papa

Translingual

Noun

papa

1. Alternative letter-case form of Papa of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

English

Etymology

From French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa, probably originally a reduplicated imitation of a child's early efforts at vocalising Latin pater (“father”). Compare Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: pə-päʹ, IPA^(key): /pəˈpɑː/
• (US) enPR: päʹ-pə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.pə/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː, -ɑːpə
• Homophones: poppa (father–bother merger), popper (in non-rhotic accents with the father–bother merger)

Noun

papa (plural papas)

1. (often childish) Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
2. (informal) A pet name for one's grandfather.
3. A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
   • 1892, Fergus Hume, The Island of Fantasy: A Romance:

     they are all of the Orthodox Church, and obey devoutly the precepts of Papa Athanasius

4. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Papa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Derived terms

• come to papa
• papa's girl

Related terms

Translations

See also

• da
• dad
• daddy

Anagrams

• APAP

'Are'are

Noun

papa

1. grandchild
2. grandparent

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Akan

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

papa

1. father

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

papa

1. kindness

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

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

Noun

papa (feminine mama)

1. A father; a (generally human) male who begets a child.
2. A term of address to one's father, father-in-law or husband.

   Synonyms: ama, tatay

Catalan

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

• Audio

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Noun

papa m (plural papes)

1. pope

Related terms

• papal
• papat

Further reading

• “papa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

papa

1. inflection of papar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa

1. a father; a (generally human) male who begets a child
2. a term of address to one's father, father-in-law or husband

Synonyms

• (a father): ama, amahan, tatay

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

Borrowed from English, French, or Michif papa.

Noun

papa

1. father

Coordinate terms

• (with regard to gender): mama, naha

Dieri

Noun

papa

1. the sister of one's father; paternal aunt

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

papa

1. duck

Dutch

Alternative forms

• pappa (less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from French papa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.paː/

• audio

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• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa m (plural papa's, diminutive papaatje n)

1. Dad (term of address for one’s father, especially used by young children).

   Synonyms: pa, pap

Derived terms

• papadag

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: papa
• Negerhollands: popa, pupa
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: popa, pupa (dated)
• Skepi Creole Dutch: papai

See also

• vader

Eastern Bontoc

Noun

papa

1. duck

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæpɑː/

Noun

papa

1. dad
2. daddy
3. father

French

Etymology

From Middle French papa, child-speak, syllable-repetitive; compare maman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pa/

• audio

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Noun

papa m (plural papas)

1. (childish) papa, a child's father; also as form of address: dad, daddy

   Papa, on va où ?

   Daddy, where are we going?

   Au revoir, papa, je t’appelle demain.

   Bye, Dad. I'll call you tomorrow.

2. pops, any man of roughly fatherly age and appearance

Derived terms

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

• “papa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
• “papa” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “papa” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa̝/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

Noun

papa m (plural papas)

1. pope

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese papa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin pappa.

Noun

papa f (plural papas)

1. (usually in the plural) pap; porridge

   Synonym: papuxa

Derived terms

Related terms

• papar

Etymology 3

Verb

papa

1. inflection of papar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• “papa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “papa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “papas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “papa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “papas” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gothic

Romanization

papa

1. Romanization of 𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French papa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papa/

Noun

papa

1. father, dad, daddy

Interjection

papa

1. Used to express amazement.

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *papa, from Proto-Oceanic *papan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan (compare with Malay papan or Maori papa).

Noun

papa

1. flat surface, layer
2. foundation
3. storey (of a building), floor
4. (rare) table, shelf
5. face (of a clock)

Verb

papa

1. (stative, mathematics) two-dimensional

Etymology 2

Verb

papa

1. (stative) native-born

Etymology 3

Verb

papa

1. (stative) set close together
2. (stative) in unison

Etymology 4

Noun

papa

1. board, lumber

Verb

papa

1. (stative) wooden

Etymology 5

Noun

papa

1. wafer

Etymology 6

Noun

papa

1. list, directory

   Synonyms: helu, helu papa

Etymology 7

Noun

papa

1. class (in school)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: pa‧pa
• Rhymes: -pɒ

Noun

papa (plural papák)

