pa

1. (international standards)ISO 639-1language code forPunjabi.

Clipping ofpapa.

• IPA^(key):/pɑː/

  • Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-ɑː
• Homophones:pah(Etymology 2);par(non-rhotic);paw(cot–caught merger,father-bother merger)

pa (pluralpas)

1. (colloquial)Father,papa.

   Synonyms:da(Irish),dad,daddy,papa,pater,pappy,pop,poppy

   Coordinate term:ma

2. (colloquial)Grandpa,grandfather.

   Synonyms:grandpapa,grandpappy,grandpop,grandpoppy,pappy,pop,poppy;big daddy(dialectal)

• Often capitalized when used to refer to a specific person; seePa.

Hey, Pa, I'd like you to meet my friend Jamie.

Borrowed fromMaoripā.

pa (pluralpas)

1. (New Zealand, nowhistorical) A fortifiedMaorisettlement, especially of pre-European times.[from 19th c.]
   • 2020,Sujit Sivasundaram,Waves Across the South, William Collins, published2021, page68:

     Apa or Māori defence fortification appears at a height on the hill above the bay.

2. (New Zealand) Any Maorivillage or settlement; akainga.[from 19th c.]

• pah

• A&P,AP,Ap,ap,ap.

FromDutchpa.

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pa (pluralpa's)

1. dad,father

• pappa
• vader

• ma

• oupa

FromProto-Albanian*apa, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂epó(“off, away”). Cognate toMessapic[script needed](apa,“from, out of, by”),^[1]Ancient Greekἀπό(apó,“away, off”),Sanskritअप(apá).

pa (+ accusative)

1. without,minus
2. not counting,even without counting

^[2]

• me

• prapë
• pas

pa

1. (before imperatives) attenuates a command or suggestion

   Pa më thuaj ―Tell me

FromProto-Polynesian*fa, fromProto-Oceanic*pat, fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, fromProto-Austronesian*Səpat.

pa

1. four

• ta(chistavín, benasqués)

• IPA^(key):/ˈpa/
• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:pa

pa

1. for,to(expressing arecipient)

   La zagala va crompar un regalo de nadalta yo.

   The girl bought a Christmas giftfor me.

   M'aganaría de fer un truco de machiapa vusaltros.

   I'd like to perform a magic trickfor you all.

2. to,in order to,so,for(expressing theintended purpose of an action)

   Estudio cada nueit sin descansarpa conseguir un treballo decent.

   I study every night tirelesslyso that I get a decent job.

   Saldré luegopa evitar el trafico.

   I am going to leave earlyto avoid traffic.

3. by,due,dueon,dueby(expressing adeadline)

   Necesito la tuya decisiónpa esta semana.

   I need your decisionby this week.

   Es vuestros treballos grupals sonta'l viernes.

   Your group projects aredue on Friday.

4. for(expressingcontrast from what is expected)

   Pa estar un turista estadounidense, él ye prou respetuoso.

   For an American tourist, he is pretty respectful.

5. for,to,in one's opinion,as far as one isconcerned(expressing anopinion,perception orperspective)

   Pa yo, las rosas bllancas son més bonicas que las royas.

   For me, the white roses are more beautiful than the red ones.

   Pa'l mio germano, la suya muller tien tota la razón.

   As far as my brotheris concerned, his wife is totally in the right.

   Vam treballarpa la mesma empresa encara que no al mesmo tiempo.

   We workedfor the same company but not at the same time.

   Ella treballópa Microsoft muitos anyos, pero agora treballapa Apple.

   She workedfor Microsoft for many years, but now she worksfor Apple.

pa

1. liver

• Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch,Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 411

CompareSpanishpa, a contracted form ofpara.

pa

1. for

• The prepositionpa contracts top' before a word beginning witha- orha-:p'Asturies (for Asturias),p'haber (for to have)

• p'
• pal

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pa inan

1. kiss

• IPA^(key):/pa/
• Rhymes:-a

pa

1. small

• Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

pa

1. when,if

Inherited fromOld Catalanpa (attested at least once aspan), fromLatinpānis, possibly derived fromProto-Indo-European*peh₂-(“to graze, feed”).

