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ba ba

Pronunciation Northern /ɓaː˧˧ ɓaː˧˧/ Central /ɓaː˧˥ ɓaː˧˥/ Southern /ɓaː˧˧ ɓaː˧˧/
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soft-shell turtle
Noun
soft-shell turtle

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
soft-shell turtle Animals & PlantsTheme AnimalsTag

A type of freshwater turtle recognized by its flat and leathery shell rather than a hard one.

vi Ba ba là một loài rùa nước ngọt có giá trị dinh dưỡng cao.

en The soft-shell turtle is a type of freshwater turtle with high nutritional value.

Parts
ba / ba / Inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer …
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Components

Components

ba ba

OriginInherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
爸爸
Candidates by syllable
ba 爸 ba 爸
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Use
ba ba ấp bóng / thả đỉa ba ba / thứ ba / tháng ba …
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Words containing this
ba (three) — words using

Themes and tags

Animals & PlantsTheme
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