aapa
See also: A.A.P.A.
English
Etymology
From Urdu [Term?].
Noun
aapa (plural aapas)
- (India, Pakistan, rare) A sister that is older than oneself; also used as a term of familiarity or respect toward a woman that is older.
- 2006, Asha Ranawa, Woman's Triumph[1], page 46:
- I am close to bhai and his wife Shaffo, whom I call aapa, who herself is a well-read person and a true soul-mate to her husband.
Finnish
Etymology
From a Sami language (compare Northern Sami áhpi (“swamp, high seas”)), from Old Norse haf.
In use since the second half of the 19th century, for instance attested in Elias Lönnrot: Suomalais-ruotsalainen sanakirja ("Finnish-Swedish Dictionary", 1866-1880).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑːpɑ
Noun
aapa
- A type of open swamp.
Declension
Inflection of aapa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation) | |||
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nominative | aapa | aavat | |
genitive | aavan | aapojen | |
partitive | aapaa | aapoja | |
illative | aapaan | aapoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | aapa | aavat | |
accusative | nom. | aapa | aavat |
gen. | aavan | ||
genitive | aavan | aapojen aapain rare | |
partitive | aapaa | aapoja | |
inessive | aavassa | aavoissa | |
elative | aavasta | aavoista | |
illative | aapaan | aapoihin | |
adessive | aavalla | aavoilla | |
ablative | aavalta | aavoilta | |
allative | aavalle | aavoille | |
essive | aapana | aapoina | |
translative | aavaksi | aavoiksi | |
abessive | aavatta | aavoitta | |
instructive | — | aavoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Helsinki: Sanoma Pro OY. →ISBN.
Pitjantjatjara
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
aapa
References
- "aapa" in Cliff Goddard (1992) Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, 2nd edition
Votic
Etymology
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Noun
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aapa
Inflection
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References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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- English terms borrowed from Urdu
- English terms derived from Urdu
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Indian English
- Pakistani English
- English terms with rare senses
- English terms with quotations
- Finnish terms derived from Sami languages
- Finnish terms derived from Old Norse
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑːpɑ
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Pitjantjatjara terms borrowed from English
- Pitjantjatjara terms derived from English
- Pitjantjatjara terms with IPA pronunciation
- Pitjantjatjara lemmas
- Pitjantjatjara nouns
- Votic lemmas
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