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# {{ga-lenition of|ba}}
# {{ga-lenition of|ba}}


==Khasi==
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===Etymology===
From {{bor|kha|inc|-}}. Compare {{cog|pbv|bha}}, {{cog|bn|ভাল}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|kha|/bʰaː/}}

===Adjective===
{{head|kha|adj}}

# [[good]], [[better]], [[well]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|kha|bha-sngi}}

===References===
* {{R:kha:Singh1906|p=11}}


==Pnar==
==Pnar==
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# [[good]]
# [[good]]

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==Scottish Gaelic==
==Scottish Gaelic==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gd|/va/}} lengthened to {{IPAchar|/vaː/}} when emphatic.
* {{hyph|gd|bha}}


===Verb===
===Verb===
{{head|gd|verb form|dependent form|robh}}
{{head|gd|verb form}}


# {{inflection of|gd|bi||past|indc}}: [[was]], [[were]]
# {{inflection of|gd|bi||independent|past}}: [[was]], [[were]]
#: {{uxi|gd|'''Bha''' Seumas [[sgìth]], nach robh e?|James '''was''' tired, wasn't he?}}
#: {{uxi|gd|'''Bha''' Seumas [[sgìth]], nach robh e?|James '''was''' tired, wasn't he?}}
#: {{uxi|gd|'''Bha''' [[each]] anns an [[achadh]].|'''There was''' a horse in the field.}}
#: {{uxi|gd|'''Bha''' [[each]] anns an [[achadh]].|'''There was''' a horse in the field.}}
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#: {{uxi|gd|An robh Seumas agus Anna sgìth? '''Bha'''.|'''Were''' James and Anna tired? Yes! (Literally: they were).}}
#: {{uxi|gd|'''Bha''' eich anns an achadh.|'''There were''' horses in the field.}}
#: {{uxi|gd|'''Bha''' eich anns an achadh.|'''There were''' horses in the field.}}

====Usage notes====
* '''''Bha''''' is used as an affirmative answer to questions formed with {{m|gd|robh}}:
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*: {{uxi|gd|An robh Seumas agus Anna sgìth? '''Bha'''!|Were James and Anna tired? '''Yes!'''}}
* When linking the [[subject]] of a sentence with a complement consisting of a [[noun phrase]], the verb {{m|gd|bu}} is used.

===References===
* {{R:gd:Mark:2003|bi|page=75}}

Latest revision as of 15:49, 3 April 2024

See also: BHA

Irish

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Noun

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bha f pl

  1. Lenited form of ba.

Khasi

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Etymology

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From Indo-Aryan. Compare Pnar bha, Bengali ভাল (bhal).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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bha

  1. good, better, well

Derived terms

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References

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  • Singh, U Nissor (1906) Khasi-English dictionary‎[1], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 11. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Pnar

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Etymology

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From Indo-Aryan. Compare Bengali ভাল (bhal).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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bha

  1. good

Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /va/ lengthened to /vaː/ when emphatic.
  • Hyphenation: bha

Verb

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bha

  1. independent past of bi: was, were
    Bha Seumas sgìth, nach robh e? ― James was tired, wasn't he?
    Bha each anns an achadh. ― There was a horse in the field.
    Bha eich anns an achadh. ― There were horses in the field.

Usage notes

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  • Bha is used as an affirmative answer to questions formed with robh:
    An robh Seumas agus Anna sgìth? Bha! ― Were James and Anna tired? Yes!
  • When linking the subject of a sentence with a complement consisting of a noun phrase, the verb bu is used.

References

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  • Colin Mark (2003) “bi”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 75
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