paa

Translingual

Symbol

paa

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

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa, compare Malay paha.

Noun

paa

1. (anatomy) thigh

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʔa/,
• Hyphenation: pa‧a

Noun

páa (Basahan spelling ᜉᜀ)

1. (anatomy) thigh; lap; haunch

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧a
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʔa/,

Noun

paa

1. the thigh; the upper leg
2. the analogous part of an animal
3. a drumstick; the second joint of the leg bone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:paa.

Anagrams

• apa

Cemuhî

Numeral

paa

1. four

Comanche

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

paa

1. water

References

• Jean Ormsbee Charney, A Grammar of Comanche (1993)

Finnish

Verb

paa

1. (colloquial or dialectal) inflection of panna:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Alternative forms

• pane (standard)

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese paa, from Latin pāla (“shovel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pak-slo-, from root *pag-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaː/

Noun

paa f (plural paas)

1. Alternative form of pa

References

• “paa” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

paa

1. father

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa.

Noun

paa

1. foot

Lawi

Noun

paa

1. shoulder

Further reading

• Theraphan L-Thongkum, A brief look at thirteen Mon-Khmer languages of Xekong province, southern Laos (2002), Collected Papers on Southeast Asian and Pacific Languages (edited by Robert Stuart Bauer)

Lindu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa.

Noun

paa

1. (anatomy) foot

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa, compare Malay paha.

Noun

paa

1. (anatomy) thigh

Manx

Adjective

paa

1. thirsty

   Synonym: paagh

Derived terms

Mutation

Middle English

Noun

paa

1. Alternative form of po

Muna

Etymology

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

Numeral

paa

1. four

Northern Paiute

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

paa

1. water

References

• Liljeblad, Sven, Fowler, Catherine S., Powell, Glenda (2012) The Northern Paiute-Bannock Dictionary, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Preposition

paa

1. (non-standard since 1917) alternative spelling of på

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pālam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.a/

Noun

paa f

1. shovel; spade (tool for digging and moving material)

Descendants

• Galician: pa, pá, paa
• Portuguese: pá

Panamint

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

paa

1. water

References

• Jon P. Dayley, Tümpisa (Panamint) Shoshone Dictionary (1989b; University of California Publications in Linguistics Volume 116), page 173

Puyuma

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *paqa.

Noun

paa

1. (anatomy) thigh

References

• “卑南語辭典 [Puyuma Dictionary]”, in 原住民族語言線上詞典 [Online Dictionary of Aboriginal Languages] (in Mandarin), Taipei: Foundation for Research and Development of Aboriginal Languages, 2021

Shoshone

Alternative forms

• baa (Eastern Shoshone)

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

paa

1. water

References

• Shoshoni Online Dictionary (2013-06-29)

Swahili

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mpàdá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰɑː/ (in dialects with phonemic aspiration)
• IPA^(key): /pɑː/ (in other dialects)

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

paa (n class, plural paa)

1. duiker (gazelle)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑː/

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

paa (ma class, plural mapaa)

1. roof

Verb

-paa (infinitive kupaa)

1. to scrape
2. to raise, to ascend

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -paza (“to raise one's voice, to shout”)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *paqa (“thigh”). Compare Malay paha.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈʔa/,

• (chiefly Teresa-Morong, Batangas, Tayabas, Marinduque, now rare in other dialects) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʔa/,
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: pa‧a

Noun

paá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜀ)

1. (anatomy) foot
2. (anatomy, uncommon) leg

   Synonym: binti

3. (by extension) leg of furnitures

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

• “paa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 469: “Pata) Paa de animal o hombre”
  • page 482: “Pie) Paa (pp) qualquiera que ſea”
  • page 483: “Pierna) Paa (pp) de hombre o animal”
  • page 483: “Pies) Paa (pp) de meſa banco atril o otra coſa”

Anagrams

• apa, aap

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa.

Noun

paa

1. (anatomy) thigh

Ute

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

paa

1. (Southern) water

References

• Travis N. Benioh, The Paiute Language For Beginners (1980)
• William Bright, Southern Paiute and Ute Linguistics and Ethnography →ISBN, Southern Paiute Dictionary, page 619: pa·'
• Stacey Inez Oberly, A Phonetic Analysis of Southern Ute with a Discussion of Southern Ute Language Policies and Revitalization (2008)
• Heidi Harley, Topics in Chemehuevi Morphosyntax: Lexical Categories, Predication and Causation (2008)

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paː/

Verb

paa

1. (transitive) to hit or strike with the hand

Conjugation

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics