bapa

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. See also Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*bāppa, “father”).

• IPA^(key): /bapə/

bapa (Balinese script ᬩᬧ)

1. father

   Synonym: aji

M. Asfandi Adul hypothesizes an ultimately Dravidian source (compare Tamil அப்பா (appā)), with a native b- element descended from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba. See also Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*bāppa, “father”).

bapa

1. father

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

bapa

1. crocodile

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

Borrowed from Malay bapa.

• Hyphenation: ba‧pa
• IPA^(key): /ˈbapa/

bapa

1. (usually Ilocos Norte, dialectal) term of respect for a (male) person one generation older than the speaker

Inherited from Malay bapa. Doublet of bapak. See there for further etymology.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbapa/ [ˈba.pa]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ba‧pa
• Homophone: Bapa

bapa (plural bapa-bapa)

1. (uncommon) father
2. (rare) mister, sir

• “bapa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

bapa

1. romanization of ꦧꦥ

bapa

1. uncle

From Old Javanese bapa, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *appa. Hoogervorst mentioned that the word was affixed as *ba- (“someone who fulfils the function of or behaves like”) +‎ apak (“father”), which is a cognate of Tamil அப்பா (appā, “father”),^[1] and comparable to modern ber- +‎ apak. See also Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*bāppa, “father”).

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ba.pə]

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  • Rhymes: -pə, -ə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): [ba.pa]
  • Rhymes: -pa, -a
• Hyphenation: ba‧pa

bapa (Jawi spelling باڤ, plural bapa-bapa)

1. A father:
   1. A male parent.

      bapa Daniel ― Daniel's father

   2. The founder of a cause, movement and so on.

      Bapa Kemerdekaan ― Father of Independence

2. An uncle (male sibling of parent).
3. A form of address to an older male person.

(male parent):

• ayah (ayahanda, aya, yah)
• abah (aba, bah)
• rama

• Bapa (“God”) (Christianity)

• “bapa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “باڤق bapak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 43
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “باڤ bapa”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 81-2
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bapa”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 85

Possibly borrowed from Malay bapa (“father; uncle”), from Old Javanese bapa, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *appa. Compare Kapampangan bapa (“uncle”). See also Kapampangan ibpa (“father”).

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

bapa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜉ) (obsolete)

1. father

   Synonyms: ama, tatay

2. (Laguna) grandfather

   Synonyms: lolo, nuno, (dialectal) amba, (archaic) abwelo

3. term of address for a male person regardless of age

• Used by children to refer to their father but may be used as an insult by other people.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈpa/ [bɐˈpa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ba‧pa

bapá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜉ)

1. an indication of admiration: oh!

   Synonym: aya

   Ganda mo bapa!

   Oh how beautiful you are!

   Tamis bapa nito a!

   Oh how sweet is this!

   Pagkahayop mo bapa a!

   Oh what a big animal you are!

   Katiisan bapa nang loob niya a!

   Oh how enduring is his will!

• Sometimes used with particle a.

• “bapa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 104.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[4], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 25: “Admirarſe) Bapa (pc) [de algo] que oye o ve, pronunciãdo eſta palabra, poſpueſta . vt. ſacqit bapaa, o que gran dolor”
  • page 50: “Amado) Bapa (pp) nombre regalado de mayor a menor”
  • page 444: “Niñico) Bapa (pp) regalandoſe con algun niño”
  • page 448: “O) Bapa (pc) adver) de admiraçion, vt. galing bapa, o que co}a tambuena”
  • page 458: “Padre) Bapa (pp) nombre regalado con q̃ le nombra el hijo pero dicho por otro es afrenta”
  • page 507: “Querido) Bapa (pp) palabra regalada a niños”