1. dad

   Coordinate term: mama

2. (dialectal) granddad, grandfather

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	papa	papák
accusative	papát	papákat
dative	papának	papáknak
instrumental	papával	papákkal
causal-final	papáért	papákért
translative	papává	papákká
terminative	papáig	papákig
essive-formal	papaként	papákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	papában	papákban
superessive	papán	papákon
adessive	papánál	papáknál
illative	papába	papákba
sublative	papára	papákra
allative	papához	papákhoz
elative	papából	papákból
delative	papáról	papákról
ablative	papától	papáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	papáé	papáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	papáéi	papákéi

Possessive forms of papa
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	papám	papáim
2nd person sing.	papád	papáid
3rd person sing.	papája	papái
1st person plural	papánk	papáink
2nd person plural	papátok	papáitok
3rd person plural	papájuk	papáik

Derived terms

Further reading

• papa 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

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English papa, French papa, German Papa, Italian papà, Russian па́па (pápa), Spanish papá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

Noun

papa (plural papai)

1. papa, dad, daddy, pop

   Synonyms: patreto, patro

   Coordinate terms: mama, matro

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit पाप (pāpa, “bad, evil, low”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pa/
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa

1. poor condition, misery
2. (Hinduism) sin

Synonyms

• miskin
• sengsara

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Devoiced bapa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pa/
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa

1. (colloquial) father

Further reading

• “papa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian папа (papa).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa

1. dad, papa
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:

     Na, papa, kala.

     Here, daddy, a fish.

   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46:

     Siis papa sannoo meille:

     Then dad says to us:

Declension

Declension of papa (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	papa	papat
genitive	papan	pappoin
partitive	pappaa	papoja
illative	pappaa	pappoi
inessive	papas	papois
elative	papast	papoist
allative	papalle	papoille
adessive	papal	papoil
ablative	papalt	papoilt
translative	papaks	papoiks
essive	papanna, pappaan	papoinna, pappoin
exessive1)	papant	papoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Coordinate terms

• mama (“mum, mama”)

Inupiaq

Etymology

Borrowed from English pepper.

Noun

papa (dual papak, plural papat)

1. pepper

   Papaliġñaqmiuq imiġaurriugaq.

   Pepper can also be added to a stew.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin papa, from Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pa/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -apa
• Hyphenation: pà‧pa

Noun

papa m (plural papi)

1. pope

   Synonym: pontefice

Derived terms

• papale

Related terms

Descendants

• → Turkish: papa

Japanese

Romanization

papa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぱぱ
2. Rōmaji transcription of パパ

Kanoé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

papa

1. father

References

• Laércio Nora Bacelar, Gramática da língua Kanoê (2004).

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *papa, a nursery word in origin; compare Apalaí papa, Trió papa, Akawaio papa, Macushi papa, Pemon papa, Ye'kwana jaaja, Yao (South America) pape, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi papa.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key):
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key):

Noun

papa (plural papante)

1. first-person possessed form of jumy (“father, paternal uncle”)

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 336
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “papa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 359; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 350

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.pa/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pa/,

Etymology 1

A nursery word imitative of the movement of the infant's lips during eating. Compare English pap, German Papp, Hungarian papi, Polish papu. Also see the derivative pappō.

Alternative forms

• pappa

Noun

pāpa f (genitive pāpae); first declension

1. (childish) yum yum, num-num, food (especially pap)

   Cum cibum ac pōtiōnem "buās" ac "pāpās" vocent, mātrem "mammam", patrem "tatam".

   Since children call food "papa" and drink “bua”, mother "mamma" and father "tata".

   (Nonius Marcellus, De Compendiosa Doctrina, 81 M, 2-4)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pāpa	pāpae
Genitive	pāpae	pāpārum
Dative	pāpae	pāpīs
Accusative	pāpam	pāpās
Ablative	pāpā	pāpīs
Vocative	pāpa	pāpae

Derived terms

• pappō

See also

• bua

Etymology 2

From early Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas, title for priests & bishops, especially by 3rd c. the bishop of Alexandria), from πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”).

Noun

pāpa m (genitive pāpae, feminine pāpissa); first declension

1. a dad, daddy, father
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a bishop

   Synonyms: episcopus, pontifex

3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a pope (the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome)

   The traditional exclamation in Rome after a papal election:

   "Habemus papam!" ― "We have a pope!"

