baka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "baka"

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baka

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːkə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑkə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːkə
• Hyphenation: ba‧ka

Etymology 1

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Noun

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, published 2004, page 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, page 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, page 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.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 馬鹿(ばか) (baka, “stupid”).

Adjective

baka (comparative more baka, superlative most baka)

1. (anime manga, fandom slang, endearing) Stupid, silly.

   I hate my stupid baka life.

Noun

baka (plural bakas)

1. (anime manga, fandom slang, endearing) A foolish person, a dummy, a silly goose.

Derived terms

• sussy baka

Related terms

• baka bomb
• bakanae

Anagrams

• Ka'ba

Anyi

Noun

baka

1. tree

References

• Burmeister, Jonathan (1987), “Numbers before letters — Ivory Coast literacy program”, in G. Gagné, F. Daems, S. Kroon, J. Sturm and E. Tarrab, editors, Selected Papers in Mother Tongue Education / Études en pédagogie de la langue maternelle‎, Dordrecht, The Netherlands & Montréal, Canada: Foris Publications Holland; Centre de Diffusion P.P.M.F. primaire, Université de Montréal, →ISBN, page 23 of 19–25
• Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, and Cecil H. Brown (eds.). (2020). The ASJP Database (version 19).

Further reading

• Burmeister, Jonathan L. (1983), “L’agni”, in Atlas des langues kwa de Côte d’Ivoire, volume 1, Paris & Abidjan: Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT); Institut de Linguistique Appliquée (ILA), Université d’Abidjan
• Pyne, P. C. (1977), “Anyi”, in M. E. Kropp Dakubu, editor, West African language data sheets, volume 1, Legon, Ghana: West African Linguistic Society

Asi

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vaca.

Noun

baka

1. cow