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈpa]

• Audio(Valencia):

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• Rhymes:-a

pa m (pluralpans)

1. bread

• “pa” inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pa”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025.
• “pa” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pa” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key):/ˈpa/ [ˈpa]

pá (Badlit spellingᜉ)

1. (after an adjective)marks that something is/was still the case when eventually it wouldn't be so; isstill

   Antonym:na

   katong putipa ang balay

   when the housewas still colored white

   bag-opa ni nga teknolohiya

   this technologyis still brand new

2. (after verb in the inchoative^[1] aspect)indicates that the action is still ongoing;still(imperfect aspect)

   Synonym:gihapon

   niadtopa siya ―he isstill (in the process of) going

   1. (+ negator "wala")indicates that an action has not yet happened;yet

      walapa siyanikaon ―he has notyet eaten

3. (after verb in the prospective aspect)indicates obligation or requirement to do the action;stillhave to

   moadtopa siya ―hestill has to go

   1. (+ negator "dili")indicates that an an action will not be performed soon, but much later;willnot ...fornow

      dilipa siyamoinom ―he wouldn't drink (alcohol)for now

4. (after an adjective, usually withmas)used in expressing the comparative degree of adjectives;more,-er

   Murag (mas) taaspa ang punuan sa balay. ―The tree looks taller than the house.

   Mas gikapoypa ka nako. ―You are more tired than me.

pa (Badlit spellingᜉ)

1. (after pronouns or names)indicates continuation in the performance of a task by the person as mentioned

   Antonym:na

   ikawpa ―it's still your turn

   si Tonyopa ―it's still Tonyo's turn

FromProto-Vietic*paː; cognate withVietnameseba.

• IPA^(key):/paː¹/

pa

1. three

• IPA^(key):/paː/

pā

1. (transitive) Todye

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003)Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page244
• Karttunen, Frances (1983)An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page182

• IPA^(key):/pa/

pa

1. head

• http://fpcctalkindian.nativeweb.org/ (Lesson Three)

• IPA^(key):/paː/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-aː

pa m (pluralpa's,diminutivepaatje n)

1. pa,dad

• → Papiamentu:pachi(from the diminutive)

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

pa

1. pah

FromOld Galician-Portuguesepera.

• IPA^(key):/pa/
• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:pa

pa

1. to(indicates application of an adjective)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar,Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 3: Radós:

     A radón mais grandipa defendela é que é nossa LENGUA MATERNA, a “primeira lengua que un indivíduu aprendi de maneira ínnconscienti duranti a sua infancia” i en ela han aprindiu a idel as primeiras palabras[…]

     The greatest reasonto defend it is that it is our NATIVE LANGUAGE, the “first language that an individual learns in an unconscious manner during his infancy” and in it learned how to say his first words[…]

2. for(directed at, intended to belong to or to be appropriate for)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar,Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 4: ¿Guerras, moas?:

     Encontramus opinióspa tos os gustus.

     We found opinionsfor every taste.

3. to,towards(indicates destination)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar,Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme IX, Chapter 4: ¿Fala transerrana?:

     I nos, inda hoxii, con autonomía i tó siguimus idendu: “Vopa Castilla”,[…]

     And to this day we, with autonomy and everything, keep on saying: “I’ll goto Castille”,[…]

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021)Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published2022,→ISBN

• pá,paa

FromOld Galician-Portuguesepaa, fromLatinpāla(“shovel, spade”).

