papa

papa

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

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”).

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pə-päʹ, IPA^(key): /pəˈpɑː/
• (General American) enPR: päʹ-pə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːpə/

• Audio (General American):

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• Homophones: poppa (father-bother merger); popper (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)
• Rhymes: -ɑː, -ɑːpə
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

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.

• come to papa
• papa's girl

• da
• dad
• daddy

• APAP

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

• IPA^(key): [pàpá]

papa

1. father

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

• IPA^(key): [pápá]

papa

1. kindness

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

papa

1. grandchild
2. grandparent

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

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpa.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpa.pa]

• Audio:

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papa m (plural papes)

1. pope

• papal
• papat

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

papa

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

• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

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

• (a father): ama, amahan, tatay

Borrowed from English, French, or Michif papa.

papa

1. father

• (with regard to gender): mama, naha

papa

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

papa

1. duck

• pappa (less common)

Borrowed from French papa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.paː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

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

• papadag

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

• vader

papa

1. duck

• IPA^(key): /pæpɑː/

papa

1. dad
2. daddy
3. father

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

• IPA^(key): /pa.pa/

• Audio:

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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

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

• “papa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “papa” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “papa” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa̝/

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

papa m (plural papas)

1. pope

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

papa f (plural papas)

1. (usually in the plural) pap; porridge

   Synonym: papuxa

• papar

papa

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “papa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “papa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “papas”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “papa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “papas”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

papa

1. Romanization of 𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰

papa

1. brother

• Gurindji language words from the 50 words project from the Research Unit for Indigenous Language at the University of Melbourne. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

From French papa.

• IPA^(key): /papa/

papa

1. father, dad, daddy

papa

1. Used to express amazement.

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

papa

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

papa

1. (stative, mathematics) two-dimensional

papa

1. (stative) native-born

papa

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

papa

1. board, lumber

papa

1. (stative) wooden

papa

1. wafer

papa

1. list, directory

   Synonyms: helu, helu papa

papa

1. class (in school)

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒpɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pa‧pa
• Rhymes: -pɒ

papa (plural papák)

1. dad

   Coordinate term: mama

2. (dialectal) granddad, grandfather

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

• 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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

papa (plural papai)

1. papa, dad, daddy, pop

   Synonyms: patreto, patro

   Coordinate terms: mama, matro

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

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

papa

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

• miskin
• sengsara

Devoiced bapa.

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

papa

1. (colloquial) father

• “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.

Borrowed from Russian папа (papa).

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

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:

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.

• mama (“mum, mama”)

Borrowed from English pepper.

papa (dual papak, plural papat)

1. pepper

   Papaliġñaqmiuq imiġaurriugaq.

   Pepper can also be added to a stew.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -apa
• Hyphenation: pà‧pa

papa m (plural papi)

1. pope

   Synonym: pontefice

• antipapa
• antipapale
• cesaropapismo
• papabile
• papalatria
• papale
• papalesco
• papalino
• papamobile
• papato
• papesco
• papessa
• papista

• → Turkish: papa

papa

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

• IPA^(key): [pa.ˈpa]

papa

1. father

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

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.

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [paːpa]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [paʔpa]

papa (plural papante)

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

• 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

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

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.

• pappa

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)

First-declension noun.

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

• pappō

• bua

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

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).

First-declension noun.

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

• pāpālis
• pāpātus
• pāpō

• 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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

From child language.

papa m

1. dad, daddy

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

papa f (diminutive papka)

1. pap (soft food)
2. paperboard

Devoiced bapa.

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

papa

1. father (male parent)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /pa.pa/, [pɐ.pɐ]

papa

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

• “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

From French papa.

• IPA^(key): /papa/

papa

1. father

• Audio (Jersey):

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papa m (plural papas)

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

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

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of pappa

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.pɑ/

pāpa m

1. pope
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     ...oððe frām leorningcnihtum þǣs ēadigan pāpan Sce. Gregories...

     ...or from disciples of the blessed pope St. Gregory...

• 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

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

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

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."

papa

1. miserable

   Papa urang lamun urang teu dipiéwé.

