papa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "papa"

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Translingual

Noun

papa

2. Alternative letter-case form of Papa of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

English

Alternative forms

• pappa

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle French papa

French papabor.

English papa

From French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa, probably originally a reduplicated imitation of a child's early efforts at vocalising Latin pater (“father”). Compare Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pə-päʹ, IPA^(key): /pəˈpɑː/
• (General American) enPR: päʹ-pə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːpə/

• Audio (General American):

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• Homophones: poppa (father-bother merger); popper (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)
• Rhymes: -ɑː, -ɑːpə
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa (plural papas)

1. (often childish) Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
2. (informal) A pet name for one's grandfather.
3. A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
   • 1892, Fergus Hume, The Island of Fantasy: A Romance:

     they are all of the Orthodox Church, and obey devoutly the precepts of Papa Athanasius

5. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Papa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Derived terms

• come to papa
• godpapa
• grandpapa
• papa-bear
• papa bear
• papahood
• papaji
• papa's girl
• papaship

Related terms

• father
• pa
• pappy
• pater
• paw
• pop
• poppa

Translations

Father (familiar, conversational) — see dad

See also

• da
• dad
• daddy

Anagrams

• APAP

Akan

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pàpá]

Noun

pàpá

1. father

   Synonym: agya

Etymology 2

Reduplication of pa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pápá]

Noun

papa

1. kindness

Adjective

papa

1. good

Etymology 3

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

Adjective

papa

1. big

Etymology 4

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pàpà]

Noun

papa

1. hand fan

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

'Are'are

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papa/
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa

1. grandchild
2. grandparent

References

• Naitoro, Kateřina (2013) A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (Thesis)‎^[2], Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury, archived from the original on 2017-11-28

Catalan

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈpa.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpa.pa]

• Audio:

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Noun

papa m (plural papes)

1. pope

Related terms

• papal
• papat

Further reading

• “papa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology 2

Verb

papa

1. inflection of papar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Etymology

Possibly from Spanish papá. Compare Tagalog papa, Central Bikol papa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa

1. a father; a (generally human) male who begets a child
2. a term of address to one's father, father-in-law or husband

Synonyms

• (a father): ama, amahan, tatay

Central Bikol

Etymology

Possibly from Spanish papá. Compare Tagalog papa, Cebuano papa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧pa
• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/ [ˈpa.pa]

Noun

papa (feminine mama)

1. A father; a (generally human) male who begets a child.
2. A term of address to one's father, father-in-law or husband.

   Synonyms: ama, tatay

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

Borrowed from English, French, or Michif papa.

Noun

papa

1. father

Coordinate terms

• (with regard to gender): mama, naha

Dieri

Noun

papa

1. the sister of one's father; paternal aunt

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

papa

1. duck

Dutch

Alternative forms

• pappa (less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from French papa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.paː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa m (plural papa's, diminutive papaatje n)

1. dad (term of address for one’s father, especially used by young children)

   Synonyms: pa, pap

Derived terms

• papadag

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: papa
• Negerhollands: popa, pupa
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: popa, pupa (dated)
• Skepi Creole Dutch: papai

See also

• vader

Eastern Bontoc

Noun

papa

1. duck

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pà.pá/

Noun

pàpá (plural papawo)

1. dad
2. daddy
3. father

French

Etymology

From Middle French papa, child-speak, syllable-repetitive; compare maman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pa/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Paris)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

papa m (plural papas)

1. (childish) papa, a child's father; also as form of address: dad, daddy

   Papa, on va où ?

   Daddy, where are we going?

   Au revoir, papa, je t'appelle demain.

   Bye, Dad. I'll call you tomorrow.

2. pops, any man of roughly fatherly age and appearance

Derived terms

• à la papa
• barbe-à-papa
• fils à papa
• grand-papa
• papa poule
• papa-gâteau

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

• “papa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• “papa”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse
• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “papa”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/ [ˈpa.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

Noun

papa m (plural papas)

1. pope

Derived terms

• papado
• papal

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese papa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin pappa.

Noun

papa f (plural papas)

1. (usually in the plural) pap; porridge

   Synonym: papuxa

Derived terms

• papas de avea
• papuxa

Related terms

• papar

Etymology 3

Verb

papa

1. inflection of papar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “papa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “papa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “papas”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “papa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “papas”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Gothic

Romanization

papa

1. romanization of 𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰

Gurindji

Noun

papa

1. brother

References

• Gurindji language words from the 50 words project from the Research Unit for Indigenous Language at the University of Melbourne. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French papa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papa/

• Audio:

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Noun

papa

1. father, dad, daddy

Interjection

papa

1. Used to express amazement.

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[3], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 143

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *papa, from Proto-Oceanic *papan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan (compare with Malay papan or Māori papa).

