bapa

Balinese

Romanization

bapa

1. Romanization of ᬩᬧ.

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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.

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.

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Blagar

Noun

bapa

1. crocodile

References

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

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. father
2. mister, sir
3. (Christianity) God, the father of Creation

Derived terms

• bapa Suci

 

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Kapampangan

Noun

bapa

1. uncle

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Malay

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Balinese bapa, Indonesian bapa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bapə/
• IPA^(key): /bapa/
• Rhymes: -apə, -pə, -ə

Noun

bapa

1. father (male parent)

Synonyms

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

Related terms

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