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papa

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

English

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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).

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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.

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Akan

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Etymology 1

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

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papa

  1. father

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

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papa

  1. kindness

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'Are'are

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papa

  1. grandchild
  2. grandparent

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Bikol Central

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  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa
  • IPA(key): /ˈpapa/ [ˈpa.pa]

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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

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

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papa m (plural papes)

  1. pope
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papa

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

Cebuano

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  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa

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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

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Chinook Jargon

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Borrowed from English, French, or Michif papa.

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papa

  1. father

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Dieri

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papa

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

Dupaningan Agta

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papa

  1. duck

Dutch

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Borrowed from French papa.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑ.paː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa

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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

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

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Eastern Bontoc

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papa

  1. duck

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papa

  1. dad
  2. daddy
  3. father

French

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

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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

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

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Galician

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

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papa m (plural papas)

  1. pope
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Etymology 2

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

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papa f (plural papas)

  1. (usually in the plural) pap; porridge
    Synonym: papuxa
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papa

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

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Gothic

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papa

  1. Romanization of 𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰

Gurindji

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papa

  1. brother

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Haitian Creole

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From French papa.

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papa

  1. father, dad, daddy

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papa

  1. Used to express amazement.

Hawaiian

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Etymology 1

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

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papa

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

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papa

  1. (stative, mathematics) two-dimensional

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papa

  1. (stative) native-born

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papa

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

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papa

  1. board, lumber

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papa

  1. (stative) wooden

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papa

  1. wafer

Etymology 6

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papa

  1. list, directory
    Synonyms: helu, helu papa

Etymology 7

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papa

  1. class (in school)

Hungarian

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papa (plural papák)

  1. dad
    Coordinate term: mama
  2. (dialectal) granddad, grandfather

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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

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  • 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

Etymology

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Borrowed from English papaFrench papaGerman PapaItalian papàRussian па́па (pápa)Spanish papá.

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papa (plural papai)

  1. papa, dad, daddy, pop
    Synonyms: patreto, patro
    Coordinate terms: mama, matro

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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

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

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papa

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

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Devoiced bapa.

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

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papa

  1. (colloquial) father

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Ingrian

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Borrowed from Russian папа (papa).

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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[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46:
      Siis papa sannoo meille:
      Then dad says to us:

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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.

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  • mama (mum, mama)

Inupiaq

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Borrowed from English pepper.

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papa (dual papak, plural papat)

  1. pepper
    Papaliġñaqmiuq imiġaurriugaq.
    Pepper can also be added to a stew.

Italian

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

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papa m (plural papi)

  1. pope
    Synonym: pontefice

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Japanese

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papa

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

Kanoé

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papa

  1. father

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

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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.

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papa (plural papante)

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

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  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[2], 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[3], Paris, 1956, page 350

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Etymology 1

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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.

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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)
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First-declension noun.

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Etymology 2

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

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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 [new] pope!"
    Synonym: pontifex maximus
  4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a patriarch (in primatial sees, notably Coptic Alexandria).
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First-declension noun.

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  • Albanian: papë
  • Proto-Brythonic: *pab
  • Middle Dutch: pape
  • Old English: pāpa (see there for further descendants)
  • Old French: pape (see there for further descendants)
  • Hungarian: pápa
  • Old Irish: pápa
  • Italian: papa
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: papa
  • Romanian: papă
  • Spanish: papa

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  • 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[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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

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

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From child language.

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papa m

  1. dad, daddy
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Borrowed from German Pappe (pap; paperboard).

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papa f (diminutive papka)

  1. pap (soft food)
  2. paperboard
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Malay

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Devoiced bapa.

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papa

  1. father (male parent)

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Maori

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

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papa

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

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  • 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[5], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 313-4

Mauritian Creole

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From French papa.

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papa

  1. father

Norman

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papa m (plural papas)

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of pappa

Old English

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

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pāpa m

  1. pope

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Old Sundanese

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

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

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papa

  1. poor condition, misery
    • 1518, Sanghyang Siksa Kandang Karesian:
      "Sungut ulah barang carek kenana dora bancana na lunas papa naraka"
      "Do not speak with your mouth carelessly, for it is the door of disaster at the bottom of the hellish misery."

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papa

  1. miserable
    Papa urang lamun urang teu dipiéwé.
    How miserable I'd be if I have no woman.

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  • > Sundanese: papa (inherited)

Papiamentu

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From Dutch papa.

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papa

  1. father

Pitjantjatjara

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpapa/, [ˈpɐpɐ]

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papa

  1. dog
    Synonym: tjiṯutja
    Papangku nyinara kuka ngalkuṉu.The dog sat eating meat.

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  • Paul A. Eckert (2007) Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary[6], IAD Press, →ISBN

Polish

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.pa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Syllabification: pa‧pa

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Borrowed from German Pappe.

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papa f

  1. tarpaper
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Borrowed from French papa.

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papa m pers

  1. (archaic) dad
    Synonyms: ojciec, tata
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Borrowed from Italian papa.

