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| Language | Expression | English Translation or Definition |
| Chewa | ba | to steal. |
| Chiga | ba | bundles, those very people. |
| Cilaadi | ba | become, oil palm, be. |
| Creole | ba | bar, stocking, low. |
| Czech | ba | yea, nay. |
| Danish | BA | Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| Earth Minimal | ba | collision. |
| Esperanto | ba | bah, nuts, pooh. |
| Fijian | ba | fence. |
| Finnish | BA | Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| Fon | ba | to look for. |
| Gilbertese | ba | solid, as, firm, because, repugnant, repulsive, tasteless, but, hard. |
| Greek | BA | BCCH allocation, Bosnia and Herzegovina, broadcast control channel allocation. |
| Haitian Creole | ba | low, stocking. |
| Indonesian | ba | boom. |
| Irish | ba | would be, was, cattle. |
| Italian | BA, Ba | operations, Bosnia and Herzegovina, barium. |
| Kisuundi | ba | be, become, oil palm. |
| Korean (Transliterated) | ba | bar. |
| Kurdish (Transliterated) | ba | air, wind. |
| Kurmanji | ba | wind. |
| Malagasy | ba | sock, knee sock. |
| Nauruan | ba | break. |
| Ndebele | ba | them, be become. |
| New Guinea Pidgin English | ba | bar. |
| Pampangan | ba | in order to. |
| Pashto (Northern/Transliterated) | ba | emphasis. |
| Polish | ba | ah. |
| Portuguese | BA | Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| Rohingya | ba | father. |
| Romanian | ba | rather, nay, no, a thousand times no. |
| Roviana | ba | but. |
| Scottish | ba | part of lullaby. |
| Serbian (Latin Script) | ba | bo. |
| Sinkyone | ba | for it. |
| Slovak | ba | actually. |
| Slovak old | ba | actually. |
| Sotho | ba | they. |
| Sotho (Southern) | Ba | they. |
| Spanish | BA | Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| Sranan | Ba, ba | brother, friend. |
| Swedish | BA | Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| Tagalog | ba | not translatable. |
| Tajiki | ba | with. |
| Temi | ba | you. |
| Tibetan (Transliterated) | ba | cow, common appended particle as the second part of a word, a cow, female cow, agent, indicator of the person. |
| Tswana | ba | they. |
| Urdu (Transliterated) | ba | to, by, upon, into, on, with, from, for, in. |
| Vietnamese | ba | threesome, ternary, three. |
| Wolof | ba | the, until, when. |
| Zarma | ba | even, section, part, like, love. |
| Zulu | ba | they, of. |
Source: compiled by the editor from the definition of Bosnia and Herzegovina; see credits. | ||
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