баба

noun

1. grandmother, granny, old woman (in some cases maternal grandmother only)
2. a fortune teller or witch, practising the art of віск зливати (visk zlyvaty, “wax pouring”)
3. (any) woman; countrywoman
4. woman, female, broad
5. midwife
6. beggar woman
7. coward, wimp
8. pelican
9. the Pleiades
10. baba, babka (a special, delicate ritual bread that is blessed by a priest at Easter)
11. baba (a name given to сніп (snip) at Christmas, a sheaf of grain (wheat or rye), brought into the home for Christmas Eve supper свята́ вече́ря (svjatá večérja), placed in a corner of the room and later fed to livestock or cattle)
12. kurgan stela, balbal (ancient stone statue)
13. snowman (usually in the phrase снігова́ ба́ба)
14. rammer, tamper, pounder (for driving piles or compacting earth)