Noun

papa

1. board, lumber
2. flat surface, layer
3. foundation
4. storey (of a building), floor
5. (rare) table, shelf
6. face (of a clock)

Derived terms

• ʻāpapapa (“reef”)
• papa hoʻolālā (“plan”)
• pāpapa (“flat”)

Verb

papa

1. (stative) wooden
2. (stative, mathematics) two-dimensional

Etymology 2

Verb

papa

1. (stative) native-born

Etymology 3

Verb

papa

1. (stative) set close together
2. (stative) in unison

Etymology 4

Noun

papa

1. wafer

Etymology 5

Noun

papa

1. list, directory

   Synonyms: helu, helu papa

Etymology 6

Noun

papa

1. class (in school)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒpɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pa‧pa
• Rhymes: -pɒ

Noun

papa (plural papák)

1. dad

   Coordinate term: mama

2. (dialectal) granddad, grandfather

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	papa	papák
accusative	papát	papákat
dative	papának	papáknak
instrumental	papával	papákkal
causal-final	papáért	papákért
translative	papává	papákká
terminative	papáig	papákig
essive-formal	papaként	papákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	papában	papákban
superessive	papán	papákon
adessive	papánál	papáknál
illative	papába	papákba
sublative	papára	papákra
allative	papához	papákhoz
elative	papából	papákból
delative	papáról	papákról
ablative	papától	papáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	papáé	papáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	papáéi	papákéi

Possessive forms of papa

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	papám	papáim
2nd person sing.	papád	papáid
3rd person sing.	papája	papái
1st person plural	papánk	papáink
2nd person plural	papátok	papáitok
3rd person plural	papájuk	papáik

Derived terms

Compound words

• nagypapa

Further reading

• papa in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English papa, French papa, German Papa, Italian papà, Russian па́па (pápa), Spanish papá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

Noun

papa (plural papai)

1. papa, dad, daddy, pop

   Synonyms: patreto, patro

   Coordinate terms: mama, matro

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit पाप (pāpa, “bad, evil, low”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pa/
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa
• Rhymes: -pa

Noun

papa

1. poor condition, misery
2. (Hinduism) sin

Synonyms

• miskin
• sengsara

Derived terms

• kepapaan

Etymology 2

Devoiced bapa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pa/
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa

1. (colloquial) father

Further reading

• “papa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian папа (papa).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpɑ/, [ˈpɑpɑˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpɑ/, [ˈpɑb̥ɑˑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa

1. dad, papa
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:

     Na, papa, kala.

     Here, daddy, a fish.

   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46:

     Siis papa sannoo meille:

     Then dad says to us:

Declension

Declension of papa (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	papa	papat
genitive	papan	pappoin
partitive	pappaa	papoja
illative	pappaa	pappoi
inessive	papas	papois
elative	papast	papoist
allative	papalle	papoille
adessive	papal	papoil
ablative	papalt	papoilt
translative	papaks	papoiks
essive	papanna, pappaan	papoinna, pappoin
exessive1)	papant	papoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Coordinate terms

• mama (“mum, mama”)

Inupiaq

Etymology

Borrowed from English pepper.

Noun

papa (dual papak, plural papat)

1. pepper

   Papaliġñaqmiuq imiġaurriugaq.

   Pepper can also be added to a stew.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin papa, from Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -apa
• Hyphenation: pà‧pa

Noun

papa m (plural papi)

1. pope

   Synonym: pontefice

Derived terms

• antipapa
• antipapale
• cesaropapismo
• papabile
• papalatria
• papale
• papalesco
• papalino
• papamobile
• papato
• papesco
• papessa
• papista

Related terms

• apostolico
• cattolico
• ecclesiale
• ecclesiastico
• lateranense
• laterano
• pontefice
• pontificale
• pontificio
• Santa Sede
• Santo Padre
• Sua Santità
• vaticanista
• vaticano
• vicario di Cristo

Descendants

• → Turkish: papa

Japanese

Romanization

papa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぱぱ
2. Rōmaji transcription of パパ

Kanoé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa.ˈpa]

Noun

papa

1. father

References

• Laércio Nora Bacelar, Gramática da língua Kanoê (2004).

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *papa, a nursery word in origin; compare Apalaí papa, Trió papa, Akawaio papa, Macushi papa, Pemon papa, Ye'kwana jaaja, Yao (South America) pape, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi papa.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [paːpa]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [paʔpa]

Noun

papa (plural papante)

1. first-person possessed form of jumy (“father, paternal uncle”)

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[5], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 336
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “papa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 359; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[6], Paris, 1956, page 350

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.pa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.pa]

Etymology 1

A nursery word imitative of the movement of the infant's lips during eating. Compare English pap, German Papp, Hungarian papi, Polish papu. Also see the derivative pappō.

