JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

  1. Rōmaji transcription of パー
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ぱぁ

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

(pa1, Zhuyin ㄆㄚ)

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MaoriEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *pa (enclosure). Cognates include Hawaiian and Rapa Nui .

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

  1. to touch, strike, hit (as by a stone), tag, affect
  2. to reach
  3. to be connected with, relate to, pertaining to, regarding
  4. to be heard, reach one's ears, hold personal communication with
  5. to blow (as the wind)
  6. to participate, act together, act in concert, join in (an undertaking)
  7. to have sex
  8. to block up

NounEdit

  1. fortified place
  2. fortified village, usually on steep-sided raised ground that facilitates defence and affords good view of approaching attackers, such as a hilltop, promontory or small island
  3. screen or blockade
  4. clump, group or flock
  5. contact (netball, etc.)

ReferencesEdit

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

MarshalleseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

  1. arm; hand
  2. wing
  3. fin

ReferencesEdit

Rapa NuiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *pa (enclosure). Cognates include Hawaiian and Maori .

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaː/
  • Hyphenation:

VerbEdit

  1. (transitive) to encircle

ReferencesEdit

  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29