• IPA^(key):[ˈpaː]

pa f (pluralpas)

1. shovel;spade(tool for digging and moving material)
2. windmillblade
3. the end of apaddle oroar with theblade
4. (anatomy,zootomy)incisor

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “paa”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “paa”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pa”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pa”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pa”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

• pagipa (formal)

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

pa

1. father

pa

1. (cardinal number)ten

• kpá(Benin)

• IPA^(key):/k͡pá/

pá(Nigeria)

1. towards

Cognates includeSaxwe Gbekpà,Adjakpa,Fonkpà

• kpà(Benin)

• IPA^(key):/k͡pà/

pà(Nigeria)

1. tocut, specificallyhair

Cognates includeSaxwe Gbekpà,Adjakpa,Fonkpà

• kpà(Benin)

• IPA^(key):/k͡pà/

pà(Nigeria)

1. topraise

FromFrenchpas.

• IPA^(key):/pa/

pa

1. not

• Double negatives (e.g.pa ...janm orpa ...anyen) are grammatically correct in Haitian Creole.

pa

1. tofinish, (be brought to an)end

• Alexandre François,Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency: On two atypical subordinating strategies in the Lo-Toga and Hiw (Torres, Vanuatu) (2010), inClause Linking and Clause Hierarchy (edited by Isabelle Bril)

pa

1. Thehiragana syllableぱ(pa) or thekatakana syllableパ(pa) inHepburn romanization.

FromPortuguesepara.

pa

1. for
2. to

pa

1. in
2. at
3. on
4. to
5. into
6. toward
7. from
8. during

• Allen J. Christenson,Kʼiche-English dictionary

pa

1. arrow

FromProto-Balto-Slavic*pa, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂pó. Balto-Slavic cognates includeLithuanianpa-,Old Prussianpa-,po-,Proto-Slavic*po.

pa (with accusative or dative)

1. on
2. along

   ietpa ceļu ―to walkalong the road

3. to
4. in
5. through
6. during

   pa naktīm ―during night

7. by

   pa pastu ―by post

8. over

   pa radio ―over the radio

pa (dualpanai,pluralpaliu)

1. he,she

• IPA^(key):/pa/
• Rhymes:-a
• Homophone:Pa

Inherited fromFrenchpas(“step, pace, footstep; not”). For semantic evolution fromstep tonot, see etymology section at Frenchpas.

pa

1. (a)step, (a)pace, (a)footstep
   • 1998, Albert Valdman, Thomas A. Klingler, Margaret M. Marshall, Kevin J. Rottet,Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, page345:

     Li fe so premyepa yèr. [Li fé sô prémyépa yèr.]

     He took his firststep yesterday.

pa

1. Most common adverb of negation in Louisiana Creole, typically translating into English asnot,don't,doesn't, etc.

   Çépa jist. ―It'snot fair.

   Topa ka trouvé mô shyin? ―You can't find my dog?

   • 1998, Albert Valdman, Thomas A. Klingler, Margaret M. Marshall, Kevin J. Rottet,Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, page345:

     Piti-ye astè-la kwapa dan fifole-ye. [Piti-yé astè-la kwapa dan fifolé-yé.]

     Children todaydon't believe in will-o'-the-wisps.

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably inherited from French "papa" or similar.”) CompareLouisiana CreolePa(“Brer”).

pa

1. (a)father, (a)dad

   Synonyms:pær,pap,papa,papi,pè,pèr,popa

   • 1998, Albert Valdman, Thomas A. Klingler, Margaret M. Marshall, Kevin J. Rottet,Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, page345:

     Mopa sète en FARMER^[sic]. [Môpa sèté infarmer.]