Alternative forms

• pappa

Noun

pāpa f (genitive pāpae); first declension

1. (childish) yum yum, num-num, food (especially pap)
   • c. 280 CE, Nonius Marcellus, De compendiosa doctrina I 111.81 M.2–3:

     Cum cibum ac pōtiōnem "buās" ac "pāpās" vocent, mātrem "mammam", patrem "tatam".

     Since children call food "papa" and drink “bua”, mother "mamma" and father "tata".

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pāpa	pāpae
genitive	pāpae	pāpārum
dative	pāpae	pāpīs
accusative	pāpam	pāpās
ablative	pāpā	pāpīs
vocative	pāpa	pāpae

Derived terms

• pappō

See also

• bua

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Byzantine Greek πάππας (páppas)

Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas)bor.

Latin papa

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas, title for priests & bishops, especially by 3rd c. the bishop of Alexandria), from πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”). Some common folk etymologies derive it from various Latin acronyms, such as Petrī apostolī potestātem accipiēns (literally “the one who receives the power of the apostle Peter”).

Noun

pāpa m (genitive pāpae, feminine pāpissa); first declension

1. a dad, daddy, father
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a bishop

   Synonyms: episcopus, pontifex

3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a pope (the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome)

   Synonym: pontifex maximus

   Habēmus pāpam!

   We have a pope!

   The traditional exclamation in Rome after a papal election

4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a patriarch (in primatial sees, notably Coptic Alexandria).

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pāpa	pāpae
genitive	pāpae	pāpārum
dative	pāpae	pāpīs
accusative	pāpam	pāpās
ablative	pāpā	pāpīs
vocative	pāpa	pāpae

Derived terms

• habēmus pāpam
• pāpālis
• pāpātus
• pāpō

Descendants

• → Albanian: papë
• → Proto-Brythonic: *pab
  • Middle Welsh: pap
    • Welsh: pab
• → Old Dutch: *papo
  • Middle Dutch: pape
    • Dutch: paap
• → Old English: pāpa (see there for further descendants)
• → Old French: pape (see there for further descendants)
• → Hungarian: pápa
• → Old Irish: pápa
  • Irish: pápa
  • Scottish Gaelic: pàpa
• → Italian: papa
  • → Turkish: papa
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: papa
  • Galician: papa
  • Portuguese: papa
    • → Swahili: papa
• → Romanian: papă
• → Spanish: papa
  • → Tagalog: Papa

References

• papa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "papa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• papa in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[7], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpapːa]

Noun

papa m (4th declension, irregular gender, dative singular)

1. (often childish) dad, daddy
2. (archaic) pope

Declension

Declension of papa (4th)

	singular	plural
nominative	papa	papas
genitive	papas	papu
dative	papam	papām
accusative	papu	papas
instrumental	papu	papām
locative	papā	papās
vocative	papa	papas

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from French pape.

Noun

papa

1. pope

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pa/
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

Etymology 1

From child language.

Noun

papa m anim (female equivalent mama)

1. dad, daddy
   • 2017 October 18, Madlena Norbergowa, “Wót zmakanja serbskich familijow we Wjerbnje [From the gathering of Sorbian families in Werben]”, in Nowy Casnik‎^[8], volume 68, number 42, page 6:

     To samo źo, gaž jo jaden partner nimskeje abo hyšći drugeje narodnosći a jano papa abo mama powěda cilowu (how serbsku) rěc.

     The same goes if one partner is German or of another nationality and only dad or mom speaks the target language (here Sorbian).

Declension

Declension of papa

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	papa	papje	papy
genitive	papy	papowu	papow
dative	papje	papoma	papam
accusative	papu	papowu	papy, papow
instrumental	papu	papoma	papami
locative	papje	papoma	papach

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “papa_2”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Pappe (“pap; paperboard”).

Noun

papa f (diminutive papka)

1. pap (soft food)
2. paperboard
   • 2020 January 23, “Pśez lěto z papriku, II. źěl [Through the year with pepper, part II]”, in Nowy Casnik‎^[9], volume 71, number 4, page 5:

     Jajowa papa jo dermotna.

     An egg carton is free.

Declension

Declension of papa

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	papa	papje	papy
genitive	papy	papowu	papow
dative	papje	papoma	papam
accusative	papu	papje	papy
instrumental	papu	papoma	papami
locative	papje	papoma	papach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “papa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “papa_1”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “papa_3”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Malay

Etymology

Devoiced bapa.