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papa m pers

  1. (colloquial) pope
    Synonym: papież
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Uncertain. Possibly a deverbal from papać. Alternative theories suggest a derivation from theorized *plapa, from dialectal German Plappe (mouth), from plappern.

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papa f

  1. (colloquial, mildly derogatory) face
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Possibly a learned borrowing from Latin pappa.

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papa f

  1. Augmentative of papka
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Further reading

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

Portuguese

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  • Rhymes: -apɐ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa

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

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papa m (plural papas)

  1. (Christianity) pope
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From Latin pappa or pāpa (infant's cry for food).

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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
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papa

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

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Of native origin.

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papa

  1. potato
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Etymology 2

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From Spanish papa.

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papa

  1. pope

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Rapa Nui

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

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papa

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

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

Rwanda-Rundi

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From French pape.

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pāpá class 1a (plural bāpāpá class 2a)

  1. pope

Samoan

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papa

  1. burster

Serbo-Croatian

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

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

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pȃpa m (Cyrillic spelling па̑па)

  1. pope (of the Catholic Church)

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Spanish

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

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papa m (plural papas)

  1. pope (an honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome)
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Borrowed from Quechua papa.

 
Papas
 
Common names for potato in the Spanish-speaking world

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papa f (plural papas)

  1. (Latin America, US, Canary Islands, Andalusia) potato
    Synonym: (Spain) patata
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From Latin pappa (food; used regarding children).[1][2]

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papa f (plural papas)

  1. (childish, familiar) very bland soup, or more broadly, food in general
  2. (figuratively) nonsense, trifle, rubbish
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Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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papa

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

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  1. ^ Rku5cvx”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “papa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology 1

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Compare English papa, Dutch papa, Akan papa, Ewe papa.

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papa

  1. father, dad
    Synonym: tata
  2. sir, gentleman
  3. (colloquial) penis
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Etymology 2

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Derived from Dutch pap

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papa

  1. mush
  2. porridge
  3. a sweet custard-based or cornflour-based dessert
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Swahili

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Etymology 1

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papa (n class, plural papa)

  1. shark

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Borrowed from Portuguese papa.

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papa (ma class, plural mapapa)

  1. pope

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-papa (infinitive kupapa)

  1. to tremble, quiver
  2. (of the heart) to beat
Conjugation
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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.
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Etymology 4

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See hapa.

Adverb

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papa

  1. Only used in papa hapa

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Each pronunciation has a different source:

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /paˈpa/ [pɐˈpa] (Spanish pronunciation)
      • Rhymes: -a
      • Syllabification: pa‧pa
    • IPA(key): /papa/ [pa.pa] (Hokkien pronunciation)
    • IPA(key): /ˈpapa/ [ˈpaː.pɐ] (English Pronunciation)
      • Rhymes: -apa
      • Syllabification: pa‧pa

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

  1. dad; daddy
    Synonyms: pa, ama, tatay, itay, tay, tatang
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

  1. low and flat

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papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

  1. gentle slope
    Antonym: tibong
  2. (architecture) house with low roof and little airflow
    Synonyms: alipapa, dampa

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Etymology 3

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

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Noun

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papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (colloquial)

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

Etymology 4

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Noun

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papa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

  1. standard size of fabric width
    Synonyms: luwang, antso
  2. (obsolete) sewing two pieces of sheet widthwise
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Etymology 5

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Noun

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papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (zoology)

  1. bee (Apis mellifera) that collects honey
    Synonym: bubuyog

Etymology 6

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Possibly from paapa (cone-shaped).

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Noun

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papa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

  1. (zoology) telescope snail (Telescopium telescopium)
    Synonyms: bangungon, kuhol, suso
  2. a cone-shaped shell
    Synonym: kabibe
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  • Also called susong papa.

Etymology 7

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Noun

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papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (obsolete)

  1. tearing the taro leaf to the skin
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Etymology 8

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Noun

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papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (obsolete)

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

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Further reading

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  • 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[7] (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[8], 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 [q̃ es] punta con punta”
    • page 458: “P) Papa (pc) letra de; Abeçe de los tagalos .|. papayaon .|. . 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

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Etymology

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From English papa.

Noun

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papa

  1. father

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Tokelauan

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpa.pa]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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papa

  1. rock
  2. rocky area

Verb

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papa

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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papa

  1. a school of caranxes

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papa

  1. (intransitive) to group together into a school

Etymology 3

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Noun

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papa

  1. bra

Etymology 4

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Of imitative origin.

Noun

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papa

  1. daddy, dad

References

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[9], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 261

Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian papa. Doublet of papaz and peder.

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  • IPA(key): /pɑˈpɑ/, [pʰɑˈpɑ]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa
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Noun

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papa (definite accusative papayı, plural papalar)

  1. pope

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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

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Etymology 1

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Possibly related to Ternate foheka.

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Noun

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papa

  1. woman
  2. wife

Etymology 2

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Possibly the same origin as the first.

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Noun

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papa

  1. female
    oma da papaa girl (literally, “a female child”)
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References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[10], Pacific linguistics (etymology 1 as papá)

Wolof

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Noun

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papa

  1. father

Yoruba

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Noun

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pápá

  1. field

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