aapa
English
Etymology
From Urdu آپا (āpā) / Bengali আপা (apa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːpɑː/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
aapa (plural aapas)
- (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, rare) A sister that is older than oneself; also used as a term of familiarity or respect toward a woman that is older.
- 2006, Asha Ranawa, Woman's Triumph[1], page 46:
- I am close to bhai and his wife Shaffo, whom I call aapa, who herself is a well-read person and a true soul-mate to her husband.
Finnish
Etymology
From a Sami language (compare Northern Sami áhpi (“swamp, high seas”)), from Old Norse haf.
In use at least since the second half of the 19th century, for instance attested in Elias Lönnrot: Suomalais-ruotsalainen sanakirja ("Finnish-Swedish Dictionary", 1866-1880).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːpɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ːpɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑːpɑ
- Syllabification(key): aa‧pa
- Hyphenation(key): aa‧pa
Noun
aapa
- A type of open swamp.
Declension
| Inflection of aapa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aapa | aavat | |
| genitive | aavan | aapojen | |
| partitive | aapaa | aapoja | |
| illative | aapaan | aapoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | aapa | aavat | |
| accusative | nom. | aapa | aavat |
| gen. | aavan | ||
| genitive | aavan | aapojen aapain rare | |
| partitive | aapaa | aapoja | |
| inessive | aavassa | aavoissa | |
| elative | aavasta | aavoista | |
| illative | aapaan | aapoihin | |
| adessive | aavalla | aavoilla | |
| ablative | aavalta | aavoilta | |
| allative | aavalle | aavoille | |
| essive | aapana | aapoina | |
| translative | aavaksi | aavoiksi | |
| abessive | aavatta | aavoitta | |
| instructive | — | aavoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Helsinki: Sanoma Pro OY. →ISBN.
Further reading
- “aapa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Inupiaq
Etymology
Proto-Eskimo *ata-ata (“father”)
Noun
aapa
Synonyms
References
- National Bilingual Materials Development Center, Alaska (1979). Kaniqsisautit Uqayusragnikun Kobuk Inupiat Junior Dictionary
- Seiler, W. (2012). Iñupiatun Eskimo Dictionary, SIL International
Paraujano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːpa/
- Rhymes: -aːpa
- Syllabification: aa‧pa
Etymology 1
Noun
aapa (inalienable, first person singular taapa, second person singular paapa)
Etymology 2
Verb
aapa 1 (transitive)
Conjugation
| Subjective construction | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| general | future simple | past immediate | present simultaneous | past perfect | future intentional | future immediate | ||||
| masculine s. | aapi | aapeechi | aapichi | aapüi | aapatüi | aapiyachi | aapiyachichi | |||
| feminine s. | aapü | aapeerü | aapirü | aapürü | aapatürü | aapiyatü | aapiyatirü | |||
| c. plural | aapin | aapeenü | aapinü | aapinü | aapatünü | aapiyanü | aapiyaninü | |||
Derived terms
- aapari (“donor”)
- aapüwü (“present”)
References
- Álvarez, José, Bravo, María (2008) “aapa”, in Diccionario básico de la lengua añú [Basic dictionary of the Añú language][3], Maracaibo, Venezuela: University of Zulia, →ISBN, page 41.
Pitjantjatjara
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːpa/, [ˈɐːpɐ]
Noun
aapa
References
- "aapa" in Cliff Goddard (1992) Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, 2nd edition