aapa

See also: A.A.P.A.

English

Etymology

From Urdu آپا‎ (āpā) / Hindi आपा (āpā) / Bengali আপা (apa).

Noun

aapa (plural aapas)

  1. (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, 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/, [ˈɑːpɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːpɑ
  • Syllabification(key): aa‧pa

Noun

aapa

  1. 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
aapainrare
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
instructive — aavoin
abessive aavatta aavoitta
comitative — aapoineen
Possessive forms of aapa (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person aapani aapamme
2nd person aapasi aapanne
3rd person aapansa

Synonyms

References
  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Helsinki: Sanoma Pro OY. →ISBN.

Inupiaq

Etymology

Proto-Eskimo *ata-ata (“father”)

Noun

aapa

  1. father

Synonyms

References
  • National Bilingual Materials Development Center, Alaska (1979). Kaniqsisautit Uqayusragnikun Kobuk Inupiat Junior Dictionary
  • Seiler, W. (2012). Iñupiatun Eskimo Dictionary, SIL International

Pitjantjatjara

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English half.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaːpa/, [ˈɐːpɐ]

Noun

aapa

  1. part

References
  • "aapa" in Cliff Goddard (1992) Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, 2nd edition
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