Proto-Ju: *ba
Tonal pattern: HH [j] ~ MM [k] ~ MM [e] ~ VAR [Sn]
Meaning: father
Juǀʼhoan : bá (n1 -si) // báː-kʰòè kò... "be in a father-child relationship with each other"; bá-cú (n1 -sĩ), bá-ɡǂòàɡǂòàhà (n1 -si) "stepfather"
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ba
ǀǀAuǀǀen : ba
!Kung (Lloyd) : bba ~ ba // pl. ba-ssiɲ
!Kung (Doke): bāː
!Kung (Vedder): baː
!Kung (Wilhelm): baː // (?) beaː-!aː "grandfather"
!Kung (Weich): ba
!O!Kung (Bleek) : bà ~ pa // pl. be
!O!Kung (Snyman): pá
Kavango : bā
Ekoka : bā (n1) // bā šŋ̀ "father's younger brother"
Tsumkwe : bá
Tsintsabis : bá
Okongo : bá
Leeunes : bá
Mpunguvlei : bá
Cuito : bà
Cuando : bá ~ pá
South Omatako : bà
Kameeldoring : bà
Lister : bá
Notes : Cf. also [NIIc] aubā 'man, old man, father'.
References : Bleek 12, 13, 156; Dickens 189; KH 15; Snyman 69; Snyman 1980: 13; Snyman 1997: 37; Weich 3.
RefLex number: 19
