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Translingual

Symbol

apa

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Southern Athabaskan languages.

English

Etymology

From Coptic ⲁⲡⲁ (apa).

Noun

apa (plural apas)

  1. A title used for male clergy or saints in the Coptic Church.

Anagrams

Balinese

Romanization

apa

  1. Romanization of ᬳᬧ

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔapa/
  • Hyphenation: a‧pa

Noun

apa (Basahan spelling ᜀᜉ)

  1. ice cream cone
    Synonym: kopa

Catalan

Pronunciation

Interjection

apa

  1. come on, let's go
  2. hang on, not so fast

Further reading

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧pa

Noun

apa

  1. an ice cream cone
  2. a lumpia wrapper

Chickasaw

Etymology

Compare Choctaw apa.

Pronunciation

Verb

apa (short verb)

  1. (active voice, transitive) to eat
    Synonym: impa (active, intransitive)

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Mobilian: apa

Cornish

Noun

apa

  1. ape

References

Corsican

Corsican Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia co

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin apis. Cognates include Italian ape and Neapolitan apa.

Pronunciation

Noun

apa f (plural ape)

  1. bee

References

Etruscan

Romanization

apa

  1. Romanisation of 𐌀𐌐𐌀

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse api (ape, monkey), from Proto-Germanic *apô (monkey, ape), from Proto-Indo-European *abō- (ape). Cognate with Dutch aap (monkey, ape), Low German ape (ape), German Affe (monkey, ape), Swedish apa (ape), Icelandic api (ape).

Pronunciation

Noun

apa f (genitive singular apu, plural apur)

  1. ape, monkey

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative apa apan apur apurnar
accusative apu apuna apur apurnar
dative apu apuni apum apunum
genitive apu apunnar apa apanna

Finnish

Verb

apa

  1. inflection of appaa:
    1. indicative present connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative present/present connegative

Gallurese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Corsican apa, from Vulgar Latin *apa, reshaping of Classical Latin apis (bee).

Pronunciation

Noun

apa f (plural api)

  1. bee

References

  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Garo

Etymology

Probably cognate with Tibetan ཨ་ཕ (a pha).

Noun

apa

  1. father

Synonyms

Hiligaynon

Adjective

apâ

  1. dumb, mute, tongue-tied

Hungarian

Etymology

Most likely from Turkic, compare Old Turkic 𐰯𐰀 (pa /⁠apa⁠/, father).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: apa
  • Rhymes: -pɒ

Noun

apa (plural apák)

  1. father
    Synonyms: (archaic) atya, édesapa, (informal) apu, (informal) apuka, (informal) apuci, (informal) apucika, (informal) apci, (informal) apus, (informal) apácska, (informal) papa, (informal) papi, (informal) papus, (slang) fater
    Hypernym: szülő
    Coordinate term: anya

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative apa apák
accusative apát apákat
dative apának apáknak
instrumental apával apákkal
causal-final apáért apákért
translative apává apákká
terminative apáig apákig
essive-formal apaként apákként
essive-modal
inessive apában apákban
superessive apán apákon
adessive apánál apáknál
illative apába apákba
sublative apára apákra
allative apához apákhoz
elative apából apákból
delative apáról apákról
ablative apától apáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
apáé apáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
apáéi apákéi
  • 'of a son'
Possessive forms of apa
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. apám apáim (apjaim)
2nd person sing. apád apáid (apjaid)
3rd person sing. apja apái (apjai)
1st person plural apánk apáink (apjaink)
2nd person plural apátok apáitok (apjaitok)
3rd person plural apjuk apáik (apjaik)
  • otherwise (e.g. the best father of the town). Difference at apája/apja and apájuk/apjuk.
Possessive forms of apa
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. apám apáim
2nd person sing. apád apáid
3rd person sing. apája apái
1st person plural apánk apáink
2nd person plural apátok apáitok
3rd person plural apájuk apáik

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • apa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • apa in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
  • apa in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Declension forms of api (a monkey).

