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bapa

See also: Bapa

Balinese

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Romanization

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bapa

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬧ.

Banjarese

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Etymology

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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”).

Noun

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bapa

  1. father

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Blagar

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Noun

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bapa

  1. crocodile

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Ilocano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay bapa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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bapa

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

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay bapa, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?]. Doublet of Bapa and bapak. See also Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*bāppa, “father”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bapa/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧pa

Noun

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bapa (first-person possessive bapaku, second-person possessive bapamu, third-person possessive bapanya)

  1. (obsolete) father
  2. (obsolete) mister, sir
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Javanese

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Romanization

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bapa

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦥ

Kapampangan

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Noun

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bapa

  1. uncle

Malay

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Etymology

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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”).

Pronunciation

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  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ba.pə]
    • Audio (Malaysia, Johor-Riau):(file)
    • Rhymes: -pə, -ə
  • (Baku) IPA(key): [ba.pa]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧pa

Noun

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bapa (Jawi spelling باڤ, plural bapa-bapa, informal 1st possessive bapaku, 2nd possessive bapamu, 3rd possessive bapanya)

  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.

Synonyms

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(male parent):

Affixations

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Compounds

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See also

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  • Bapa (“God”) (Christianity)

References

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  1. ^ Tom Hoogervorst (2017) Andrea Acri, Roger Blench, Alexandra Landmann, editor, The Role of “Prakrit” in Maritime Southeast Asia through 101 Etymologies‎[1], ISEAS Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 375–440

Further reading

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  • “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
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