pāpaka

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic *paka-paka (compare with Tahitian paʻapaʻa, Samoan paʻa and paʻapaʻa, Tongan paka, and Hawaiian pāpaʻi)[1][2]

Noun

pāpaka

  1. paddle crab, Ovalipes catharus
  2. crabs in general
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

pāpaka

  1. scab, eczema

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 316
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “paapaka”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Further reading

  • “pāpaka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀧𑀸𑀧𑀓 (Brahmi script)
  • पापक (Devanagari script)
  • পাপক (Bengali script)
  • පාපක (Sinhalese script)
  • ပါပက or ပႃပၵ (Burmese script)
  • ปาปก or ปาปะกะ (Thai script)
  • ᨷᩤᨷᨠ (Tai Tham script)
  • ປາປກ or ປາປະກະ (Lao script)
  • បាបក (Khmer script)
  • 𑄛𑄂𑄛𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

pāpa (“wicked”) +‎ -ka

Adjective

pāpaka

  1. evil

Declension

Declension table of "pāpaka" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)pāpakopāpakā
Accusative (second)pāpakaṃpāpake
Instrumental (third)pāpakenapāpakehi or pāpakebhi
Dative (fourth)pāpakassa or pāpakāya or pāpakatthaṃpāpakānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)pāpakasmā or pāpakamhā or pāpakāpāpakehi or pāpakebhi
Genitive (sixth)pāpakassapāpakānaṃ
Locative (seventh)pāpakasmiṃ or pāpakamhi or pāpakepāpakesu
Vocative (calling)pāpakapāpakā
Declension table of "pāpaka" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)pāpakaṃpāpakāni
Accusative (second)pāpakaṃpāpakāni
Instrumental (third)pāpakenapāpakehi or pāpakebhi
Dative (fourth)pāpakassa or pāpakāya or pāpakatthaṃpāpakānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)pāpakasmā or pāpakamhā or pāpakāpāpakehi or pāpakebhi
Genitive (sixth)pāpakassapāpakānaṃ
Locative (seventh)pāpakasmiṃ or pāpakamhi or pāpakepāpakesu
Vocative (calling)pāpakapāpakāni
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