ba

bꜣ (Egyptian)

(transitive) destroy. (transitive) dig up earth, hoe Leopard The soul or personality of a being, which, in Egyptian belief survived after death but needed to be sustained with offerings of food; ba. Ram Leopard skin (intransitive) to be(come) animate, to possess a ba.

ba (English)

In ancient Egyptian mythology, a being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food.