   Synonym: pontifex maximus

4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a patriarch (in primatial sees, notably Coptic Alexandria).

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pāpa	pāpae
Genitive	pāpae	pāpārum
Dative	pāpae	pāpīs
Accusative	pāpam	pāpās
Ablative	pāpā	pāpīs
Vocative	pāpa	pāpae

Derived terms

• pāpālis
• pāpātus
• pāpō

Descendants

References

• papa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• papa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• papa in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Latvian

Noun

papa m (4th declension, irregular gender, dative singular)

1. (often childish) dad, daddy
2. (archaic) pope

Declension

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

Etymology 1

From child language.

Noun

papa m

1. dad, daddy

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Pappe (“pap; paperboard”).

Noun

papa f (diminutive papka)

1. pap (soft food)
2. paperboard

Declension

Malay

Etymology

Devoiced bapa.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /papə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /papa/
• Rhymes: -apə, -pə, -ə

Noun

papa

1. father (male parent)

Synonyms

• bapa (bapanda, bapai, bapak, bapang, baba)
• ayah (ayahanda, aya, yah)
• abah (aba, bah)
• rama

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *papa, from Proto-Oceanic *papan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan (compare with Malay papan or Hawaiian papa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pa/,

Noun

papa

1. board, plank
2. chart
3. slab
4. floor

References

• “papa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
• Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 313-4

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French papa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papa/

Noun

papa

1. father

Norman

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

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Noun

papa m (plural papas)

1. (Jersey, onomatopoeia) grandfather, grandad, grandpa

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

papa m (definite singular papaen, indefinite plural papaer or papaar, definite plural papaene or papaane)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of pappa

Old English

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin pāpa, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.pɑ/

Noun

pāpa m

1. pope

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: pope, pape, popa, papa, papæ, pwope
  • English: pope
    • Jamaican Creole: puop
    • Tok Pisin: pop
    • → Hindi: पोप (pop)
    • → Urdu: پوپ (pop)
  • Scots: pape, paipe, paip

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch papa.

Noun

papa

1. father

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/,

Noun

papa

1. dog

   Synonym: tjiṯutja

   Papangku nyinara kuka ngalkuṉu. ― The dog sat eating meat.

References

• Paul A. Eckert (2007) Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary‎, IAD Press, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Pappe.

Noun

papa f

1. tarpaper

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French papa.

Noun

papa m pers

1. (archaic) dad

   Synonyms: ojciec, tata

Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian papa.

Noun

papa m pers

1. (colloquial) pope

   Synonym: papież

Declension

See etymology 2.

Etymology 4

Uncertain. Possibly a deverbal from papać. Alternative theories suggest a derivation from theorized *plapa, from dialectal German Plappe (“mouth”), from plappern.

Noun

papa f

1. (colloquial, mildly derogatory) face

Declension

See etymology 1.

Etymology 5

Possibly borrowed from Latin pappa.

Noun

papa f

1. Augmentative of papka

Declension

See etymology 1.

Further reading

• papa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• papa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -apɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese papa, probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

Noun

papa m (plural papas)

1. (Christianity) pope

Descendants

• → Swahili: papa

Etymology 2

From Latin pappa or pāpa (“infant's cry for food”).

Noun

papa f (plural papas)

1. pap (food in the form of a soft paste)
2. (figurative) something with a pasty consistency
3. (informal, childish) any type of food

Derived terms

• não ter papas na língua

Etymology 3

Verb

papa

1. inflection of papar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Related terms

• papar

Quechua

Noun

papa

1. potato

Declension

Descendants

• → Spanish: papa

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *papa, from Proto-Oceanic *papan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan (compare with Malay papan or Hawaiian papa).

Noun

papa

1. flat stone; shelf in the bottom of the sea; rocky sea bottom
2. wooden plank

References

• “papa”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From French pape.

Noun

pāpá class 1a (plural bāpāpá class 2a)

1. pope

Samoan

Noun

papa

1. burster

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin papa, from Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas, “priest”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “daddy, papa”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâːpa/
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

pȃpa m (Cyrillic spelling па̑па)

1. pope (of the Catholic Church)

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

• Audio (Spain):

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• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

Noun

papa m (plural papas)

1. pope (an honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Papa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua papa.

