English Online Dictionary. What means pa? What does pa mean?
Translingual
Symbol
pa
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Punjabi.
English
Etymology 1
Clipping of papa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Homophones: pah (etymology 2), par (non-rhotic), paw (with cot-caught and father-bother mergers)
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 pā.
Noun
pa (plural pas)
- (New Zealand, now historical) A fortified Maori settlement, especially of pre-European times. [from 19th c.]
- (New Zealand) Any Maori village or settlement; a kainga. [from 19th c.]
Alternative forms
- pah
Anagrams
- A&P, AP, Ap, ap, ap.
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch.
Pronunciation
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 [script needed] (apa, “from, out of, by”), Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “away, off”), Sanskrit अप (apá).
Preposition
pa (+accusative)
- without, minus
- not counting, even without counting
Antonyms
- me
Derived terms
- prapë
- pas
Particle
pa
- (before imperatives) attenuates a command or suggestion
- Pa më thuaj ― Tell me
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
Big Nambas
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa/
- Rhymes: -a
Adjective
pa
- small
References
- Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox
Breton
Conjunction
pa
- when, if
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan pa (attested at least once as pan), from Latin pānis, possibly derived 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
References
- “pa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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.
Chut
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *paː; cognate with Vietnamese ba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paː¹/
Numeral
pa
- three
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paː/
Verb
pā
- (transitive) To dye
References
- Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 244
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, 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
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: pachi (from the diminutive)
Esperanto
Interjection
pa
- pah
Fala
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa/
Preposition
pa
- to (indicates application of an adjective)
- for (directed at, intended to belong to or to be appropriate for)
- to, towards (indicates destination)
References
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
Galician
Alternative forms
- pá, paa
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese paa, from Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpa]
Noun
pa f (plural pas)
- shovel; spade (tool for digging and moving material)
- windmill blade
- the end of a paddle or oar with the blade
- (anatomy, zootomy) incisor
References
- “paa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “paa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “pa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Garo
Alternative forms
- pagipa (formal)
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
pa
- father
Guaraní
Numeral
pa
- ten
Gun
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- kpá (Benin)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pá/
Preposition
pá (Nigeria)
- towards
Etymology 2
Cognates include Saxwe Gbe kpà, Adja kpa, Fon kpà
Alternative forms
- kpà (Benin)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pà/
Verb
pà (Nigeria)
- to cut, specifically hair
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Cognates include Saxwe Gbe kpà, Adja kpa, Fon kpà
Alternative forms
- kpà (Benin)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pà/
Verb
pà (Nigeria)
- to praise
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
Koro (India)
Noun
pa
- arrow
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó. Balto-Slavic cognates include Lithuanian pa-, Old Prussian pa-, po-, Proto-Slavic *po.
Preposition
pa (with accusative or dative)
- on
- along
- iet pa ceļu ― to walk along the road
- to
- in
- through
- during
- pa naktīm ― during night
- by
- pa pastu ― by post
- over
- pa radio ― over the radio
Liangmai Naga
Pronoun
pa (dual panai, plural paliu)
- he, she
Luba-Kasai
Verb
pa
- to give
Mandarin
Romanization
pa
- Nonstandard spelling of pā.
- Nonstandard spelling of pá.
- Nonstandard spelling of pà.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without 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
Muong
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *paː; cognate with Vietnamese ba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paː¹/
Numeral
pa
- three
Nguôn
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *paː; cognate with Vietnamese ba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paː¹/
Numeral
pa
- three
Occitan
Adverb
pa
- not (indicates negation)
Old Prussian
Etymology
From the Proto-Indo-European root *upo- (“under, up”).
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
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa/
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: pa
Interjection
pa
- (familiar) bye
Derived terms
Further reading
- pa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Syncopic form of para.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa
Preposition
pa
- (colloquial) Syncopic form of para
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Hungarian pá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pa]
- Rhymes: -a
Interjection
pa
- bye
- Synonym: 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
- prvo ću skočiti ja, pa ti ― I'll jump first, (and) then you
- učenje pa odmor pa zabava ― learning, then rest, then fun
- (and) so, therefore
- Synonym: stȍgā
- Potrošio sam sav novac, pa sam se morao vratiti kući. ― I've spent all of my money, so I had to go back home.
- (with da or màkar) even if, even though, although
- (with ȉpāk) (and, but) yet, still
- bogat je, pa ipak usamljen ― he's rich, but still lonely
- (with da + i) even if
Particle
pa (Cyrillic spelling па)
- so, so what
- Pa? ― So what?
