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🌏 Region(s): Kyushu (Western: Nagasaki)

ba

Pronunciation: [ba]

Definition

Particle

  1. Particle that marks the direct object of an action verb; (Linguistics) Accusative case marker, abbreviated ACC.
  2. Marks an area travelled or crossed; marks a point of departure
    1. まちあるいてさらく【町ば歩いてさらく】
      machi ba aruite saraku
      "walk in town", "walk across town" (Nagasaki)

Etymology

Derived from a contraction of the accusative marker を /wo/ (modern /o/) and the rendaku form of the topic marker は /ɸa/ (modern /wa/). を /wo/ was eventually dropped, leaving only ば /ba/.

意味:を、をば、たいかくひょうしき【対格標識】

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