Noun

papa f (plural papas)

1. (Latin America, Canary Islands, Andalusia) potato

   Synonym: (Spain) patata

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Latin pappa (“food; used regarding children”).

Noun

papa f (plural papas)

1. (childish, familiar) very bland soup, or more broadly, food in general
2. (figuratively) nonsense, trifle, rubbish

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

papa

1. inflection of papar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “papa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

References

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

papa (n class, plural papa)

1. shark

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese papa.

Noun

papa (ma class, plural mapapa)

1. pope

Etymology 3

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

Verb

-papa (infinitive kupapa)

1. to tremble, quiver
2. (of the heart) to beat

Conjugation

Conjugation of -papa
Positive present -napapa Subjunctive -pape Negative -papi Imperative singular papa
Infinitives
Positive kupapa Negative kutopapa
Imperatives
Singular papa Plural papeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupapa Positive past positive subject concord + -lipapa Negative past negative subject concord + -kupapa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napapa) Singular Plural 1st person ninapapa/napapa tunapapa 2nd person unapapa mnapapa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapapa wanapapa other classes positive subject concord + -napapa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -papi) Singular Plural 1st person sipapi hatupapi 2nd person hupapi hampapi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapapi hawapapi other classes negative subject concord + -papi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapapa Negative future negative subject concord + -tapapa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pape) Singular Plural 1st person nipape tupape 2nd person upape mpape 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apape wapape other classes positive subject concord + -pape
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipape Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepapa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepapa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipapa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipapa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apapa) Singular Plural 1st person napapa twapapa 2nd person wapapa mwapapa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apapa wapapa m-mi(III/IV) wapapa yapapa ji-ma(V/VI) lapapa yapapa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapapa vyapapa n(IX/X) yapapa zapapa u(XI) wapapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapapa pa(XVI) papapa mu(XVIII) mwapapa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepapa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapapa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japapa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipapa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopapa Consecutive kapapa / positive subject concord + -kapapa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapape
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipapa -tupapa 2nd person -kupapa -wapapa/-kupapeni/-wapapeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpapa -wapapa m-mi(III/IV) -upapa -ipapa ji-ma(V/VI) -lipapa -yapapa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipapa -vipapa n(IX/X) -ipapa -zipapa u(XI) -upapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupapa pa(XVI) -papapa mu(XVIII) -mupapa Reflexive -jipapa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -papa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -papaye -papao m-mi(III/IV) -papao -papayo ji-ma(V/VI) -papalo -papayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -papacho -papavyo n(IX/X) -papayo -papazo u(XI) -papao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -papako pa(XVI) -papapo mu(XVIII) -papamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -papa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepapa -opapa m-mi(III/IV) -opapa -yopapa ji-ma(V/VI) -lopapa -yopapa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopapa -vyopapa n(IX/X) -yopapa -zopapa u(XI) -opapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopapa pa(XVI) -popapa mu(XVIII) -mopapa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -papia

• Nominal derivations:
  • kipapa
  • papo

Etymology 4

See hapa.

Adverb

papa

1. Only used in papa hapa

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Each pronunciation has a different source:

• /paˈpa/ from Spanish papá, adapted from French papa
• /papa/ from Hokkien 爸爸 (pâ-pâ)
• /ˈpapa/ from English papa / poppa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpa/, (Spanish Pronunciation)
• IPA^(key): /papa/, (Hokkien Pronunciation)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/, (English Pronunciation)
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa or papá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (informal, familiar, childish)

1. dad; daddy

   Synonyms: pa, ama, tatay, itay, tay, tatang

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpaʔ/,

• IPA^(key): /paˈpa/, (obsolete)
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Adjective

papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

1. low and flat

Noun

papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

1. gentle slope

   Antonym: tibong

2. (architecture) house with low roof and little airflow

   Synonyms: alipapa, dampa

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish papa, from Latin pappa (“food; used regarding children”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (colloquial)

1. food for kids who are only just beginning to speak

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

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

Noun

papa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

1. standard size of fabric width

   Synonyms: luwang, antso

2. (obsolete) sewing two pieces of sheet widthwise

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

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

Noun

papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (zoology)

1. bee (Apis mellifera) that collects honey

   Synonym: bubuyog

Etymology 6

Possibly from pa-apa (“cone-shaped”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

papa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

1. (zoology) telescope snail (Telescopium telescopium)

   Synonyms: bangungon, kuhol, suso

2. a cone-shaped shell

   Synonym: kabibe

Usage notes

• Also called susong papa.

