Baka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "baka"

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

Baka (plural Bakas or Baka)

1. A member of a nomadic ethnic group inhabiting parts of western and central Africa.

Proper noun

Baka

1. A dialect cluster of Ubangian languages spoken by the Baka people.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Czech, Slovak, Hungarian and Polish Baka.

Proper noun

Baka (plural Bakas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Baka is the 38850^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 568 individuals. Baka is most common among White (88.38%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Baka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 85.

Anagrams

• Ka'ba

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaka]

Proper noun

Baka m anim (female equivalent Baková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Baka (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Baka	Bakové
genitive	Baky	Baků
dative	Bakovi	Bakům
accusative	Baku	Baky
vocative	Bako	Bakové
locative	Bakovi	Bacích
instrumental	Bakou	Baky

Further reading

• “Baka”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Jamamadí

Proper noun

Baka

1. (Banawá) a unisex given name

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baka/, [ˈbaka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: Ba‧ka

Proper noun

Baka m pers (female equivalent Baková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Baka
(pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Baka	Bakovia	Bakovci
genitive	Baku	Bakov	Bakovcov
dative	Bakovi	Bakom	Bakovcom
accusative	Baku	Bakov	Bakovcov
locative	Bakovi	Bakoch	Bakovcoch
instrumental	Bakom	Bakami	Bakovcami

Further reading

• “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, 2003–2026

Tagalog

Etymology

From baka. Calque of Arabic الْبَقَرَة (al-baqara, “the cow”). See also Arabic سُورَةُ ٱلْبَقَرَة (sūratu l-baqara).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaka/ [ˈbaː.x̠ɐ]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: Ba‧ka

Proper noun

Baka (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ) (Islam)

1. Baqara (2nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an)

Anagrams

• kaba, akba