bapa

See also: Bapa

Balinese

Romanization

bapa

1. Romanization of ᬩᬧ.

Banjarese

Etymology

M. Asfandi Adul hypothesizes an ultimately Dravidian source (compare Tamil அப்பா (appā)), with a native b- element descended from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba. See also Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*bāppa, “father”).

Noun

bapa

1. father

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Blagar

Noun

bapa

1. crocodile

References

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay bapa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧pa
• IPA^(key): /ˈbapa/

Noun

bapa

1. (usually Ilocos Norte, dialectal) term of respect for a (male) person one generation older than the speaker

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bapa, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?]. Doublet of Bapa and bapak. See also Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*bāppa, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bapa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧pa

Noun

bapa (first-person possessive bapaku, second-person possessive bapamu, third-person possessive bapanya)

1. (obsolete) father
2. (obsolete) mister, sir

Related terms

• bapak

 

Further reading

• “bapa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

bapa

1. Romanization of ꦧꦥ

Kapampangan

Noun

bapa

1. uncle

Malay

Etymology

From Old Javanese bapa, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *appa. Hoogervorst mentioned that the word was affixed as *ba- (“someone who fulfils the function of or behaves like”) +‎ apak (“father”), which is a cognate of Tamil அப்பா (appā, “father”), and comparable to modern ber- +‎ apak. See also Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*bāppa, “father”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ba.pə]

  • Audio (Malaysia, Johor-Riau):

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  • Rhymes: -pə, -ə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): [ba.pa]
  • Rhymes: -pa, -a
• Hyphenation: ba‧pa

Noun

bapa (Jawi spelling باڤ, plural bapa-bapa, informal 1st possessive bapaku, 2nd possessive bapamu, 3rd possessive bapanya)

1. A father:
   1. A male parent.

      bapa Daniel ― Daniel's father

   2. The founder of a cause, movement and so on.

      Bapa Kemerdekaan ― Father of Independence

2. An uncle (male sibling of parent).
3. A form of address to an older male person.

Synonyms

(male parent):

• ayah (ayahanda, aya, yah)
• abah (aba, bah)
• rama

Affixations

• berbapa
• berbapakan
• kebapaan
• sebapa

 

Compounds

• bapa angkat (“adoptive father”)
• bapa ayam
• bapa balar
• bapa besar
• bapa cik / bapa kecil / bapa muda
• bapa saudara (“uncle”)
• bapa Suci (“pope”)
• bapa tiri (“stepfather”)
• bapa tunggal (“single father”)

 

Related terms

• baba
• bapai
• bapak
• bapanda
• bapang
• papa

 

See also

• Bapa (“God”) (Christianity)

Further reading

• “bapa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “باڤق bapak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 43
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “باڤ bapa”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 81-2
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bapa”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 85