pa

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Afrikaans 2.1 Noun 3 Albanian 3.1 Preposition 4 Asturian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Preposition 4.2.1 Usage notes 4.2.2 Derived terms 5 Basque 5.1 Noun 6 Bosnian 6.1 Conjunction 7 Breton 7.1 Conjunction 8 Catalan 8.1 Noun 9 Classical Nahuatl 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Verb 9.3 References 10 Croatian 10.1 Conjunction 11 Dutch 11.1 Noun 12 Guaraní 12.1 Cardinal number 13 Haitian Creole 13.1 Etymology 13.2 Adverb 14 Latvian 14.1 Preposition 15 Lojban 15.1 Cmavo 16 Mandarin 16.1 Pinyin syllable 16.1.1 Usage notes 17 Maori 17.1 Alternative spellings 17.2 Noun 18 Min Nan 18.1 Pronunciation 18.2 Phonetic syllable 18.3 Usage notes 18.4 Derived terms 19 Old Prussian 19.1 Pronunciation 19.2 Etymology 19.3 Preposition 19.4 Adverb 20 Palu'e 20.1 Number 21 Romanian 21.1 Etymology 21.2 Pronunciation 21.3 Interjection 22 Serbian 22.1 Conjunction 22.1.1 Cyrillic spelling 23 Spanish 23.1 Preposition 23.1.1 Alternative spellings 23.1.2 See also 24 Swahili 24.1 Preposition

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Shortened from papa.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɑː/, SAMPA: /pa:/

  Rhymes: -ɑː

[edit] Noun

pa (plural pas)

1. (colloquial) Father, papa.
2. A short form of grandpa, grandfather.

[edit] Usage notes

• Often capitalized when used to refer to a specific person; see Pa.

Hey, Pa, I'd like you to meet my friend Jamie.

[edit] Synonyms

• (father): da (Irish) , dad, daddy, papa, pater
• (grandfather): grandpa, grandpappy

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• grandpa
• ma

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[edit] Afrikaans

[edit] Noun

pa

1. dad

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[edit] Albanian

[edit] Preposition

pa

1. without

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[edit] Asturian

[edit] Etymology

Compare Spanish pa, a contracted form of para.

[edit] Preposition

pa

1. for

[edit] 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)

[edit] Derived terms

• p'
• pal

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[edit] Basque

[edit] Noun

pa

1. kiss

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[edit] Bosnian

[edit] Conjunction

pa

1. so
2. and

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[edit] Breton

[edit] Conjunction

pa

1. when, if

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Noun

pa m.

1. bread

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[edit] Classical Nahuatl

[edit] Etymology

• IPA: /pa/

[edit] Verb

pā Transitive

1. To dye.

[edit] References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003). Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition, p. 244, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
• Karttunen, Frances (1983). An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, p. 182, Austin: University of Texas Press.

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Conjunction

pa

1. so
2. and

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Noun

pa

1. pa

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[edit] Guaraní

[edit] Cardinal number

pa

1. ten

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[edit] Haitian Creole

[edit] Etymology

From French pas

[edit] Adverb

pa

1. not

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[edit] Latvian

[edit] Preposition

pa

1. on

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[edit] Lojban

[edit] Cmavo

pa (rafsi: pav)

1. one

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

pa

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, pā, pá, or pà.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Maori

[edit] Alternative spellings

pah (not used in written Maori)

[edit] Noun

pa (plural: and "cases" invariable in Maori but English use may have pas)

1. A Maori fortified camp.

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ pa˥˥ ]

[edit] Phonetic syllable

pa (POJ, traditional and simplified 吧)

1. transliteration for ba or bar

[edit] Usage notes

• 吧 is not used as a modal particle in Min Nan. The particle ho͘ⁿ provides a similar effect.

[edit] Derived terms

• 酒吧 (chiú-pa)

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[edit] Old Prussian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: ..., SAMPA: /.../

[edit] Etymology

From the PIE root *upo- (under, up).

[edit] Preposition

pa

1. under

[edit] Adverb

pa

1. under

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[edit] Palu'e

[edit] Number

pa

1. four

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

Hungarian pá, German pa.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [pa]

[edit] Interjection

pa

1. bye

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[edit] Serbian

[edit] Conjunction

pa

1. so
2. and

[edit] Cyrillic spelling

• па

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Preposition

pa

1. (colloquial) Apocopic form of para.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• pa’

[edit] See also

• de pe a pa

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[edit] Swahili

[edit] Preposition

pa

1. of