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/ [ˈpa.pa]
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa (plural papa-papa or papa² or para papa)

1. father (male parent)

Synonyms

• bapa (bapanda, bapai, bapak, bapang, baba)
• ayah (ayahanda, aya, yah)
• abah (aba, bah)
• rama

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *papa, from Proto-Oceanic *papan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan (compare with Malay papan or Hawaiian papa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/ [ˈpɐpɐ]

Noun

papa

1. board, plank
2. chart
3. slab
4. floor
5. box, chest
6. victim, sacrifice
7. buttock, flank

Derived terms

• hoahoa papa
• papa ahumahi
• papa hākinakina
• papa hokohoko
• papa kiripaka
• papa kotikoti
• papa kūtoro
• papa pūkura
• papa tapeke
• papa tāuru
• whakapapa

References

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “papa”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN
• Tregear, Edward (1891), “papa”, in Maori–Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎^[10], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 313–4

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French papa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papa/

Noun

papa

1. father

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 246
• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 787

Norman

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Noun

papa m (plural papas)

1. (Jersey, onomatopoeia) grandfather, grandad, grandpa

Derived terms

• grand-papa (“great-grandfather”)
• Papa Noué (“Father Christmas”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

papa m (definite singular papaen, indefinite plural papaer or papaar, definite plural papaene or papaane)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of pappa

Old English

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin pāpa, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.pɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː.pɑ

Noun

pāpa m

1. pope
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     ...oððe frām leorningcnihtum þǣs ēadigan pāpan Sce. Gregories...

     ...or from disciples of the blessed pope St. Gregory...

   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCC.XCVII Hēr Rōmane Leone þām papan his tungan forcurfon ⁊ his ēagan āstungon, ⁊ hine of his setle āflīemdon, ⁊ þā sōna eft, Gode fultomiendum, hē meahte ġesēon ⁊ sprēcan ⁊ eft was papa swā hē ǣr wæs.

     Year 797 In this year the Romans cut out the tongue of Pope Leo [III] and gouged out his eyes and drove him from his throne. And soon, through God's help, he was able to see and speak again, and became pope again just like he was before.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	pāpa	pāpan
accusative	pāpan	pāpan
genitive	pāpan	pāpena
dative	pāpan	pāpum

Descendants

• Middle English: pope, pape, popa, papa, papæ, pwope
  • English: pope
    • Jamaican Creole: puop
    • Tok Pisin: pop
    • → Hindi: पोप (pop)
    • → Shan: ၸဝ်ႈမုၼ်ပူပ်ႉ (tsāo mǔn pṵ̂up), မုၼ်ၸဝ်ႈပူပ်ႉ (mǔn tsāo pṵ̂up)
    • → Urdu: پوپ (pop)
  • Scots: pape, paipe, paip

Old Sundanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit पाप (pāpa, “bad, evil, low”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.pa/
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

papa

1. poor condition, misery
   • 1518, Sanghyang Siksa Kandang Karesian:

     "Sungut ulah barang carek kenana dora bancana na lunas papa naraka"

     "Do not speak with your mouth carelessly, for it is the door of disaster at the bottom of the hellish misery."

Adjective

papa

1. miserable

   Papa urang lamun urang teu dipiéwé.

   How miserable I'd be if I have no woman.

Derived terms

• papa kalesa

Descendants

• > Sundanese: papa (inherited)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch papa.

Noun

papa

1. father

Pitjantjatjara

FWOTD – 23 July 2019

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/, [ˈpɐpɐ]

Noun

papa

1. dog

   Synonym: tjiṯutja

   Papangku nyinara kuka ngalkuṉu. ― The dog sat eating meat.

References

• Paul A. Eckert (2007), Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary‎^[11], IAD Press, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pa/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): [ˈpa.pa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Pappe.

Noun

papa f

1. tarpaper
2. (Central Greater Poland) tarpaper roof

Declension

Declension of papa

	singular	plural
nominative	papa	papy
genitive	papy	pap
dative	papie	papom
accusative	papę	papy
instrumental	papą	papami
locative	papie	papach
vocative	papo	papy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French papa.

Noun

papa m pers

1. (archaic) dad

   Synonyms: ojciec, tata

Declension

Declension of papa

	singular	plural
nominative	papa	papowie/papy (deprecative)
genitive	papy	papów
dative	papie	papom
accusative	papę	papów
instrumental	papą	papami
locative	papie	papach
vocative	papo	papowie

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian papa.

Noun

papa m pers

1. (colloquial) pope

   Synonym: papież

Declension

Declension of papa

	singular	plural
nominative	papa	papowie/papy (deprecative)
genitive	papy	papów
dative	papie	papom
accusative	papę	papów
instrumental	papą	papami
locative	papie	papach
vocative	papo	papowie

Etymology 4

Uncertain. Possibly a deverbal from papać. Alternative theories suggest a derivation from theorized *plapa, from dialectal German Plappe (“mouth”), from plappern.