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

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

Noun

papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (obsolete)

1. tearing the taro leaf to the skin

Derived terms

Etymology 8

Pronunciation

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

Noun

papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (obsolete)

1. name of the Baybayin letter ᜉ (pa), corresponding to "pa"

See also

Further reading

• “papa”, 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 58: “Añadir) Papa (pp) dos pieças coſiendo las alo ãcho”
  • page 196: “Coſer) Papa (pp) dos piernas de liẽço ancho cõ ancho a diferençia del paſado punta con punta”
  • page 458: “P) Papa (pc) letra de; Abeçe de los tagalos .|. papayaon .|. ᜉ. eſta letra les ſirue de . f . ꝑa lo Eſpañol, porqu: no la tienen, ſumulat ca nang papa ſa ſulat tavo, haz la letra. P . en letra de indio.”
  • page 483: “Pierna) Papa (pp) de lienço o ſabana”

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English papa.

Noun

papa

1. father

Derived terms

• papamama

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *papa (“flat surface”). Cognates include Hawaiian papa and Maori papa.

Noun

papa

1. rock
2. rocky area

Verb

papa

1. (stative) to be flat
2. (stative) to be hard

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *papa (“fish”). Cognates include Maori pā and Samoan papa.

Noun

papa

1. a school of caranxes

Verb

papa

1. (intransitive) to group together into a school

Etymology 3

Noun

papa

1. bra

Etymology 4

Of imitative origin.

Noun

papa

1. daddy, dad

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 261

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian papa.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

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Noun

papa (definite accusative papayı, plural papalar)

1. pope

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	papa
Definite accusative	papayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	papa	papalar
Definite accusative	papayı	papaları
Dative	papaya	papalara
Locative	papada	papalarda
Ablative	papadan	papalardan
Genitive	papanın	papaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular papam papalarım 2nd singular papan papaların 3rd singular papası papaları 1st plural papamız papalarımız 2nd plural papanız papalarınız 3rd plural papaları papaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular papamı papalarımı 2nd singular papanı papalarını 3rd singular papasını papalarını 1st plural papamızı papalarımızı 2nd plural papanızı papalarınızı 3rd plural papalarını papalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular papama papalarıma 2nd singular papana papalarına 3rd singular papasına papalarına 1st plural papamıza papalarımıza 2nd plural papanıza papalarınıza 3rd plural papalarına papalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular papamda papalarımda 2nd singular papanda papalarında 3rd singular papasında papalarında 1st plural papamızda papalarımızda 2nd plural papanızda papalarınızda 3rd plural papalarında papalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular papamdan papalarımdan 2nd singular papandan papalarından 3rd singular papasından papalarından 1st plural papamızdan papalarımızdan 2nd plural papanızdan papalarınızdan 3rd plural papalarından papalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular papamın papalarımın 2nd singular papanın papalarının 3rd singular papasının papalarının 1st plural papamızın papalarımızın 2nd plural papanızın papalarınızın 3rd plural papalarının papalarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular papayım papalarım 2nd singular papasın papalarsın 3rd singular papa papadır papalar papalardır 1st plural papayız papalarız 2nd plural papasınız papalarsınız 3rd plural papalar papalardır

West Makian

Etymology 1

Possibly related to Ternate foheka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ˈpa/

Noun

papa

1. woman
2. wife

Etymology 2

Possibly the same origin as the first.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pa/

Noun

papa

1. female

   oma da papa ― a girl (literally, “a female child”)

Alternative forms

• pa

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (etymology 1 as papá)

Wolof

Noun

papa

1. father

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pá.k͡pá/

Noun

pápá

1. field

Derived terms

• pápákọ̀ òfuurufú