     Myfather was a farmer.

pa

1. togive

• pra

FromPortuguesepara andpra. CompareKabuverdianu andPapiamentupa.

pa

1. to

   Iou muto querêpa vôs ―I love you very much (literally, “I very much loveto you”)

   metê limampa tirâ amiz ―add lemonto remove the unpleasant flavour

2. for

   águpa banhâ ―bathwater (literally, “waterfor bathing”)

   sôpa iou ―onlyfor me

   passâ ioupa mentiroso ―to take mefor a liar

3. towards,into

   dâ ung'a tricadapa águ ―to jumpinto the water

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

pa

1. Nonstandard spelling ofpā.
2. Nonstandard spelling ofpá.
3. Nonstandard spelling ofpà.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

pa

1. Alternative form ofpo

• IPA^(key):/ˈpa/

pa

1. toweave

FromProto-Numic*pa fromProto-Uto-Aztecan*pa.

pa

1. water

FromProto-Vietic*paː; cognate withVietnameseba.

• IPA^(key):/paː¹/

pa

1. three

FromProto-Vietic*paː; cognate withVietnameseba.

• IPA^(key):/paː¹/

pa

1. three

pa

1. not(indicates negation)

From theProto-Indo-European root*upo-(“under, up”).

pa

1. under

pa

1. under

pa

1. Lamy spelling ofpá

FromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, fromProto-Austronesian*Səpat.

pa

1. four

FromPortuguesepara andSpanishpara andKabuverdianupa.

pa

1. to
2. for
3. by

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key):/ˈpa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:pa
• Homophone:pas

pa

1. (familiar)bye

• pa inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited fromProto-Austronesian*pa(“still, yet, til now, first (before doing something else)”). Cognate withTagalogpa(“yet”),Mongondow-pa(“still”).

IPA^(key):/pa/

pa

1. still;

   Notiyuhpa siya. ―He'sstill sleeping.

2. more
3. yet(with a negative)
4. first

• J. W. Lobel (2015 December) “Ponosakan: A Dying Language of Northeastern Sulawesi”, inOceanic Linguistics, volume54, number 2, University of Hawai'i Press,pages396–435

Syncopic form ofpara.

• Hyphenation:pa

pa

1. (colloquial)Syncopic form ofpara

Borrowed fromHungarianpá.

• IPA^(key):[pa]
• Rhymes:-a

pa

1. bye

   Synonym:la revedere

pa

1. Alternative spelling ofpa'

Common South Slavic; compareSlovenepa,Bulgarianпа(pa). See alsopa-.

• IPA^(key):/pa/

pa (Cyrillic spellingпа)

1. (and)then

   Synonym:ȍndā

   prvo ću skočiti ja,pa ti ―I'll jump first, (and) then you

   učenjepa odmorpa zabava ―learning, then rest, then fun

2. (and)so,therefore

   Synonym:stȍgā

   Potrošio sam sav novac,pa sam se morao vratiti kući. ―I've spent all of my money, so I had to go back home.

3. (withda ormàkar)even if,even though,although
4. (withȉpāk) (and, but)yet,still

   bogat je,pa ipak usamljen ―he's rich, but still lonely

5. (withda +i)even if

pa (Cyrillic spellingпа)

1. so,so what

   Pa? ―So what?

2. (for emphasis)well,so

   Pa dobro! ―All right, then!

   Pa što je s tobom? ―What's with you?

   Pa i ne baš ―Well, not exactly

   Pa što onda? ―So what?

3. (regional, for emphasis)even

   Pa i moja baba već zna da to nije istina! ―Even my grandma knows that that is not true!

FromProto-Bantu*-páa.

-pá (infinitivekupá)

1. togive

pa

1. water

   Móenòeng pe tue e tuepa.

   There are crocodiles in the water.

• Donohue, Mark.Rópu we te máwo pílang te: Skou dictionary draft. s.l. 80pp. (2002).

FromSerbo-Croatianpa.

• IPA^(key):/pa/

pa

1. well,so
   • 2010, Luigi Peca,La guerre à Acquaviva:

     Alorapa, ka biša gvera, ka pa je rivala kurta nasa ova gvera, mi, tuna žene aš ljuda, te ljuda veča… ka bihu veča zdrave – nò? mahu sa po hranit.

     Well then, during the war, when this war came close to us, we, all the women and men, the men (who were) more… who were healthier – you know? had to hide themselves.

• Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013.Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010:Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

• IPA^(key):/pa/

• Audio:

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pa

1. and

   Jaz pa ti. ―Me and you.

2. but

   Je dober, ne pa najbolši. ―He is good but not the best.

3. so

   Zaspal je, pa je zamudil šolo. ―He overslept, so he was late for school.

• IPA^(key):/ˈpa/[ˈpa]
• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:pa

pa m (pluralpas)

1. (Latin America)Clipping ofpapá:dad;pop;papa

pa

1. Alternative form ofpa'

• de pe a pa

• Among the places this form is used is southern Arizona, per Anita Calneh Post,Southern Arizona Spanish phonology (1934), page 36: "The commonest loss of intervocalic r in southern Arizona is in para, which is always pa ..."

• “pa”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

pa

1. Romanization of𒉺(pa)

• Audio(Kenya):

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FromProto-Bantu*-páa.

-pa (no plain infinitive)

1. togive to (someone)

   Nimewapa kitabu. ―I havegiven them a book.

   Nijawapa kitabu. ―I have not yetgiven them a book.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative:-pea
  • Passive:-pewa
  • Reciprocal:-peana

• Nominal derivations:
  • kipaji(“donation, gift”)
  • mpaji(“giver”)
  • upaji(“offering, giving”)

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

pa

1. pa class_(XVI) inflected form of-a

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/pa/[pɐ]
• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:pa

Inherited fromProto-Austronesian*pa(“still, yet, til now, first (before doing something else)”). Cognate withCebuanopa(“id”),Malagasyfa(“for, but, therefore, because, that”).

pa (Baybayin spellingᜉ)

1. yet

   Hindipa niya binuhay ang sinaing.

   He hasn't turned the rice cooker onyet.

2. still;eventually;in the future

   Buhaypa ang bintilador; bakit hindi mo 'to pinatay?

   The fan isstill on; why didn't you turn it off?

3. in addition,too
4. in the past
5. even

• p —text messaging

• pa-

Influenced by Baybayin characterᜉ(pa).

pa (Baybayin spellingᜉ)

1. the name of theLatin-script letterP/p, in theAbakada alphabet

   Synonyms:(in the Filipino alphabet)pi,(in the Abecedario)pe

• papa

pa (Baybayin spellingᜉ)

1. (informal,familiar,childish)Clipping ofpapa.

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

   Coordinate term:ma

• “pa”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018

• AP

FromProto-Vietic*paː; cognate withVietnameseba,Muongpa.

• IPA^(key):/paː¹/

pa

1. three

FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*pʷak.

pa

1. pig

• Jackson T. S. Sun,Typology of Generic-Person Making in Tshobdun Rgyalrong (2014)

• IPA^(key):/pa/

pa m (pluralpas)

1. father

• (gender):mame

• py

FromProto-Celtic*kʷid, fromProto-Indo-European*kʷid (compare*kʷís); compareLatinquid,Old Irishcid, ModernIrishcad,Cornishpy,pe.

• IPA^(key):/paː/
• Rhymes:-aː

pa

1. (interrogative,archaic)what

pa

1. which

   Synonym:pwy

• The usage ofpa as an interrogative has been rendered obsolete by the modern wordbeth, which derives from the phrasepa beth(literally“what thing”).
• pa as a determiner tends to be replaced bypwy in Southern Welsh.

• IPA^(key):/pa/

pa

1. (transitive, withta-) torequest,ask for

   tapa ampong te ni ―Iask youfor forgiveness

• IPA^(key):/pa(ː)/

pa

1. Alternative form ofpapa(“female”)

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982)The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics
• James Collins (1982)Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[3], Pacific linguistics

• IPA^(key):[pʰɑ]

pa

1. friend

• Erika Sandman (2016)A Grammar of Wutun‎^[4], University of Helsinki (PhD),→ISBN

pa

.===Pronunciation===

• /pa/

1. Aphetic form ofapaa
   • 1867,GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page60:

     Pa ooree;Pa cawl.

