baara

Bambara

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /báːra/

Noun

baara

  1. work

Derived terms
  • baarabila
  • baaraden
  • baarakɛbali
  • baarakɛbolo
  • baarakɛda
  • baarakɛden
  • baarakɛla
  • baarakɛminɛn
  • baarakɛɲɔgɔn
  • baarakɛyɔrɔ
  • baarantan
  • baarantanya
  • baaraɲini
  • baaraɲinisɛbɛn
  • baarasɔrɔbaliya
  • baaratigi
  • baarayɔrɔ

Kikuyu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /βaːɾa/

Verb

baara (infinitive kũbaara)

  1. to look at, to examine

See also

References
  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  • “baara” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 21. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Yoruba

Etymology

From Hausa bar̃ā̀ (“beggar”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /báá.ɾà/

Noun

báárà

  1. beggary, alms

Derived terms
  • oníbáárà (“beggar”)
  • tọrọ báárà (“to beg”)
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