different between baa vs oink

English

Etymology 1

Compare German bäh, mäh; an imitative word.

Alternative forms

• bah (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [b??]
• (US) IPA^(key): [bæ], [b?]
• IPA^(key): [bæ??], [bæ??æ??æ??æ??]
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophones: bah, bar (in some pronunciations)

Noun

baa (plural baas)

1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep.

Synonyms

• bleat
• bleating

Translations

Interjection

baa

1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep.

Translations

Verb

baa (third-person singular simple present baas, present participle baaing, simple past and past participle baaed)

1. To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.

   • He treble baas for help, but none can get.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Arabic ????? (b??).

Noun

baa (plural baas)

1. The letter ?? in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

• A.B.A., AAB, ABA, Aba, aba

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?/

Noun

báa m 

1. Apocopic form of babba

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 143

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?/

Noun

baa

1. hip

References

• Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary 2003

Manx

Noun

baa f

1. genitive singular of booa

Mutation

Moore

Adverb

baa

1. even

Navajo

Postposition

baa

1. about him/her/it/them
2. to him/her/it/them
3. into him/her/it/them

Usage notes

In pronunciation, the postposition baa is assimilated by an initial yi- of a following verb to make beei-: baa yishdloh = /beeishdloh/ (I am laughing at him). This does not affect the spelling, however.

Inflection

Shoshone

Alternative forms

• paa

Noun

baa

1. (Eastern Shoshone) water

References

• Eastern Shoshone Working Dictionary

Swahili

Etymology 1

Noun

baa (ma class, plural mabaa)

1. evil, plague
2. danger, misfortune

Etymology 2

From English bar.

Noun

baa (n class, plural baa)

1. a bar (social pub for alcoholic drinks)

Wolio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?/

Noun

baa

1. head

References

• Anceaux, Johannes C. 1987. Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia). Dordrecht: Foris.

English

Etymology

Imitative of the sound.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k/

Interjection

oink

1. Representing the sound made by a pig.
2. Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig).
   • 2003, Robert N. Mansfield, Randy Maas, The Assassin: Attack on America

     "The tub is too small!" "Then, I'll go first and you'll have to wait!" "Chauvinist pig!" "Oink, oink!"

Translations

Noun

oink (plural oinks)

1. The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.

   The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks.

Synonyms

• grunt

Translations

Verb

oink (third-person singular simple present oinks, present participle oinking, simple past and past participle oinked)

1. (intransitive) Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.

   The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.

Synonyms

• grunt

Translations

See also

• grunt
• squeal

Anagrams

• ikon, kino