Meaning of baka | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An evil spirit in Haitian belief, often in the form of an animal.
2. A member of a nomadic ethnic group inhabiting parts of western and central Africa.
3. A dialect cluster of Ubangian languages spoken by the Baka people.
4. A surname.
5. A foolish person, a dummy, a silly goose.
   endearing, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Under his sign the malevolent bocor may take the shape of an animal, and men may be transformed into terrible bakas.”

“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.”

“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.”

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