pa

English Online Dictionary. What means pa‎? What does pa mean?

Translingual

Symbol

pa

1. (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)

1. (colloquial) Father, papa.
2. (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)

1. (New Zealand, now historical) A fortified Maori settlement, especially of pre-European times. [from 19th c.]
2. (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)

1. 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)

1. without, minus
2. not counting, even without counting

Antonyms

• me

Derived terms

• prapë
• pas

Particle

pa

1. (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

1. four

Arritinngithigh

Noun

pa

1. 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

1. 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

1. kiss

Big Nambas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa/
• Rhymes: -a

Adjective

pa

1. small

References

• Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

Breton

Conjunction

pa

1. 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)

1. 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

1. three

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paː/

Verb

pā

1. (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

1. head

References

• http://fpcctalkindian.nativeweb.org/ (Lesson Three)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paː/
• Rhymes: -aː

Noun

pa m (plural pa's, diminutive paatje n)

1. pa, dad

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: pachi (from the diminutive)

Esperanto

Interjection

pa

1. pah

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa/

Preposition

pa

1. to (indicates application of an adjective)
2. for (directed at, intended to belong to or to be appropriate for)
3. 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)

1. shovel; spade (tool for digging and moving material)
2. windmill blade
3. the end of a paddle or oar with the blade
4. (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

1. father

Guaraní

Numeral

pa

1. ten

Gun

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• kpá (Benin)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pá/

Preposition

pá (Nigeria)

1. towards

Etymology 2

Cognates include Saxwe Gbe kpà, Adja kpa, Fon kpà

Alternative forms

• kpà (Benin)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pà/

Verb

pà (Nigeria)

1. 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)

1. to praise

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French pas.

Adverb

pa

1. not

Usage notes

• Double negatives (e.g. pa ... janm or pa ... anyen) are grammatically correct in Haitian Creole.

Hiw

Verb

pa

1. 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

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぱ
2. Rōmaji transcription of パ

K'iche'

Preposition

pa

1. in
2. at
3. on
4. to
5. into
6. toward
7. from
8. during

References

• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese para.

Preposition

pa

1. for
2. to

Koro (India)

Noun

pa

1. 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)

1. on
2. along

   iet pa ceļu ― to walk along the road

3. to
4. in
5. through
6. during

   pa naktīm ― during night

7. by

   pa pastu ― by post

8. over

   pa radio ― over the radio

Liangmai Naga

Pronoun

pa (dual panai, plural paliu)

1. he, she

Luba-Kasai

Verb

pa

1. to give

Mandarin

Romanization

pa

1. Nonstandard spelling of pā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of pá.
3. 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

1. Alternative form of po

Min Nan

Mono (California)

Etymology

From Proto-Numic *pa from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

pa

1. water

Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *paː; cognate with Vietnamese ba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paː¹/

Numeral

pa

1. three

Nguôn

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *paː; cognate with Vietnamese ba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paː¹/

Numeral

pa

1. three

Occitan

Adverb

pa

1. not (indicates negation)

Old Prussian

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European root *upo- (“under, up”).

Preposition

pa

1. under

Adverb

pa

1. under

Palu'e

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pa

1. four

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese para and Spanish para and Kabuverdianu pa.

Preposition

pa

1. to
2. for
3. by

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pa

Interjection

pa

1. (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

1. (colloquial) Syncopic form of para

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian pá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa]
• Rhymes: -a

Interjection

pa

1. 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)

1. (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

2. (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.

3. (with da or màkar) even if, even though, although
4. (with ȉpāk) (and, but) yet, still

   bogat je, pa ipak usamljen ― he's rich, but still lonely

5. (with da + i) even if

Particle

pa (Cyrillic spelling па)

1. so, so what

   Pa? ― So what?

2. (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?

3. (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)

1. to give

Skou

Noun

pa

1. 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

1. 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

1. and

   Jaz pa ti. ― Me and you.

2. but

   Je dober, ne pa najbolši. ― He is good but not the best.

3. so

   Zaspal je, pa je zamudil šolo. ― He overslept, so he was late for school.

Spanish

Noun

pa m (plural pas)

1. (Latin America) Clipping of papá: dad; pop; papa

Preposition

pa

1. 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

1. Romanization of 𒉺 (pa)

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-páa.

Pronunciation

Verb

-pa (no plain infinitive)

1. 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

1. Pa class inflected form of -a.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa/, [pɐ]

Etymology 1

Adverb

pa (Baybayin spelling ᜉ)

1. yet
2. still; eventually; in the future
3. in addition
4. in the past
5. even

Derived terms

See also

• pa-

Etymology 2

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜉ (pa).

Noun

pa (Baybayin spelling ᜉ)

1. 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)

1. (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

1. three

Tshobdun

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak.

Noun

pa

1. 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)

1. 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

1. (interrogative, archaic) what

Determiner

pa

1. 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

1. (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

1. 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

1. friend

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎^[4], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

Yola

Preposition

pa

1. 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

1. (transitive) to kill
   1. (transitive) to murder

   2. (transitive) to execute
   3. (transitive) to switch off, to turn off

   4. (transitive) to extinguish

   5. (transitive) to stop, to terminate

2. (transitive) to pain, to kill
   1. (transitive) to disturb

      (I am hungry)

   2. (transitive) to intoxicate

      (They are drunk)

3. (transitive) to open, to smash open, to thresh

4. (transitive) to hatch

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pā/

Verb

pa

1. (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

1. (transitive) to rub

   Mo máa ń fi òrí pa ọwọ́ mi ― I use shea butter to moisturize my hands

2. (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

1. to gain, to make
   1. 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

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pā/

Verb

pa

1. 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

1. to be tight

   Mo dè é pa ― I screwed it tight

Derived terms

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pá/

Verb

pá

1. 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

1. (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

1. father
2. grandfather

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa˧/

Noun

pa

1. cousin

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 60