бага

From Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *bVga, from Proto-Northwest Caucasian *bIaga (“jackal; fox”), see Chechen цӏокъберг (c̣oq̇berg, “ounce”) for other proposed cognates.

• IPA^(key): [baɡa]

бага • (bāgā)

1. fox

• Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994), “*bHV̆rgĂ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

бага • (baga) ?

1. larch (Larix, tree)

бага • (baga)

1. love
2. frog (amphibian)

Perhaps from Sanskrit पाक (pāka, “child, infant, young of an animal”).

Cognate with Buryat бага (baga), Kalmyk баһ (bah), East Yugur bagha, Khitan [Khitan Small needed] (bo.qo, “son”).

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /paɢ/, [paq]

бага • (baga) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (baɣ-a))

1. small
2. few
3. young

• (small): жижиг (žižig), өчүүхэн (öčüühen), жижигхэн (žižighen)
• (young): залуу (zaluu), нялх (njalh)

• их (ih), том (tom, “big”)
• хуучин (huučin, “old”)

• бага хурал (baga hural, “conference”)

бага • (baga)

1. a bit (a small amount)

бага • (baga)

1. slightly, a bit

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaɡə]

ба́га • (bága) m inan

1. genitive singular of баг (bag)