pa

Etymology 1

Clipping of papa.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori.

Anagrams

• A&P, AP, Ap, ap, ap.

Etymology

From Dutch.

Noun

pa (plural pa's)

1. dad, father

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *apa, from Proto-Indo-European *h2(e)po- (“off, away”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἄπα (ápa), ἀπά (apá, “away, off”).

Preposition

pa (+accusative)

1. without
2. thus, then, so

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fa, from Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pa

1. (cardinal) four

Etymology

Compare Spanish pa, a contracted form of para.

Preposition

pa

1. for

Noun

pa

1. kiss

Conjunction

pa

1. when, if

Etymology

From Old Occitan pan, from Latin pānis, pānem, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to graze, feed”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa/
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

pa m (plural pans)

1. bread

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paː/

Verb

pā

1. (transitive) To dye

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 244
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 182

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa/

Noun

pa

1. head

References

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aː

Noun

pa m (plural pa's, diminutive paatje n)

1. pa, dad

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pera.

Preposition

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 grandi pa 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 reason to 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 opiniós pa tos os gustus.

     We found opinions for 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: “Vo pa Castilla”, […]

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

Numeral

pa

1. ten

Etymology

From French pas.

Adverb

pa

1. not

Verb

pa

1. to finish, (be brought to an) end

Further reading

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

Romanization

pa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぱ
2. Rōmaji transcription of パ

Preposition

pa (with accusative or dative)

1. on
2. along

   iet pa ceļu ― to walk along 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

Romanization

pa

1. Nonstandard spelling of pā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of pá.
3. Nonstandard spelling of pà.

Noun

pa

1. a Maori fortified camp

Adverb

pa

1. not (indicates negation)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Preposition

pa

1. under

Adverb

pa

1. under

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

pa

1. (cardinal) four

Etymology

From Portuguese para and Spanish para and Kabuverdianu pa.

Adverb

pa

1. before
2. to
3. for
4. by

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa/

• Audio

  (file)

Interjection

pa

1. (familiar) bye

Preposition

pa

1. (Africa, rural areas of Brazil) Contraction of para.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian pá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa]
• Rhymes: -a

Interjection

pa

1. bye

Etymology

Common South Slavic; compare Slovene pa, Bulgarian па (pa). See also pa-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa/

Conjunction

pa (Cyrillic spelling па)

1. (and) then (= ȍndā)

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

   učenje pa odmor pa zabava ― learning, then rest, then fun

2. (and) so

   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. (with da or màkar) even if, even though, although
4. (with ȉpāk) (and, but) yet, still

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

5. (with da + i) even if

Particle

pa (Cyrillic spelling па)

1. (for emphasis) well, so

   Pa dobro! ― Well, all right!

   Pa što je s tobom? ― Well, what's wrong with you?

   Pa i ne baš ― Well, not exactly

   Pa što onda? ― So what? (literally, “So what then?”)

2. (regional, for emphasis) even

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

Conjunction

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.

Alternative forms

• pa’

Preposition

pa

1. (colloquial) Apocopic form of para

References

• 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 ..."

Verb

-pa (infinitive kupa)

1. to give to (someone)

Particle

pa

1. Pa class inflected form of -a.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak.

Noun

pa

1. pig

Further reading

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

Noun

pa m (plural pas)

1. father

Alternative forms

• py

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid (compare *kʷis); compare Latin quid, Old Irish cid, Modern Irish cad, Cornish py, pe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paː/

Pronoun

pa

1. (interrogative, archaic) what

Determiner

pa

1. which

Usage notes

• The usage of pa as an interrogative has been rendered obsolete by the modern word beth, which derives from the phrase pa beth, meaning literally ‘what thing’.
• pa as a determiner tends to be replaced by pwy in Southern Welsh.

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (“foot”), cognates include Sanskrit पद् (pád), Latin pes (French pied), German Fuß, English foot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔː/

Noun

pa ?

1. (anatomy) leg, foot