Meaning of ba | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to ferment
2. to plant seeds in prepared pots for future transplanting into a farm (when it becomes an established seedling)
3. to press a wound; to apply a warm compress on a wound
4. to hit (with an impact)
5. to carry out the process of fermentation on seeds or plants
6. to be overcome with fear (literally, to be hit with fear)
7. to be too long or oversized (to hit the ground)
   usually
8. to perch
9. to braid; to plait

Equivalents

Examples

“kòkó ti bà”

The cocoa seeds have fermented

“ba òrom̀bó”

To plant lemon seeds for future transplanting

“ba ojú egbò”

To apply a warm compress to a wound

“ọfà á bà wọ́n”

The arrow hit them

“ẹ̀rú bà wá”

Fear overcame us

“agbádá yìí bà mí nílẹ̀”

The agbada was too big for me

“Lékeléke bà mí lékè, ẹyẹ àdàbà bà mí lékè”

An egret perched on me, a dove perched on me

CEFR level