1) 15th consonant; 2) noun making particle; 3) prefix/ suffix letter; 4) common 2nd part of a word [R]; 5) male personifying/ agent particle [R] (6) cow [R] (7) intermediate state (8) past tense [ng ' r l]
1) 15th consonant; 2) noun making particle; 3) prefix/suffix letter; 4) common second part of a word ['chi ba, rgyal ba]; 5) male personifying/agent particle [shing bzo ba, lha sa ba] (6) cow [R] (7) intermediate state)
female cow; a cow; 1) common appended particle as the second part of a word. 2) indicator of the person, agent. 3) cow
1. ba the third letter of the labial class (often confounded with va ).
2. ba m. = varuna
Ba (indeclinable) the sound (and letter) b, often substituted for or replaced by p (and ph): so is e.g. in Buddhaghosa's view pahuta the word bahuta, with p for b (Pj I 207), cf. bakkula, badara, badālatā, baddhacara, bandhuka 2, bala, balīyati, bahuka, bahūta, billa, bella; also paribandha for paripantha; phāla 2 . Also substituted for v, cf. bajjayitvā v.l. vajjetvā Sv I 4, and see under nibb-.
(letter, letter, masc) (gram) letter b; 31st letter of the alphabet; labial consonant