Noun

papa f

1. (colloquial, mildly derogatory) face

Declension

Declension of papa

	singular	plural
nominative	papa	papy
genitive	papy	pap
dative	papie	papom
accusative	papę	papy
instrumental	papą	papami
locative	papie	papach
vocative	papo	papy

Etymology 5

Possibly a learned borrowing from Latin pappa.

Noun

papa f

1. augmentative of papka

Declension

Declension of papa

	singular	plural
nominative	papa	papy
genitive	papy	pap
dative	papie	papom
accusative	papę	papy
instrumental	papą	papami
locative	papie	papach
vocative	papo	papy

Further reading

• “papa”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[12] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “papa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[13] (in Polish)
• Oskar Kolberg (1877), “pappa”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 21

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pɐ/

• (Uruguay) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pa/
• Rhymes: -apɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese papa, probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

Noun

papa m (plural papas, feminine papisa, feminine plural papisas)

1. (Christianity) pope

Derived terms

• papado
• papal

Descendants

• → Swahili: papa

Etymology 2

From Latin pappa or pāpa (“infant's cry for food”).

Noun

papa f (plural papas)

1. pap (food in the form of a soft paste)
2. baby food (soft food designed for babies)
3. (informal, childish) any type of food
4. (figurative) something with a pasty consistency

Derived terms

• não ter papas na língua

Etymology 3

Verb

papa

1. inflection of papar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Related terms

• papar

Etymology 4

From Quechua papa, through Spanish papa.

Noun

papa f (plural papas)

1. (Uruguay) potato

   Synonym: batata

Further reading

• “papa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “papa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Quechua

Etymology

From Spanish papa. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

papa

1. potato

Descendants

• → Spanish: papa

Noun

papa

1. pope

Declension

Declension of papa

	singular	plural
nominative	papa	papakuna
accusative	papata	papakunata
dative	papaman	papakunaman
genitive	papap	papakunap
locative	papapi	papakunapi
terminative	papakama	papakunakama
ablative	papamanta	papakunamanta
instrumental	papawan	papakunawan
comitative	papantin	papakunantin
abessive	papannaq	papakunannaq
comparative	papahina	papakunahina
causative	paparayku	papakunarayku
benefactive	papapaq	papakunapaq
associative	papapura	papakunapura
distributive	papanka	papakunanka
exclusive	papalla	papakunalla

Possessive forms of papa

ñuqap - first-person singular ñuqap (my) singular plural nominative papay papaykuna accusative papayta papaykunata dative papayman papaykunaman genitive papaypa papaykunap locative papaypi papaykunapi terminative papaykama papaykunakama ablative papaymanta papaykunamanta instrumental papaywan papaykunawan comitative papaynintin papaykunantin abessive papayninnaq papaykunannaq comparative papayhina papaykunahina causative papayrayku papaykunarayku benefactive papaypaq papaykunapaq associative papaypura papaykunapura distributive papayninka papaykunanka exclusive papaylla papaykunalla qampa - second-person singular qampa (your) singular plural nominative papayki papaykikuna accusative papaykita papaykikunata dative papaykiman papaykikunaman genitive papaykipa papaykikunap locative papaykipi papaykikunapi terminative papaykikama papaykikunakama ablative papaykimanta papaykikunamanta instrumental papaykiwan papaykikunawan comitative papaykintin papaykikunantin abessive papaykinnaq papaykikunannaq comparative papaykihina papaykikunahina causative papaykirayku papaykikunarayku benefactive papaykipaq papaykikunapaq associative papaykipura papaykikunapura distributive papaykinka papaykikunanka exclusive papaykilla papaykikunalla paypa - third-person singular paypa (his/her/its) singular plural nominative papan papankuna accusative papanta papankunata dative papanman papankunaman genitive papanpa papankunap locative papanpi papankunapi terminative papankama papankunakama ablative papanmanta papankunamanta instrumental papanwan papankunawan comitative papanintin papankunantin abessive papanninnaq papankunannaq comparative papanhina papankunahina causative papanrayku papankunarayku benefactive papanpaq papankunapaq associative papanpura papankunapura distributive papaninka papankunanka exclusive papanlla papankunalla ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural nominative papanchik papanchikkuna accusative papanchikta papanchikkunata dative papanchikman papanchikkunaman genitive papanchikpa papanchikkunap locative papanchikpi papanchikkunapi terminative papanchikkama papanchikkunakama ablative papanchikmanta papanchikkunamanta instrumental papanchikwan papanchikkunawan comitative papanchiknintin papanchikkunantin abessive papanchikninnaq papanchikkunannaq comparative papanchikhina papanchikkunahina causative papanchikrayku papanchikkunarayku benefactive papanchikpaq papanchikkunapaq associative papanchikpura papanchikkunapura distributive papanchikninka papanchikkunanka exclusive papanchiklla papanchikkunalla ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural nominative papayku papaykukuna accusative papaykuta papaykukunata dative papaykuman papaykukunaman genitive papaykupa papaykukunap locative papaykupi papaykukunapi terminative papaykukama papaykukunakama ablative papaykumanta papaykukunamanta instrumental papaykuwan papaykukunawan comitative papaykuntin papaykukunantin abessive papaykunnaq papaykukunannaq comparative papaykuhina papaykukunahina causative papaykurayku papaykukunarayku benefactive papaykupaq papaykukunapaq associative papaykupura papaykukunapura distributive papaykunka papaykukunanka exclusive papaykulla papaykukunalla qamkunap - second-person plural qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural nominative papaykichik papaykichikkuna accusative papaykichikta papaykichikkunata dative papaykichikman papaykichikkunaman genitive papaykichikpa papaykichikkunap locative papaykichikpi papaykichikkunapi terminative papaykichikkama papaykichikkunakama ablative papaykichikmanta papaykichikkunamanta instrumental papaykichikwan papaykichikkunawan comitative papaykichiknintin papaykichikkunantin abessive papaykichikninnaq papaykichikkunannaq comparative papaykichikhina papaykichikkunahina causative papaykichikrayku papaykichikkunarayku benefactive papaykichikpaq papaykichikkunapaq associative papaykichikpura papaykichikkunapura distributive papaykichikninka papaykichikkunanka exclusive papaykichiklla papaykichikkunalla paykunap - third-person plural paykunap (their) singular plural nominative papanku papankukuna accusative papankuta papankukunata dative papankuman papankukunaman genitive papankupa papankukunap locative papankupi papankukunapi terminative papankukama papankukunakama ablative papankumanta papankukunamanta instrumental papankuwan papankukunawan comitative papankuntin papankukunantin abessive papankunnaq papankukunannaq comparative papankuhina papankukunahina causative papankurayku papankukunarayku benefactive papankupaq papankukunapaq associative papankupura papankukunapura distributive papankunka papankukunanka exclusive papankulla papankukunalla

