English Online Dictionary. What means pa? What does pa mean?
English
Etymology 1
Clipping of papa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
pa (plural pas)
- (colloquial) Father, papa.
- (colloquial) Grandpa, grandfather.
Usage notes
- Often capitalized when used to refer to a specific person; see Pa.
Synonyms
- (father): da (Irish) , dad, daddy, papa, pater
- (grandfather): grandpa, grandpappy
Translations
See also
- grandpa
- ma
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Maori.
Noun
pa (plural pas)
- a fortified Maori settlement of pre-European and early European times
- an unfortified Maori village or settlement; a kainga
Alternative forms
- pah
Anagrams
- A&P, AP, Ap, ap, ap.
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch.
Noun
pa (plural pa's)
- dad, father
Synonyms
- pappa
- vader
Antonyms
- ma
Derived terms
- oupa
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *apa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Cognate to Messapic [Term?] (apa, “from, out of, by”), Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “away, off”), Sanskrit अप (apá).
Preposition
pa (+accusative)
- without
- thus, then, so
Antonyms
- me
Derived terms
- prapë
- pas
References
Anuta
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
Numeral
pa
- four
Arritinngithigh
Noun
pa
- liver
References
- Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 411
Asturian
Etymology
Compare Spanish pa, a contracted form of para.
Preposition
pa
- for
Usage notes
- The preposition pa contracts to p' before a word beginning with a- or ha-: p'Asturies (for Asturias), p'haber (for to have)
Derived terms
- p'
- pal
Basque
Noun
pa inan
- kiss
Breton
Conjunction
pa
- when, if
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan pan, from Latin pānis, pānem, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to graze, feed”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpa/
- Rhymes: -a
Noun
pa m (plural pans)
- bread
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pa” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “pa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paː/
Verb
pā
- (transitive) To dye
References
- Andrews, J. Richard, Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003, page 244
- Karttunen, Frances, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1983, page 182
Dakota
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa/
Noun
pa
- head
References
- http://fpcctalkindian.nativeweb.org/ (Lesson Three)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paː/
- Rhymes: -aː
Noun
pa m (plural pa's, diminutive paatje n)
- pa, dad
Esperanto
Interjection
pa
- pah
Fala
Etymology
From Old Portuguese pera.
Preposition
pa
- to (indicates application of an adjective)
- for (directed at, intended to belong to or to be appropriate for)
- to, towards (indicates destination)
Garo
Alternative forms
- pagipa (formal)
Etymology
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Noun
pa
- father
Guaraní
Numeral
pa
- ten
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French pas.
Adverb
pa
- not
Usage notes
- Double negatives (e.g. pa ... janm or pa ... anyen) are grammatically correct in Haitian Creole.
Hiw
Verb
pa
- to finish, (be brought to an) end
Further reading
- Alexandre François, Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency: On two atypical subordinating strategies in the Lo-Toga and Hiw (Torres, Vanuatu) (2010), in Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy (edited by Isabelle Bril)
Japanese
Romanization
pa
- Rōmaji transcription of ぱ
- Rōmaji transcription of パ
K'iche'
Preposition
pa
- in
- at
- on
- to
- into
- toward
- from
- during
References
- Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese para.
Preposition
pa
- for
- to
Latvian
Preposition
pa (with accusative or dative)
- on
- along
- to
- in
- through
- during
- by
- over
Mandarin
Romanization
pa
- Nonstandard spelling of pā.
- Nonstandard spelling of pá.
- Nonstandard spelling of pà.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle English
Noun
pa
- Alternative form of po
Min Nan
Mono (California)
Etymology
From Proto-Numic *pa from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa
Noun
pa
- water
Occitan
Adverb
pa
- not (indicates negation)
Old Prussian
Etymology
From the Proto-Indo-European root *upo- (“under, up”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
pa
- under
Adverb
pa
- under
Palu'e
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
Numeral
pa
- four
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguese para and Spanish para and Kabuverdianu pa.
Preposition
pa
- to
- for
- by
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa/
Interjection
pa
- (familiar) bye
Derived terms
- (interjection) pa pa
Further reading
- pa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Preposition
pa
- (Africa, rural areas of Brazil) Contraction of para.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Hungarian pá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pa]
- Rhymes: -a
Interjection
pa
- bye
Synonyms
- la revedere
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Common South Slavic; compare Slovene pa, Bulgarian па (pa). See also pa-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa/
Conjunction
pa (Cyrillic spelling па)
- (and) then
- Synonym: ȍndā
- (and) so, therefore
- Synonym: stȍgā
- (with da or màkar) even if, even though, although
- (with ȉpāk) (and, but) yet, still
- (with da + i) even if
Particle
pa (Cyrillic spelling па)
- so, so what
- (for emphasis) well, so
- (regional, for emphasis) even
Shona
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-páa.
Verb
-pá (infinitive kupá)
- to give
Skou
Noun
pa
- water
References
- Donohue, Mark. Rópu we te máwo pílang te: Skou dictionary draft. s.l. 80pp. (2002).
Slavomolisano
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian pa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa/
Particle
pa
- well, so
- 2010, Luigi Peca, “La guerre à Acquaviva”:
- 2010, Luigi Peca, “La guerre à Acquaviva”:
References
- Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa/
Conjunction
pa
- and
- but
- so
Spanish
Alternative forms
- pa', pa’
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa/, [ˈpa]
Preposition
pa
- (colloquial) Apocopic form of para, for, to
See also
- de pe a pa
References
- Among the places this form is used is southern Arizona, per Anita Calneh Post, Southern Arizona Spanish phonology (1934), page 36: "The commonest loss of intervocalic r in southern Arizona is in para, which is always pa ..."
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-páa.
Pronunciation
Verb
-pa (infinitive kupa)
- to give to (someone)
Usage notes
- This verb must be used with an object concord:
Conjugation
Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
- Applicative: -pea
- Passive: -pewa
- Reciprocal: -peana
- Nominal derivations:
- mpaji
Particle
pa
- Pa class inflected form of -a.
Tshobdun
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak.
Noun
pa
- pig
Further reading
- Jackson T. S. Sun, Typology of Generic-Person Making in Tshobdun Rgyalrong (2014)
Walloon
Noun
pa m (plural pas)
- father
Coordinate terms
- (gender): mame
Welsh
Alternative forms
- py
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kʷid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid (compare *kʷis); compare Latin quid, Old Irish cid, Modern Irish cad, Cornish py, pe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paː/
Pronoun
pa
- (interrogative, archaic) what
Determiner
pa
- which
Derived terms
- pa mor
- pa un, p'un
Usage notes
- The usage of pa as an interrogative has been rendered obsolete by the modern word beth, which derives from the phrase pa beth, meaning literally ‘what thing’.
- pa as a determiner tends to be replaced by pwy in Southern Welsh.
Yola
Preposition
pa
- Alternative form of apan
Zazaki
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (“foot”), cognates include Sanskrit पद् (pád), Latin pes (French pied), German Fuß, English foot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔː/
Noun
pa ?
- (anatomy) leg, foot
Zou
Etymology 1
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *paa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pa. Cognates include Chinese 爸 (bà) and Tibetan པ་ཕ (pa pha).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa˧˥/
Noun
pá
- father
- grandfather
Etymology 2
Perhaps related to Etymology 1.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa˧/
Noun
pa
- cousin
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh, A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, 2013, page 60