ba but / [linker for tens and ones]

Part of Speech	Conjunction
Pronunciation	ba

1. • but
   • tapi [Papuan Malay]

   • • Example 38:
       

       Canam leat narorar ba lek sukaun ge.

       The man is pulling the goat but the goat doesn't want.

       Lakilaki tondak kambing tapi kambing tidak suka. [Papuan Malay]

       Sources

       Fajaria Yarkuran

2. • [linker for tens and ones]
   • [kata penghubung untuk nomor] [Papuan Malay]
   • • bodily states, colours, dimensions, quantity

   • • Example 39:
       

       putkon ba raman

       sixteen

       enam belas [Papuan Malay]

       Sources

       Fajaria Yarkuran

Related entries

• Main Entry:
  • =ba [focus marker on question words, proper names and pronouns]
  • eba then / so that