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *papa, from Proto-Oceanic *papan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan (compare with Malay papan or Hawaiian papa).

Noun

papa

1. flat stone; shelf in the bottom of the sea; rocky sea bottom
2. wooden plank

References

• “papa”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From French pape.

Noun

pāpá class 1a (plural bāpāpá class 2a)

1. pope

Samoan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *papa, from Proto-Oceanic *papan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan.

Noun

papa

1. board, plank

Etymology 2

Noun

papa

1. grouper

References

• Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 175

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin papa, from Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas, “priest”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “daddy, papa”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâːpa/
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Noun

pȃpa m anim (Cyrillic spelling па̑па)

1. pope (of the Catholic Church)

Declension

Declension of papa

	singular	plural
nominative	pȃpa	pȃpe
genitive	pape	papa
dative	papi	papama
accusative	papu	pape
vocative	papo	pape
locative	papi	papama
instrumental	papom	papama

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/ [ˈpa.pa]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

Noun

papa m (plural papas)

1. pope (an honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome)

Derived terms

• antipapa
• jazmín del papa
• más papista que el papa
• papista

Related terms

• papado
• papal

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Papa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua papa.

Papas

Common names for potato in the Spanish-speaking world

Noun

papa f (plural papas)

1. (Latin America, US, Canary Islands, Andalusia, Equatorial Guinea) potato

   Synonym: patata (Spain, Philippines)

2. (Latin America) chips, crisps (packaged thin, salted, fried slice of potato)

Derived terms

• ni papa
• papa a la huancaína
• papa rellena
• papas a la francesa
• papas arrugadas
• papas fritas
• papero
• pastel de papa
• pelapapas
• prensapapas
• rallar la papa
• tortilla de papas
• verlo el ojo a la papa

Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin pappa (“food; used regarding children”).

Noun

papa f (plural papas)

1. (childish, familiar) very bland soup, or more broadly, food in general
2. (figuratively) nonsense, trifle, rubbish

Derived terms

• echar papas
• paparrucha

Related terms

• papar

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to papá”)

Noun

papa m (plural papas)

1. (regional, also Andalusia, familiar) dad

   Synonym: papá

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

papa

1. inflection of papar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “papa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “papa”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “papa”, in Diccionario del español de México [Dictionary of the Spanish of Mexico] (in Spanish), second edition, Mexican Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Mexicana de la Lengua], 2019
• DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea

See also

• Appendix:Spanish nouns that have different meanings depending on their gender

Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

Compare English papa, Dutch papa, Akan papa, Ewe papa.

