different between neigh vs baa

English

Etymology

From Middle English neighen, from Old English hn??an, from Proto-Germanic *hnajj?n? (“to neigh”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch neien, Middle Low German neigen, Swedish gnägga, Icelandic hneggja.

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?, IPA^(key): /ne?/
• Rhymes: -e?
• Homophones: nay, nee, Neagh

Noun

neigh (plural neighs)

1. The cry of a horse.

Translations

Verb

neigh (third-person singular simple present neighs, present participle neighing, simple past and past participle neighed)

1. (of a horse) To make its cry.
2. To make a sound similar to a horse's cry.
3. (obsolete) To scoff or sneer.

   • Yes, yes, 'tis he. I will assure you Uncle, the very he, the he your Wisdom plaid withal, I thank you for't, neighed at his Nakedness, and made his Cold and Poverty your Pastime; […]

Translations

See also

• whinny
• nicker

Anagrams

• ehing, hinge

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.