pa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pa"

English

Etymology 1

Shortened from (deprecated template usage) papa.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /pɑː/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

pa (plural pas)

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

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

father

• Dutch: pa (nl) m
• French: papa (fr) m
• German: Vati (de) m
• Italian: papà (it) m, babbo (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: тато m (táto)
• Russian: папа (ru) m (pápa)
• Spanish: papá (es) m
• Volapük: fatül (vo)

grandfather

• Dutch: opa (nl) m
• French: pépé (fr) m
• German: Opa (de) m
• Italian: nonno (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: дедо m (dédo)
• Russian: дедушка (ru) m (déduška)
• Spanish: abuelo (es) m, abuelito m

See also

• grandpa
• ma

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• pah

Noun

pa (plural pas)

1. A Maori fort.

Anagrams

• ap , Ap, AP

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Afrikaans

Noun

pa (plural pa's)

1. dad, father

Derived terms

• oupa

Antonyms

• ma

Synonyms

• pappa
• vader

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Albanian

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *apa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h2(e)po- 'off, away'. Cognate to Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) ἄπα (ápa), (deprecated template usage) ἀπά (apá).

Preposition

pa (+accusative)

1. without
2. thus, then, so

Antonyms

• me

Derived terms

• prapë
• pas

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Anuta

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Polynesian *fa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Oceanic *pat, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pa

1. (deprecated template usage) (cardinal number) four

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Asturian

Etymology

Compare Spanish (deprecated template usage) pa, a contracted form of (deprecated template usage) 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

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Basque

Noun

pa ?

1. kiss

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Breton

Conjunction

pa

1. when, if

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Catalan

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Occitan pan, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) pānis.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /pa/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -a

Noun

pa m (plural pans)

1. bread

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /paː/

Verb

pā

1. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To dye

References

• Template:reference-book
• Template:reference-book

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Dakota

Etymology

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /pa/

Noun

pa

1. head

References

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• noicon

  (file)

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -aː

Noun

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

1. pa

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Fala

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese (deprecated template usage) pera.

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)

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Guaraní

Numeral

pa

1. ten

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French (deprecated template usage) pas

Adverb

pa

1. not

Usage notes

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

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Japanese

Romanization

pa

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

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Latvian

Preposition

pa (with accusative or dative)

1. on
2. along

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

7. by

8. over

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Lojban

Lojban cardinal numbers

<  no	pa	re  >
Cardinal : pa     Ordinal : pamai     Adverbial : paroi     Distributive : pamei     Quantified : pamoi     Higher-Order Ordinal : pamo'o

Cmavo

1. (deprecated template usage) (cardinal number) one

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Mandarin

Romanization

pa

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of pā.
2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of pá.
3. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) 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.

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Maori

Noun

pa

1. A Maori fortified camp.

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [ pa˥˥ ]

Syllable

pa (POJ, traditional and simplified 吧)

1. transliteration for ba or bar

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• 酒吧 (chiú-pa)

References

• Template:cite web

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Occitan

Adverb

pa

1. not (indicates negation)

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Old Prussian

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European root *upo- (under, up).

Preposition

pa

1. under

Adverb

pa

1. under

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Palu'e

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  , from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pa

1. (deprecated template usage) (cardinal number) four

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Polish

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /pa/

• noicon

  (file)

Interjection

pa

1. (familiar) bye

Synonyms

• pa pa

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Portuguese

Preposition

pa

1. (deprecated template usage) (Africa, rural areas of Brazil) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Contraction of para.

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Romanian

Etymology

Template:borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [pa]

Interjection

pa

1. bye

Synonyms

• la revedere

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Common South Slavic; compare Slovene (deprecated template usage) pa, Bulgarian (deprecated template usage) па (pa). See also (deprecated template usage) pa-.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /pa/

Conjunction

1. (and) then (= 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

   potrošio sam sav novac, pa sam se morao vratiti kući — I've spent all of my money, so I had to return home

3. (with (deprecated template usage) 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 (deprecated template usage) da + (deprecated template usage) i) even if

Particle

1. (deprecated template usage) (for emphasis) but, well

   pa dobro! — well, all right!

   pa što je s tobom? — what's wrong with you?

   pa i ne baš — not really

   pa što onda? — so what?

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Slovene

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.

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Spanish

Preposition

pa

1. (deprecated template usage) (colloquial) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Apocopic form of para

Alternative forms

• pa’

See also

• de pe a pa

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Swahili

Particle

pa

1. Pa class inflected form of -a.

Verb

-pa (infinitive kupa)

1. to give

Usage notes

• This verb must be used with an object prefix:

• Nimewakupa kitabu (I have given them a book)
• Nijawapa kitabu (I have not (yet) given them a book)

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Walloon

Noun

pa m (plural pas)

1. father

Coordinate terms

• (gender): mame

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Welsh

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Celtic *kʷid, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kʷid (compare *kʷis); compare Latin (deprecated template usage) quid, Old Irish (deprecated template usage) cid, Modern Irish (deprecated template usage) cad.

Pronoun

pa

1. (deprecated template usage) (interrogative, archaic, obsolete) what

Determiner

pa

1. which

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 contexts.

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Zazaki

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (“foot”), cognates include Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) पद् (pád), Latin (deprecated template usage) pes (French (deprecated template usage) pied), German (deprecated template usage) Fuß, English (deprecated template usage) foot.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /pɔː/

Noun

pa

1. leg, foot