     Upon each other;Upon the horse.

   • 1867,GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page69:

     Pa sthit.

     Upon the filly.

   • 1867,GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page78:

     A wuf ispa varreen.

     The gad ison the headland.

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page60

Proposed to be derived fromProto-Yoruboid*kpa, possibly aDoublet ofkú

• IPA^(key):/k͡pā/

pa

1. (transitive) tokill

   Ẹ fẹ́pa mí ni!?

   You want tokill me!?

   1. (transitive) tomurder

      Ópa ìyàwó ẹ̀.

      Hemurdered his wife.

   2. (transitive) toexecute
   3. (transitive) toswitch off, toturn off

      Má gbàgbé láti máapa tẹlifíṣọ̀n.

      Don't forget toturn off the television.

   4. (transitive) toextinguish

      A dúpẹ́ pé wọ́npa iná kó tó jó odindi ilé tán pátá.

      Thankfully the fire wasextinguished before it burnt the whole house down.

   5. (transitive) tostop, toterminate

      Wọ́npa ìlù.

      Theystopped the drumming.

2. (transitive) topain, tokill

   Yéè! Ẹsẹ̀ yìí fẹ́pa mí o!

   Ouch! My feet arekilling me!

   1. (transitive) todisturb

      Ebi ńpa mí.

      Hunger isdisturbing me.

      (I am hungry)

   2. (transitive) tointoxicate

      Ọtí ńpa wọ́n.

      Alchohol isintoxicating them.

      (They are drunk)

3. (transitive) toopen, tosmash open, tothresh

   Ẹ bá mipa obì yìí.

   Help meopen this kola nut.

   Ópa ọkà.

   Hethreshed the corn.

4. (transitive) tohatch

   Adìyẹ mi tipa ọmọ

   My hen'shatched chicks

• IPA^(key):/k͡pā/

pa

1. (transitive) totell, toconvey

   Irọ́ l'o ńpa o! ―You'retelling a lie!

Compare withIgbokpa

• IPA^(key):/k͡pā/

pa

1. (transitive) torub

   Mo máa ń fi òrípa ọwọ́ mi ―I use shea butter tomoisturize my hands

2. (transitive) toscorch, todrench, tobeat usually in relation to weather

   Òjò ńpa mí. ―Rain isdrenching me.

   Òjò ńpa òrùlé. ―The rain isbeating the roof.

   Oòrùn ńpa mí. ―The sun isbeating me.

• IPA^(key):/k͡pā/

pa

1. togain, tomake
   1. toearn(money)

      Wọn kì ípa owó látinú iṣẹ́ yìí. ―They don'tmake money from doing such work.

      Ọbẹ̀ tó dùn, owó lópa á ―A delicious stew; money is whatearnt it

• IPA^(key):/k͡pā/

pa

1. to be in astate, defined by a following adverb

   Òkunpa rọ́rọ́. ―The seais calm.

• IPA^(key):/k͡pā/

pa

1. to betight

   Mo dè épa ―I screwed ittight

• IPA^(key):/k͡pá/

pá

1. to bebald

   Ópá lórí. ―He's bald on the head.

   (He is bald)

FromProto-Indo-European*pṓds(“foot”), cognates includeSanskritपद्(pád),Latinpes (Frenchpied),GermanFuß,Englishfoot.

• IPA^(key):/pɔː/

pa

1. (anatomy)leg,foot

FromProto-Kuki-Chin*paa, fromProto-Sino-Tibetan*pa. Cognates includeChinese爸(bà) andTibetanཔ་ཕ(pa pha).

• IPA^(key):/pa˧˥/

pá

1. father
2. grandfather

Perhaps related to Etymology 1.

• IPA^(key):/pa˧/

pa

1. cousin

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013)A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page60