Ba (indecl.) the sound (& letter) b, often substituted for or replaced by p (& ph): so is e. g. in Bdhgh's view pahuta the word bahuta, with p for b (KhA 207), cp. bakkula, badara, badālatā, baddhacara, bandhuka 2, bala, balīyati, bahuka, bahūta, billa, bella; also paribandha for paripantha; phāla2. Also substituted forv, cp. bajjayitvā v.l. vajjetvā DAI, 4, and see under Nibb -- .