Noun

apa m

  1. indefinite accusative singular of api
  2. indefinite dative singular of api
  3. indefinite genitive singular of api
  4. indefinite accusative plural of api
  5. indefinite genitive plural of api

Etymology 2

From api (monkey).

Verb

apa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative apaði, supine apað)

  1. used in set phrases
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Malay apa, from Proto-Malayic *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

Pronoun

apa

  1. what (interrogative pronoun)

Etymology 2

Clipping of apakah.

Particle

apa

  1. (colloquial) introduces a question
    Apa kamu mengerti?
    Do you understand?

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

apa

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦥ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa (compare Maori aha).

Pronunciation

Interjection

apa (Jawi spelling اڤ)

  1. What:
    1. An expression of surprise or disbelief.
      Apa, itu jawapan yang betul?
      What, that's the correct answer?
    2. What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires.
      Apa? Aku ada hal lain lah.
      What? I have other business to attend to.
    3. What did you say? I beg your pardon? This usage is often considered impolite, with the more polite "Maaf?" or "Sori?" preferred.
      — Saya nak yang eerrrrrr mmmm ...
      Apa?
      — I want the eerrrrrr mmmm ...
      What?
    4. Indicating a guess or approximation, or a pause to try to recall information.
      Synonym: berapa (with numbers)
      Dia, apa, doktor, kan?
      He is, what, a doctor, right?

Pronoun

apa (Jawi spelling اڤ, formal interrogative form apakah)

  1. What:
    1. (interrogative) Used as an interrogative pronoun.
      Apa warna kegemaran kamu?
      What is your favourite colour?
    2. (relative) Used as a relative pronoun.
      Aku tak dengar apa dia cakap.
      I didn't hear what he said.
  2. (interrogative) Used to inquire about a fact; "is it the case that…", "is it that….
    Apa kereta itu mahal?
    Is that car expensive? (lit, "Is it the case that that car is expensive?"

Conjunction

apa (Jawi spelling اڤ)

  1. (uncommon) Or.
    Synonyms: atau, ke
    Ya apa tidak?
    Yes or no?

Affixations

Compounds

Descendants

Further reading

Mansaka

Noun

apa

  1. chaff

Maori

Etymology 1

Verb

apa (passive aparia)

  1. to heap; layer; stack

Noun

apa

  1. layer; level

Etymology 2

Noun

apa

  1. servant; slave

Etymology 3

Noun

apa

  1. spiritual beings; ancestral spirits
Coordinate terms

References

  • "apa" – Māori Dictionary

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin apis, apem. Compare Italian ape, Corsican abba.

Noun

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apa f (plural ape)

  1. bee

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • apen (of noun)
  • apet (of verb)
  • apte (of verb, simple past)
  • apt (of verb, past participle)

Noun

apa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of ape

Verb

apa

  1. simple past of ape
  2. past participle of ape

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From ape.

Alternative forms

Verb

apa (present tense apar/aper, past tense apa/apte, past participle apa/apt, passive infinitive apast, present participle apande, imperative apa/ap)

  1. to ape, mimic or imitate.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Noun

apa f

  1. definite feminine singular of ape

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô. Cognate with Old Frisian *apa, Old Saxon apo, Old Dutch *apo, Old High German affo, Old Norse api.

Pronunciation

Noun

apa m

  1. monkey, ape
    apa fēoll of þām trēowe.
    The monkey fell from the tree.
    Þā ǣrestan menn nǣron þā sīðmestan apan.
    The first humans weren't the last apes.
    Menn sind þā āne apan þe twifēte sind and uprihte gāþ.
    Humans are the only primates that are bipedal and walk upright.

Declension

Weak:

Descendants

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pa/
  • Rhymes: -pa
  • Hyphenation: a‧pa

Pronoun

apa

  1. what

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Saxon

Noun

apa f

  1. creek
  2. river

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

apa

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of apă (water)

Samoan

Noun

apa

  1. can

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua apa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈapa/
  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Syllabification: a‧pa

Noun

apa m (plural apas)

  1. Only used in al apa

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu .

Pronunciation

Verb

-apa (infinitive kuapa)

  1. to take an oath, to swear

Conjugation

Conjugation of -apa
Positive present -naapa
Subjunctive -ape
Negative -api
Imperative singular apa
Infinitives
Positive kuapa
Negative kutoapa
Imperatives
Singular apa
Plural apeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huapa
Positive past positive subject concord + -liapa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuapa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naapa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaapa/naapa tunaapa
2nd person unaapa mnaapa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaapa wanaapa
other classes positive subject concord + -naapa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -api)
Singular Plural
1st person siapi hatuapi
2nd person huapi hamwapi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haapi hawaapi
other classes negative subject concord + -api
Positive future positive subject concord + -taapa
Negative future negative subject concord + -taapa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ape)
Singular Plural
1st person niape tuape
2nd person uape mwape
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aape waape
other classes positive subject concord + -ape
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siape
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeapa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeapa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliapa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliapa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aapa)
Singular Plural
1st person naapa twaapa
2nd person waapa mwaapa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aapa waapa
m-mi(III/IV) waapa yaapa
ji-ma(V/VI) laapa yaapa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaapa vyaapa
n(IX/X) yaapa zaapa
u(XI) waapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaapa
pa(XVI) paapa
mu(XVIII) mwaapa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meapa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaapa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaapa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiapa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoapa
Consecutive kaapa / positive subject concord + -kaapa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaape
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niapa -tuapa
2nd person -kuapa -waapa/-kuapeni/-waapeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwapa -waapa
m-mi(III/IV) -uapa -iapa
ji-ma(V/VI) -liapa -yaapa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiapa -viapa
n(IX/X) -iapa -ziapa
u(XI) -uapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuapa
pa(XVI) -paapa
mu(XVIII) -muapa
Reflexive -jiapa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -apa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -apaye -apao
m-mi(III/IV) -apao -apayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -apalo -apayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -apacho -apavyo
n(IX/X) -apayo -apazo
u(XI) -apao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -apako
pa(XVI) -apapo
mu(XVIII) -apamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -apa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeapa -oapa
m-mi(III/IV) -oapa -yoapa
ji-ma(V/VI) -loapa -yoapa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choapa -vyoapa
n(IX/X) -yoapa -zoapa
u(XI) -oapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koapa
pa(XVI) -poapa
mu(XVIII) -moapa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

See also

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Old Swedish apa, from Old Norse api, from Proto-Germanic *apô (monkey, ape), from Proto-Indo-European *abō- (ape).

Pronunciation

Noun

apa c (plural apor)

  1. A primate; ape, monkey.
    De visade en dokumentär om apor på teve.
    They showed a documentary about primates on TV.
  2. (slang, derogatory) A dumb or annoying person; idiot.
    Vad gör den där jävla apan här?
    What's that moron doing here?
  3. (colloquial, idiomatic) A bad smell.
    Det luktar apa här inne.
    It smells terrible in here.
  4. (nautical, historical) A sail on the main mast or mizzen mast of a sailing ship.

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

apa (present apar, preterite apade, supine apat, imperative apa)

  1. To (attempt to) imitate without a sense of originality, usually with the particle efter; to ape, to monkey.
    De apade bara efter det jag hade skrivit.
    They just aped what I had written.
  2. (reflexive) To behave in a whimsical or foolish manner; to clown around.
    Hon apade sig inför hela klassen.
    She monkeyed around in front of the whole class.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Tagalog

Etymology 1

According to Panganiban (1973)[1] and English (1987),[2] this is of Japanese origin. Attested as early as 1910s.

Pronunciation

Noun

apa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉ)

  1. ice cream wafer or cone
  2. thin wafer made of rice starch
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

apâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉ)

  1. groping
    Synonyms: apuhap, kapa, salat
  2. (figurative) pilfered; stolen
    Synonyms: dukot, kupit, nakaw

References

  1. ^ Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 62
  2. ^ English, Leo James (1987) Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 63

Further reading

  • apa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • apa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 46.

