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Lower Sorbian ‘baba’

The database knows following meanings of the Lower Sorbian word ‘baba’:

  • pejorative of a woman
  • cake

Semasiological map for ‘*baba’

The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.

Lower Sorbian ‘baba’:

  • The Lower Sorbian meaning ‘pejorative of a woman’ is shared by Croatian baba, Czech bába, Kashubian baba, Polish baba, Russian баба, Slovak baba and Slovenian baba.
  • The Lower Sorbian meaning ‘cake’ is shared by Belarusian баба, Polish baba, Upper Sorbian baba and Ukrainian баба.
  • The meaning ‘old woman’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘baba’) is attested in Belarusian баба, Bosnian baba, Bulgarian баба, Croatian baba, Czech bába, Kashubian baba, Macedonian баба, Polish baba, Russian баба, Serbian баба, Slovak baba and Ukrainian баба.
  • The meaning ‘grandmother’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘baba’) is attested in Belarusian баба, Bosnian baba, Bulgarian баба, Czech bába, Macedonian баба, Serbian баба, Slovak baba and Ukrainian баба.
  • The meaning ‘midwife’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘baba’) is attested in Bulgarian баба, Slovak baba, Upper Sorbian baba and Ukrainian баба.
  • The meaning ‘mother-in-law’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘baba’) is attested in Bulgarian баба and Macedonian баба.
  • The meaning ‘coward’ (not present in Lower Sorbian ‘baba’) is attested in Slovak baba and Slovenian baba.
Lower Sorbian
baba
Meaning:
  1. pejorative of a woman
  2. cake
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Belarusian
баба
Meaning:
  1. old woman
  2. grandmother
  3. cake
Lower Sorbian
baba
Meaning in Bosnian:
  1. ženska / pejorative of a woman
  2. cake
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Bosnian
baba
Meaning:
  1. old woman
  2. grandmother
Lower Sorbian
baba
Meaning:
  1. pejorative of a woman
  2. cake
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Bulgarian
баба
Meaning:
  1. old woman
  2. grandmother
  3. midwife
  4. mother-in-law
Lower Sorbian
baba
Meaning in Croatian:
  1. ženska / pejorative of a woman
  2. cake
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Croatian
baba
Meaning:
  1. old woman
  2. pejorative of a woman
Lower Sorbian
baba
Meaning:
  1. pejorative of a woman
  2. cake
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Czech
bába
Meaning:
  1. old woman
  2. grandmother
  3. pejorative of a woman
Lower Sorbian
baba
Meaning:
  1. pejorative of a woman
  2. cake
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Kashubian
baba
Meaning:
  1. old woman
  2. pejorative of a woman
Lower Sorbian
baba
Meaning:
  1. pejorative of a woman
  2. cake
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Macedonian
баба
Meaning:
  1. old woman
  2. grandmother
  3. mother-in-law
Lower Sorbian
baba
Meaning:
  1. pejorative of a woman
  2. cake
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Bibliography
List
Wikibook
Polish
baba
Meaning:
  1. old woman
  2. pejorative of a woman
  3. cake
Lower Sorbian
baba
Meaning:
  1. pejorative of a woman
  2. cake
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Wikibook
Russian
баба
Meaning:
  1. old woman
  2. pejorative of a woman
Lower Sorbian
baba
Meaning in Serbian:
  1. женска / pejorative of a woman
  2. cake
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Serbian
баба
Meaning:
  1. old woman
  2. grandmother
Lower Sorbian
baba
Meaning:
  1. pejorative of a woman
  2. cake
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Slovak
baba
Meaning:
  1. old woman
  2. grandmother
  3. pejorative of a woman
  4. midwife
  5. coward
Lower Sorbian
baba
Meaning:
  1. pejorative of a woman
  2. cake
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Slovenian
baba
Meaning:
  1. pejorative of a woman
  2. coward
Lower Sorbian
baba
Meaning:
  1. pejorative of a woman
  2. cake
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Upper Sorbian
baba
Meaning:
  1. midwife
  2. cake
Lower Sorbian
baba
Meaning:
  1. pejorative of a woman
  2. cake
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Ukrainian
баба
Meaning:
  1. old woman
  2. grandmother
  3. midwife
  4. cake

Semasiological Map for *baba

*baba

Meanings:

‘old woman’
‘grandmother’
‘pejorative of a woman’
‘midwife’
‘mother-in-law’
‘cake’
‘coward’
no such word
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*baba
Meanings
old woman grandmother pejorative of a woman midwife mother-in-law cake coward
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Meanings old woman grandmother pejorative of a woman midwife mother-in-law cake coward

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