*bhā-; 源自原始印欧语，意为“说话，讲述，说”。
它构成或部分构成以下单词： abandon; affable; anthem; antiphon; aphasia; aphonia; aphonic; apophasis; apophatic; ban (n.1) "公告或法令"; ban (v.); banal; bandit; banish; banlieue; banns (n.); bifarious; blame; blaspheme; blasphemy; boon (n.); cacophony; confess; contraband; defame; dysphemism; euphemism; euphony; fable; fabulous; fado; fairy; fame; famous; fandango; fatal; fate; fateful; fatuous; fay; gramophone; heterophemy; homophone; ineffable; infamous; infamy; infant; infantile; infantry; mauvais; megaphone; microphone; monophonic; nefandous; nefarious; phatic; -phone; phone (n.2) "口语中的基本音素"; phoneme; phonetic; phonic; phonics; phono-; pheme; -phemia; Polyphemus; polyphony; preface; profess; profession; professional; professor; prophecy; prophet; prophetic; quadraphonic; symphony; telephone; xylophone。
它是以下单词的假定来源/其存在的证据由以下单词提供：希腊语 pheme"言语，声音，话语，谈话"， phōnē "人或动物的声音，音调，发音，语音"， phanai"说话"； 梵语 bhanati"说话"； 拉丁语 fari"说"， fabula"叙述，故事，传说"， fama"谈话，谣言，报道； 名声，声誉"； 亚美尼亚语 ban， bay"词语，术语"； 古斯拉夫语 bajati"说话，讲述"； 古英语 boian"吹嘘"， ben"祈祷，请求"； 古爱尔兰语 bann"法律"。