apa

See also APA, aPa, apă, apã, and æpa

Balinese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

Pronoun

apa

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

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Chickasaw

Verb

apa

1. to eat

Synonyms

• impa

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Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈapa/

Noun

apa f (plural ape)

1. bee

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛaːʰpa/

Etymology

From Old Norse api (“ape, monkey”), from Proto-Germanic *apô (“monkey, ape”), from Proto-Indo-European *abō- (“ape”). Cognate with Dutch aap (“monkey, ape”), Low German ape (“ape”), German Affe (“monkey, ape”), Swedish apa (“ape”), Icelandic api (“ape”).

Noun

apa f (genitive singular apu, plural apur)

1. ape, monkey

Declension

f1	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	apa	apan	apur	apurnar
Accusative	apu	apuna	apur	apurnar
Dative	apu	apuni	apum	apunum
Genitive	apu	apunnar	apa	apanna

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Finnish

Verb

apa

1. Indicative present connegative form of appaa.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of appaa.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of appaa.

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Hiligaynon

Adjective

apâ

1. dumb, mute, tongue-tied

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɒpɒ/
• Hyphenation: apa

Noun

apa (plural apák)

1. father

Declension

declension of apa singular plural nominative apa apák accusative apát apákat dative apának apáknak instrumental apával apákkal causal-final apáért apákért translative apává apákká terminative apáig apákig essive-formal apaként apákként essive-modal - - inessive apában apákban superessive apán apákon adessive apánál apáknál illative apába apákba sublative apára apákra allative apához apákhoz elative apából apákból delative apáról apákról ablative apától apáktól

• 'of a son'

possessives of apa possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. apám apáim 2nd person sing. apád apáid 3rd person sing. apja apái 1st person plural apánk apáink 2nd person plural apátok apáitok 3rd person plural apjuk apáik

• otherwise (e.g. the best father of the town). Difference at apája/apja and apájuk/apjuk.

possessives of apa possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. apám apáim 2nd person sing. apád apáid 3rd person sing. apája apái 1st person plural apánk apáink 2nd person plural apátok apáitok 3rd person plural apájuk apáik

Derived terms

• apai
• apaság

Compound words

• apanév
• mostohaapa
• nagyapa

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Icelandic

Etymology 1

Declension forms of api (“a monkey”).

Noun

apa m

1. indefinite accusative singular of api
2. indefinite dative singular of api
3. indefinite genitive singular of api
4. indefinite accusative plural of api
5. indefinite genitive plural of api

Etymology 2

From api (“monkey”).

Verb

apa weak verb (third person singular past indicative apaði, supine apað)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) used in set phrases

Derived terms

• apa eftir

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay apa, from Proto-Malayic *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

Pronoun

apa

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

Derived terms

• apa-apa (“anything”)
• apabila (“when”)
• beberapa (“several”)
• berapa (“how much”)
• kenapa (“why”)
• mengapa (“why”)
• siapa (“who”)
• sesiapa (“anyone”)

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

Alternative forms

• اڤ

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /apə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /apa/
• Rhymes: -apə, -pə, -ə

Pronoun

apa (Jawi spelling اڤ)

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

Derived terms

• apa-apa / اڤ٢ (“anything”)
• apabila / اڤابيلا (“when”)
• beberapa / ببراڤ (“several”)
• berapa / براڤ (“how much”)
• kenapa / کناڤ (“why”)
• mengapa / مڠاڤ (“why”)
• siapa / سياڤا (“who”)
• sesiapa / سسياڤا (“anyone”)

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Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• lapa

Etymology

From Latin apis, apem. Compare Italian ape, Corsican abba.

Noun

apa f (plural ape)

1. bee

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *apô, whence also Old Saxon apo, Old High German affo, Old Norse api.

Noun

apa m

1. ape

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Old Saxon

Noun

apa f

1. creek
2. river

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈapa]

Noun

apa f

1. definite singular nominative form of apă.
2. definite singular accusative form of apă.

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Swahili

Verb

apa

1. to take an oath

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish apa with the same meaning. From a common Germanic root. See also ape.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɑːˌpa/

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Noun

apa c (plural apor)

1. A primate; ape, monkey.

   De visade en dokumentär om apor på teve.

   "They showed a documentary about primates on TV."

2. (slang, derogatory) A female person; bitch.

   Vad gör den där jävla apan här?

   "What's that bitch doing here?"

3. (colloquial, idiomatic) A bad smell.

   Det luktar apa här inne.

   "It smells terrible in here."

4. (nautical, historical) A sail on the main mast or mizzen mast of a sailing ship.

Declension

Declension of apa

	singular		plural
common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	apa	apan	apor	aporna
genitive	apas	apans	apors	apornas

Verb

apa

1. To (attempt to) imitate without a sense of originality, usually with the particle efter; to ape, to monkey.

   De apade bara efter det jag hade skrivit.

   "They just aped what I had written."

2. To behave in a whimsical or foolish manner; to clown around. Reflexive verb.

   Hon apade sig inför hela klassen.

   "She monkeyed around in front of the whole class."

Conjugation

Conjugation of apa

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	apa	—
Present tense	apar	—
Past tense	apade	—
Supine	apat	—
Imperative	apa	—
Present participle	apande
Past participle	—

Related terms

• efterapa

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Wolio

Etymology

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

Numeral

apa

1. (cardinal) four