   How miserable I'd be if I have no woman.

• > Sundanese: papa (inherited)

From Dutch papa.

papa

1. father

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/, [ˈpɐpɐ]

papa

1. dog

   Synonym: tjiṯutja

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

Borrowed from German Pappe.

papa f

1. tarpaper

Borrowed from French papa.

papa m pers

1. (archaic) dad

   Synonyms: ojciec, tata

Borrowed from Italian papa.

papa m pers

1. (colloquial) pope

   Synonym: papież

See etymology 2.

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

papa f

1. (colloquial, mildly derogatory) face

See etymology 1.

Possibly a learned borrowing from Latin pappa.

papa f

1. Augmentative of papka

See etymology 1.

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

• Rhymes: -apɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

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

papa m (plural papas)

1. (Christianity) pope

• → Swahili: papa

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

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

• não ter papas na língua

papa

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

• papar

Of native origin.

papa

1. potato

• → Spanish: papa

From Spanish papa.

papa

1. pope

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

papa

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

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

From French pape.

pāpá class 1a (plural bāpāpá class 2a)

1. pope

papa

1. burster

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

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

pȃpa m (Cyrillic spelling па̑па)

1. pope (of the Catholic Church)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/ [ˈpa.pa]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

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

papa m (plural papas)

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

• → Tagalog: Papa

Borrowed from Quechua papa.

papa f (plural papas)

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

   Synonym: (Spain) patata

From Latin pappa (“food; used regarding children”).^[1][2]

papa f (plural papas)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

papa

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

• “papa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

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

• p'pa
• ppa

• IPA^(key): /pːa/, /paˈpa/

papa

1. father, dad

   Synonym: tata

2. sir, gentleman
3. (colloquial) penis

Derived from Dutch pap

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

papa

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

• Audio (Kenya):

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

papa (n class, plural papa)

1. shark

Borrowed from Portuguese papa.

papa (ma class, plural mapapa)

1. pope

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

-papa (infinitive kupapa)

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

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.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -papia

• Nominal derivations:
  • kipapa
  • papo

See hapa.

papa

1. Only used in papa hapa

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

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

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

1. dad; daddy

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

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /paˈpaʔ/ [pɐˈpaʔ]
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • IPA^(key): /paˈpa/ [pɐˈpa] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

1. low and flat

papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

1. gentle slope

   Antonym: tibong

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

   Synonyms: alipapa, dampa

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpapaʔ/ [ˈpaː.pɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -apaʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (colloquial)

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/ [ˈpaː.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

papa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

1. standard size of fabric width

   Synonyms: luwang, antso

2. (obsolete) sewing two pieces of sheet widthwise

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpapaʔ/ [ˈpaː.pɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -apaʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (zoology)

1. bee (Apis mellifera) that collects honey

   Synonym: bubuyog

Possibly from paapa (“cone-shaped”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/ [ˈpaː.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

papa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

1. (zoology) telescope snail (Telescopium telescopium)

   Synonyms: bangungon, kuhol, suso

2. a cone-shaped shell

   Synonym: kabibe

• Also called susong papa.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpapaʔ/ [ˈpaː.pɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -apaʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (obsolete)

1. tearing the taro leaf to the skin

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈpaʔ/ [pɐˈpaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (obsolete)

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

• “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 .|. 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”

From English papa.

papa

1. father

• papamama

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

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

papa

1. rock
2. rocky area

papa

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

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

papa

1. a school of caranxes

papa

1. (intransitive) to group together into a school

papa

1. bra

Of imitative origin.

papa

1. daddy, dad

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

Borrowed from Italian papa. Doublet of papaz and peder.

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

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papa (definite accusative papayı, plural papalar)

1. pope

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

Possibly related to Ternate foheka.

• IPA^(key): /pa.ˈpa/

papa

1. woman
2. wife

Possibly the same origin as the first.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pa/

papa

1. female

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

• pa

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

papa

1. father

• IPA^(key): /k͡pá.k͡pá/

pápá

1. field

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