oppa
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Korean 오빠 (oppa, “elder brother or close elder male friend (of a female)”)
Noun[edit]
oppa (plural oppas)
- (South Korean pop culture fandom slang) A male idol revered by a younger female fan.
- 2017, Maylin Tabia, "Signs of being a Kpop/Kdrama addict", The Lodestar (Juan Sumulong High School), February - March 2017, page 11:
- Sign #2- Changing your phone's, laptop's etc. wallpaper/lockscreen with your oppa's photo.
- 2017, "Cosmo Bae Lee Min Ho", Cosmopolitan, June 2017, page 14:
- Your oppa from Boys Over Flowers and The Legend of the Blue Sea is back with a new album.
- 2019, Farrah Ermeje, "Board Member Spotlight X2", The WKC Newsletter, Volume 8, Issue 4, August 2019, page 27:
- My K-Pop bias.... CHIM CHIM OFCOURSE[sic]. My oppa Jimin. <3 <3
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:oppa.
- 2017, Maylin Tabia, "Signs of being a Kpop/Kdrama addict", The Lodestar (Juan Sumulong High School), February - March 2017, page 11:
Anagrams[edit]
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ōppa
- twice
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 77v. col. 2.
- Oppa. dos vezes.
- Oppa. two times.
- Oppa. dos vezes.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 77v. col. 2.
References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 77v
Northern Sami[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Samic *ompë.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
oppa
Adjective[edit]
oppa (comparative [please provide], superlative [please provide])
Inflection[edit]
This adjective is used only attributively, and has no case forms.
Further reading[edit]
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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