Alternative forms

• p'pa
• ppa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pːa/, /paˈpa/

Noun

papa

1. father, dad

   Synonym: tata

2. sir, gentleman
3. (colloquial) penis

Derived terms

• Gudu Papa
• masrapapa
• motyopapa
• papadron
• papagodo
• papamoni
• papasneki

Etymology 2

Derived from Dutch pap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/

Noun

papa

1. mush
2. porridge
3. a sweet custard-based or cornflour-based dessert

Derived terms

• papabatra
• papapapa

Swahili

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.pɑ/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

papa class IX (plural papa class X)

1. shark

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese papa.

Noun

papa class V (plural mapapa class VI)

1. alternative letter-case form of Papa (“pope”)

Etymology 3

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

Verb

-papa (infinitive kupapa)

1. to tremble, quiver
2. (of the heart) to beat, palpitate

Conjugation

Conjugation of -papa
Positive present -napapa Subjunctive -pape Negative -papi Imperative singular papa
Infinitives
Positive kupapa Negative kutopapa
Imperatives
Singular papa Plural papeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupapa Positive past positive subject concord + -lipapa Negative past negative subject concord + -kupapa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napapa) Singular Plural 1st person ninapapa/napapa tunapapa 2nd person unapapa mnapapa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapapa wanapapa other classes positive subject concord + -napapa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -papi) Singular Plural 1st person sipapi hatupapi 2nd person hupapi hampapi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapapi hawapapi other classes negative subject concord + -papi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapapa Negative future negative subject concord + -tapapa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pape) Singular Plural 1st person nipape tupape 2nd person upape mpape 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apape wapape other classes positive subject concord + -pape
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipape Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepapa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepapa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipapa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipapa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apapa) Singular Plural 1st person napapa twapapa 2nd person wapapa mwapapa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apapa wapapa m-mi(III/IV) wapapa yapapa ji-ma(V/VI) lapapa yapapa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapapa vyapapa n(IX/X) yapapa zapapa u(XI) wapapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapapa pa(XVI) papapa mu(XVIII) mwapapa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepapa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapapa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japapa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipapa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopapa Consecutive kapapa / positive subject concord + -kapapa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapape
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipapa -tupapa 2nd person -kupapa -wapapa/-kupapeni/-wapapeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpapa -wapapa m-mi(III/IV) -upapa -ipapa ji-ma(V/VI) -lipapa -yapapa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipapa -vipapa n(IX/X) -ipapa -zipapa u(XI) -upapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupapa pa(XVI) -papapa mu(XVIII) -mupapa Reflexive -jipapa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -papa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -papaye -papao m-mi(III/IV) -papao -papayo ji-ma(V/VI) -papalo -papayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -papacho -papavyo n(IX/X) -papayo -papazo u(XI) -papao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -papako pa(XVI) -papapo mu(XVIII) -papamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -papa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepapa -opapa m-mi(III/IV) -opapa -yopapa ji-ma(V/VI) -lopapa -yopapa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopapa -vyopapa n(IX/X) -yopapa -zopapa u(XI) -opapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopapa pa(XVI) -popapa mu(XVIII) -mopapa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -papia

• Nominal derivations:
  • kipapa
  • papo

Etymology 4

See hapa.

Adverb

papa

1. only used in papa hapa

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Each pronunciation has a different source:

• /paˈpa/ from Spanish papá, adapted from French papa
• /papa/ from Hokkien 爸爸 (pâ-pâ)
• /ˈpapa/ from English papa / poppa

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /paˈpa/ [pɐˈpa] (Spanish pronunciation)
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Syllabification: pa‧pa
  • IPA^(key): /papa/ [pa.pa] (Hokkien pronunciation)
    • Rhymes: -apa
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/ [ˈpaː.pɐ] (English Pronunciation)
    • Rhymes: -apa
    • Syllabification: pa‧pa

Noun

papa or papá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

1. (informal, familiar, childish) dad; daddy

   Synonyms: pa, ama, tatay, itay, tay, tatang

   Coordinate term: mama

2. (slang) boyfriend; sugar daddy

Alternative forms

• fafa — gay slang

Derived terms

• asukal de papa
• pa

Related terms

• anti-Papa
• Papa
• Santo Papa

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /paˈpaʔ/ [pɐˈpaʔ]
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • IPA^(key): /paˈpa/ [pɐˈpa] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

Adjective

papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

1. low and flat

Noun

papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

1. gentle slope

   Antonym: tibong

2. (architecture) house with low roof and little airflow

   Synonyms: alipapa, dampa

Derived terms

• kapapahan
• mapapa
• papahan

See also

• baba
• papag

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish papa, from Latin pappa (“food; used regarding children”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpapaʔ/ [ˈpaː.pɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -apaʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

Noun

papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (colloquial)

1. food for kids who are only just beginning to speak

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/ [ˈpaː.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

Noun

papa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

1. standard size of fabric width

   Synonyms: luwang, antso

2. (obsolete) sewing two pieces of sheet widthwise

Derived terms

• doble-papa
• kapapa
• magpapa
• mangpapa
• pagpapahin
• papahan
• pumapa

See also

• bulos
• tagni

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpapaʔ/ [ˈpaː.pɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -apaʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

Noun

papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (zoology)

1. bee (Apis mellifera) that collects honey

   Synonym: bubuyog

Etymology 6

Possibly from paapa (“cone-shaped”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpapa/ [ˈpaː.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

Noun

papa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)

1. (zoology) telescope snail (Telescopium telescopium)

   Synonyms: bangungon, kuhol, suso

2. a cone-shaped shell

   Synonym: kabibe

Usage notes

• Also called susong papa.