- (for emphasis) well, so
- Pa dobro! ― All right, then!
- Pa što je s tobom? ― What's with you?
- Pa i ne baš ― Well, not exactly
- Pa što onda? ― So what?
- (regional, for emphasis) even
- Pa i moja baba već zna da to nije istina! ― Even my grandma knows that that is not true!
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
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
- Jaz pa ti. ― Me and you.
- but
- Je dober, ne pa najbolši. ― He is good but not the best.
- so
- Zaspal je, pa je zamudil šolo. ― He overslept, so he was late for school.
Spanish
Noun
pa m (plural pas)
- (Latin America) Clipping of papá: dad; pop; papa
Preposition
pa
- Alternative form of pa'
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 ..."
Further reading
- “pa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sumerian
Romanization
pa
- Romanization of 𒉺 (pa)
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-páa.
Pronunciation
Verb
-pa (no plain infinitive)
- to give to (someone)
- Nimewapa kitabu. ― I have given them a book.
- Nijawapa kitabu. ― I have not yet given them a book.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
- Applicative: -pea
- Passive: -pewa
- Reciprocal: -peana
- Nominal derivations:
- kipaji (“donation, gift”)
- mpaji (“giver”)
Particle
pa
- Pa class inflected form of -a.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa/, [pɐ]
Etymology 1
Adverb
pa (Baybayin spelling ᜉ)
- yet
- still; eventually; in the future
- in addition
- in the past
- even
Derived terms
See also
- pa-
Etymology 2
Influenced by Baybayin character ᜉ (pa).
Noun
pa (Baybayin spelling ᜉ)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P/p, in the Abakada alphabet.
- Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) pi, (in the Abecedario) pe
See also
- papa
Etymology 3
Noun
pa (Baybayin spelling ᜉ)
- (informal, familiar, childish) Clipping of papa.
- Synonyms: papa, ama, tatay, itay, tay, tatang
- Coordinate term: ma
Further reading
- “pa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Tho
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *paː; cognate with Vietnamese ba, Muong pa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paː¹/
Numeral
pa
- three
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa/
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/
- Rhymes: -aː
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.
West Makian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa/
Verb
pa
- (transitive, with ta-) to request, ask for
- tapa ampong te ni ― I ask you for forgiveness
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa(ː)/
Noun
pa
- Alternative form of papa (“female”)
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics
- James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[3], Pacific linguistics
Wutunhua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pʰɑ]
Noun
pa
- friend
References
- Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun[4], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN
Yola
Preposition
pa
- Alternative form of apan
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 60
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *kpa, possibly a Doublet of kú
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pā/
Verb
pa
- (transitive) to kill
- (transitive) to murder
- (transitive) to execute
- (transitive) to switch off, to turn off
- (transitive) to extinguish
- (transitive) to stop, to terminate
- (transitive) to murder
- (transitive) to pain, to kill
- (transitive) to disturb
-
- (I am hungry)
-
- (transitive) to intoxicate
-
- (They are drunk)
-
- (transitive) to disturb
- (transitive) to open, to smash open, to thresh
- (transitive) to hatch
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pā/
Verb
pa
- (transitive) to tell, to convey
- Irọ́ l'o ń pa o! ― You're telling a lie!
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Compare with Igbo kpa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pā/
Verb
pa
- (transitive) to rub
- Mo máa ń fi òrí pa ọwọ́ mi ― I use shea butter to moisturize my hands
- (transitive) to scorch, to drench, to beat usually in relation to weather
- Òjò ń pa mí. ― Rain is drenching me.
- Òjò ń pa òrùlé. ― The rain is beating the roof.
- Oòrùn ń pa mí. ― The sun is beating me.
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pā/
Verb
pa
- to gain, to make
- to earn (money)
- Wọn kì í pa owó látinú iṣẹ́ yìí. ― They don't make money from doing such work.
- Ọbẹ̀ tó dùn, owó ló pa á ― A delicious stew; money is what earnt it
- to earn (money)
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pā/
Verb
pa
- to be in a state, defined by a following adverb
- Òkun pa rọ́rọ́. ― The sea is calm.
Derived terms
Etymology 6
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pā/
Verb
pa
- to be tight
- Mo dè é pa ― I screwed it tight
Derived terms
Etymology 7
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k͡pá/
Verb
pá
- to be bald
- Ó pá lórí. ― He's bald on the head.
- (He is bald)
Derived terms
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 (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 60