Gender:
Male
Meanings:
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Father, elder (BAH-bah—Fulani, West Africa; Hausa, Nigeria; Swahili, East Africa; Yoruba, Nigeria).
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Born on Thursday (BAH-bah—Fante, Ghana).
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Grain (BAH-bah—Wolof, Subsaharan Africa).
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To burn, to knock (BAH-bah—Kongo, Central Africa).
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To pat (BAH-bah—Kimbundu, Southern Africa).
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An expression of sympathy, termite, venereal disease (BAH-bah—Ewe, Ghana).
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Hut, temporary shelter (BAH-bah—Mende, West Africa; Mende, East Africa).
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