ba — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food.

   Usage

   • Egyptian

   Examples

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   Any ordinary person who has ever floated out of his body during a nap knows what a Ba is, but unfortunately the dogmas of our materialistic culture constrain the person to ignore and repress his experience.

   But the Ba, I remembered, could be seen as the mistress of your heart and might or might not decide to speak to you, just as the heart cannot always forgive.

Noun

1. Father, baba.

   Usage

   • Colloquial
   • singular-normally
   • in direct address

Noun

1. A medieval football game played in parts of Scotland around Christmas and New Year.

   Usage

   • Historical
   • singular-normally
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   The townsmen played ba often and clearly knew what they were doing.

Particle

1. Used to indicate a tentative suggestion.

   Usage

   • Manglish
   • Singlish
   • singular-normally

   Examples

   I think you should go see a doctor ba.

2. Used to indicate confident speculation.

   Usage

   • Manglish
   • Singlish
   • singular-normally

   Examples

   rich pple in here... 15" Conti for 800? thats a little steep... same class as ps4s? / 18" tires about 600 to 750 bah...