bapa
Balinese
Romanization
bapa
- Romanization of ᬩᬧ.
Banjarese
Etymology
M. Asfandi Adul hypothesizes an ultimately Dravidian source (compare Tamil அப்பா (appā)), with a native b- element descended from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba.
Noun
bapa
- father
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Blagar
Noun
bapa
- crocodile
References
- A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
Ilocano
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay bapa.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧pa
- IPA(key): /ˈbapa/
Noun
bapa
- (usually Amianan, dialectal) Term of respect for a (male) person one generation older than the speaker.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay bapa, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?]. Doublet of Bapa and bapak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bapa/
- Hyphenation: ba‧pa
Noun
bapa (first-person possessive bapaku, second-person possessive bapamu, third-person possessive bapanya)
- (obsolete) father
- (obsolete) mister, sir
Related terms
- bapak
Further reading
- “bapa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Romanization
bapa
- Romanization of ꦧꦥ
Kapampangan
Noun
bapa
- uncle
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Balinese bapa).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /bapə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /bapa/
- Rhymes: -apə, -pə, -ə
Audio (Johor-Selangor) (file) - Rhymes: -pa
Noun
bapa (plural bapa-bapa, informal 1st possessive bapaku, 2nd possessive bapamu, 3rd possessive bapanya)
- father (male parent)
Synonyms
- ayah (ayahanda, aya, yah)
- abah (aba, bah)
- rama
Related terms
- bapanda
- bapai
- bapak
- bapang
- baba
- papa
References
- 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, page 81-2
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “bapa”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 85
Further reading
- “bapa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.