baa

How to say it

Meaning

A place where alcoholic drinks are sold and drunk; in a separate older sense, a disaster or plague that strikes many people, as in baa la njaa, famine.

Good to know

As a bar it is an N class noun, the same in singular and plural: baa hii, baa hizi. As a disaster it is a ji class noun: baa la njaa, baa la nzige, a plague of locusts.

Examples

• Wafanyakazi hukutana baa baada ya kazi.The workers meet at the bar after work.
• Baa hiyo hufungwa saa sita usiku.That bar closes at midnight.
• Nchi ilikumbwa na baa la njaa mwaka ule.The country was struck by famine that year.

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