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpapaʔ/ [ˈpaː.pɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -apaʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

Noun

papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (obsolete)

1. tearing the taro leaf to the skin

Derived terms

• magpapa
• papaan
• papain

Etymology 8

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈpaʔ/ [pɐˈpaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧pa

Noun

papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (obsolete)

1. name of the Baybayin letter ᜉ (pa), corresponding to "pa"

See also

• pa

Further reading

• “papa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[14] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[15] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 58: “Añadir) Papa (pp) dos pieças coſiendo las alo ãcho”
  • page 196: “Coſer) Papa (pp) dos piernas de liẽço ancho cõ ancho a diferençia del paſado [q̃ es] punta con punta”
  • page 458: “P) Papa (pc) letra de; Abeçe de los tagalos .I. papayaon .I. ᜉ. eſta letra les ſirue de . f . ꝑa lo Eſpañol, porqu: no la tienen, ſumulat ca nang papa ſa ſulat tavo, haz la letra. P . en letra de indio.”
  • page 483: “Pierna) Papa (pp) de lienço o ſabana”

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English papa.

Noun

papa

1. father

Derived terms

• papamama

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpa.pa]
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *papa (“flat surface”). Cognates include Hawaiian papa and Māori papa.

Noun

papa

1. rock
2. rocky area

Verb

papa

1. (stative) to be flat
2. (stative) to be hard

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *papa (“fish”). Cognates include Māori pā and Samoan papa.

Noun

papa

1. a school of caranxes

Verb

papa

1. (intransitive) to group together into a school

Etymology 3

Noun

papa

1. bra

Etymology 4

Of imitative origin.

Noun

papa

1. daddy, dad

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[16], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 261

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bààbá.

Noun

papa

1. father (male parent)

Coordinate terms

• mama

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian papa. Doublet of papaz and peder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑˈpɑ/, [pʰɑˈpɑ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧pa

• Audio:

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Noun

papa (definite accusative papayı, plural papalar)

1. pope

Declension

Declension of papa

singular plural nominative papa papalar definite accusative papayı papaları dative papaya papalara locative papada papalarda ablative papadan papalardan genitive papanın papaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular papam papalarım 2nd singular papan papaların 3rd singular papası papaları 1st plural papamız papalarımız 2nd plural papanız papalarınız 3rd plural papaları papaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular papamı papalarımı 2nd singular papanı papalarını 3rd singular papasını papalarını 1st plural papamızı papalarımızı 2nd plural papanızı papalarınızı 3rd plural papalarını papalarını dative singular plural 1st singular papama papalarıma 2nd singular papana papalarına 3rd singular papasına papalarına 1st plural papamıza papalarımıza 2nd plural papanıza papalarınıza 3rd plural papalarına papalarına locative singular plural 1st singular papamda papalarımda 2nd singular papanda papalarında 3rd singular papasında papalarında 1st plural papamızda papalarımızda 2nd plural papanızda papalarınızda 3rd plural papalarında papalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular papamdan papalarımdan 2nd singular papandan papalarından 3rd singular papasından papalarından 1st plural papamızdan papalarımızdan 2nd plural papanızdan papalarınızdan 3rd plural papalarından papalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular papamın papalarımın 2nd singular papanın papalarının 3rd singular papasının papalarının 1st plural papamızın papalarımızın 2nd plural papanızın papalarınızın 3rd plural papalarının papalarının Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular papayım papalarım 2nd singular papasın papalarsın 3rd singular papa papadır papalar papalardır 1st plural papayız papalarız 2nd plural papasınız papalarsınız 3rd plural papalar papalardır

West Makian

Etymology 1

Possibly related to Ternate foheka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ˈpa/

Noun

papa

1. woman
2. wife

Etymology 2

Possibly the same origin as the first.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pa/

Noun

papa

1. female

   oma da papa ― a girl (literally, “a female child”)

Alternative forms

• pa

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[17], Pacific linguistics (etymology 1 as papá)

Wolof

Noun

papa

1. father

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pá.k͡pá/

Noun

pápá

1. field, plain

Derived terms

• pápákọ̀ òfuurufú