poppa

Alteration of papa.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒpə/

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poppa (plural poppas)

1. (US, colloquial, sometimes childish) father, papa.

• PPPoA

• IPA^(key): /ˈpopːɑ/, [ˈpo̞pːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -opːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): pop‧pa

Child speak, possibly based on polttaa.

poppa (comparative popempi, superlative popin) (childish)

1. hot

poppa (childish)

1. fire, hot thing

• “poppa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

poppa

1. form of pop (with enclitic -pa)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɔhpa/
• Rhymes: -ɔhpa

poppa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative poppaði, supine poppað)

1. (intransitive) to make popcorn

   Eigum við að poppa?

   Should we make popcorn?

2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to pop popcorn or the maize kernel
   • Icelandic Web of Science: Er virkilega hægt að poppa maísbaun með því að láta farsíma hringja umhverfis baunina, eins og sýnt er á myndböndum á Netinu? (“Can you really pop a maize kernel by surrounding it with ringing mobiles like shown on Internet videos?”)

     Er virkilega hægt að poppa maísbaun með því að láta farsíma hringja umhverfis baunina, eins og sýnt er á myndböndum á Netinu?

     Can you really pop a maize kernel by surrounding it with ringing mobiles like shown on Internet videos?

• IPA^(key): /ˈpop.pa/
• Rhymes: -oppa
• Hyphenation: póp‧pa

From Vulgar Latin puppa (“breast, teat, nipple, boob”), from Latin puppa, variant of pupa (“girl; doll”). Doublet of pupa.

poppa f (plural poppe)

1. (informal) breast, boob

   Synonyms: poccia, tetta

• poppare

From Latin puppis, through a Vulgar Latin *puppa.

poppa f (plural poppe)

1. (nautical) stern

   Antonym: prua

• → Maltese: poppa
• → Turkish: pupa

poppa

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

• pappo, pappò

Borrowed from Italian poppa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔp.pa/

poppa f (plural poppi)

1. (nautical) stern, poop

poppa (present poppar, preterite poppade, supine poppat, imperative poppa)

1. to pop (popcorn)

• popcorn

• poppa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• poppa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)