pāpaka

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic *paka-paka (compare with Tahitian paʻapaʻa, Samoan paʻa and paʻapaʻa, Tongan paka, and Hawaiian pāpaʻi)

Noun

pāpaka

1. paddle crab, Ovalipes catharus
2. crabs in general

Derived terms

• Te Pāpaka-a-Māui, Australia (lit. "the Paddle Crab of Maui")

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pāpaka

1. scab, eczema

Further reading

• “pāpaka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑀸𑀧𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• पापक (Devanagari script)
• পাপক (Bengali script)
• පාපක (Sinhalese script)
• ပါပက or ပႃပၵ (Burmese script)
• ปาปก or ปาปะกะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩤᨷᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ປາປກ or ປາປະກະ (Lao script)
• បាបក (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄂𑄛𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

pāpa (“wicked”) +‎ -ka

Adjective

pāpaka

1. evil

Declension

Declension table of "pāpaka" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	pāpako	pāpakā
Accusative (second)	pāpakaṃ	pāpake
Instrumental (third)	pāpakena	pāpakehi or pāpakebhi
Dative (fourth)	pāpakassa or pāpakāya or pāpakatthaṃ	pāpakānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	pāpakasmā or pāpakamhā or pāpakā	pāpakehi or pāpakebhi
Genitive (sixth)	pāpakassa	pāpakānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	pāpakasmiṃ or pāpakamhi or pāpake	pāpakesu
Vocative (calling)	pāpaka	pāpakā

Declension table of "pāpaka" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	pāpakaṃ	pāpakāni
Accusative (second)	pāpakaṃ	pāpakāni
Instrumental (third)	pāpakena	pāpakehi or pāpakebhi
Dative (fourth)	pāpakassa or pāpakāya or pāpakatthaṃ	pāpakānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	pāpakasmā or pāpakamhā or pāpakā	pāpakehi or pāpakebhi
Genitive (sixth)	pāpakassa	pāpakānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	pāpakasmiṃ or pāpakamhi or pāpake	pāpakesu
Vocative (calling)	pāpaka	pāpakāni