

baka (comparative more baka, superlative most baka)

1. (anime and manga, fandom slang) stupid

• Ka'ba

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

baka

1. cow

• (Naga Bikol) IPA^(key): [bɑkɑ]

baka

1. cow

baka

1. cow

bakà

1. jaw

baka

1. cow

From Spanish vaca, from Latin vacca.

• Hyphenation: ba‧ka

baka

1. a cow; an adult female of the species Bos taurus that has calved
2. any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves
3. beef; the meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine

baka

1. beef

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:baka.

bakà

1. (anatomy) jaw

baka

1. perhaps; maybe

From Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛaːʰka/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːʰka
• Homophone: bakað

baka (third person singular past indicative bakaði, third person plural past indicative bakað, supine bakað)

1. to bake

• IPA^(key): /bàkáː/

bàkā m (plural bakunkunā̀, possessed form bàkan)

1. bow
2. hacksaw
3. catch of a lock

From baki.

• IPA^(key): /bákà/

bakà

1. in the mouth

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

báka

1. bull, cow, ox

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒkɒ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ka

baka (plural bakák)

1. soldier

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːka/
• Rhymes: -aːka

From the verb baka (“to bake”).

baka f (genitive singular böku, nominative plural bökur)

1. pie

• kjötbaka

From Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-.

baka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bakaði, supine bakað)

1. to bake

Form of bak (“a back”).

baka n

1. indefinite genitive plural of bak

baka

1. eternal

baka

1. Rōmaji transcription of ばか

baka

1. (anatomy) chin
2. cow

Borrowed from Spanish vaca (“cow”).

baka

1. cow

From Proto-North Sarawak *bakas.

baka

1. wild boar

baka

1. cow

baka

1. patriarchal, ruled by men

   sistem (kuasa) baka

   a patriarchal system

• saka

baka (plural baka-baka, informal first-person possessive bakaku, second-person possessive bakamu, third-person possessive bakanya)

1. stock, breed (of livestock)

baka

1. cow

• bakane

baka m or n

1. definite neuter plural of bak

From Old Norse baka

baka (present tense bakar or baker, past tense baka or bakte, past participle baka or bakt, passive infinitive bakast, present participle bakande, imperative bak)

1. alternative form of bake

• “baka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-. Compare Old English bacan (English bake), Old Saxon bakkan (Low German backen), Dutch bakken, Old High German bahhan, backan (German backen).

baka

1. to bake

• Icelandic: baka
• Faroese: baka
• Norn: båke
• Norwegian: bake
• Swedish: baka
• Danish: bage
• Gutnish: bake
• Elfdalian: båkå

• baka in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

baka m

1. crane
2. heron

From Portuguese vaca and Spanish vaca and Kabuverdianu báka.

baka

1. cow

From earlier babka; compare bȁba.

• IPA^(key): /bǎːka/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ka

báka f (Cyrillic spelling ба́ка)

1. (hypocoristic) grandmother, grandma
2. (hypocoristic, regional) old woman

• “baka” in Hrvatski jezični portal

From English back.

baka

1. after
2. behind

baka

1. back

   bakasey ― behind

baka

1. back, in return
2. again

From English back.

baka

1. back

Probably borrowed from Dutch bakken.

baka

1. to bake, to fry

-baka (infinitive kubaka)

1. molest, rape

   Synonym: -najisi