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *apa (mother, elder sister, aunt). Compare ebe (aunt, midwife).

Noun

apa (definite accusative apayı, plural apalar)

  1. (Konya) elder sister

Declension

Inflection
Nominative apa
Definite accusative apayı
Singular Plural
Nominative apa apalar
Definite accusative apayı apaları
Dative apaya apalara
Locative apada apalarda
Ablative apadan apalardan
Genitive apanın apaların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular apam apalarım
2nd singular apan apaların
3rd singular apası apaları
1st plural apamız apalarımız
2nd plural apanız apalarınız
3rd plural apaları apaları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular apamı apalarımı
2nd singular apanı apalarını
3rd singular apasını apalarını
1st plural apamızı apalarımızı
2nd plural apanızı apalarınızı
3rd plural apalarını apalarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular apama apalarıma
2nd singular apana apalarına
3rd singular apasına apalarına
1st plural apamıza apalarımıza
2nd plural apanıza apalarınıza
3rd plural apalarına apalarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular apamda apalarımda
2nd singular apanda apalarında
3rd singular apasında apalarında
1st plural apamızda apalarımızda
2nd plural apanızda apalarınızda
3rd plural apalarında apalarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular apamdan apalarımdan
2nd singular apandan apalarından
3rd singular apasından apalarından
1st plural apamızdan apalarımızdan
2nd plural apanızdan apalarınızdan
3rd plural apalarından apalarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular apamın apalarımın
2nd singular apanın apalarının
3rd singular apasının apalarının
1st plural apamızın apalarımızın
2nd plural apanızın apalarınızın
3rd plural apalarının apalarının
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular apayım apalarım
2nd singular apasın apalarsın
3rd singular apa
apadır
apalar
apalardır
1st plural apayız apalarız
2nd plural apasınız apalarsınız
3rd plural apalar apalardır

See also

Wolio

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

apa

  1. four

Yola

Preposition

apa

  1. Alternative form of apan
    • 1867, “BIT OF DIALOGUE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 111:
      Aar's a dole o' sneow apa greound to-die.
      There is a deal of snow upon the ground to-day.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 23

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

àpà

  1. wastefulness, prodigality, a wasteful person, prodigal
  2. spendthrift, squanderer
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

àpà

  1. the arm of a talking drum
Apá ọkọ̀ òfuurufú
Apá ẹyẹ lékeléke

Etymology 3

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-ká. Cognate with Igbo aka (arm/hand), Nupe ekpá (shoulder), Olukumi áká (shoulder, wing), Igala íká (wing), possibly a Doublet of èjìká. The root is reconstructed to Proto-Niger-Congo *-ka (hand), where it is believed to have held the meaning "five." See Defaka ápá as well.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

apá

  1. arm
    wọ́n gbé apá gangan sí waThey raised their arms in defiance
  2. wing
    Synonym: ìyẹ́
  3. part, volume
    wọ́n kó apá kanThey took one portion
  4. direction, side
    ó dúró sí apá ọ̀dọ̀ọ̀ miShe stood by my side

Etymology 4

Igi apá

Pronunciation

Noun

apá

  1. African mahogany tree
    wọ́n dòòyì ká apá, apá kò ká apáThey encircled and surrounded the African mahogany tree, but their hands never got the tree under their control (proverb on invincibility)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Noun

apá

  1. The tree Afzelia pachyloba

Etymology 6

Àpá lára ọmọ màlúù

Pronunciation

Noun

àpá

  1. ringworm
    Synonym: làpálàpá
Derived terms

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

Noun

àpá

  1. scar (of a healed wound)
    àpá kì í jọ̀lọ̀ títí kó dàbí ara gidiA scar does not fully heal up to become the natural skin (proverb on the permanent effect of any damage)

Etymology 8

Pronunciation

Noun

àpá

  1. mark, sign
    Synonym: àmì