apa

apa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Southern Athabaskan languages.

From Coptic ⲁⲡⲁ (apa).

apa (plural apas)

1. A title used for male clergy or saints in the Coptic Church.

• A.A.P., AAP, PAA

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa (compare Indonesian apa, Hawaiian aha).

• IPA^(key): /apə/

apa (Balinese script ᬳᬧ)

1. (interrogative) what

   Ada orta apa? ― What is the news?

   Apa orta? ― what's new?

   Apa ento? ― what's that?

• “apa”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈa.pa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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apa

1. come on, let's go
2. hang on, not so fast

• “apa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “apa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

• Hyphenation: a‧pa

apa

1. an ice cream cone
2. a lumpia wrapper

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔapa/ [ˈʔa.pa]
• Hyphenation: a‧pa

apa (Basahan spelling ᜀᜉ)

1. ice cream cone

   Synonym: kopa

Compare Central Bikol apa, Cebuano apa, and Tal apa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈapa/, [ˈa.pa]
• Hyphenation: a‧pa

apa

1. ice cream wafer or cone
2. thin wafer made of rice starch

Compare Choctaw apa.

• IPA^(key): /a.pa/

apa (short verb)

1. (active voice, transitive) to eat

   Synonym: impa (active, intransitive)

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

• Mobilian: apa

Borrowed from Middle English ape, from Old English apa, from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô (see there for more).

apa m (plural apys)

1. ape

• “apa” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

• aba

From Latin apis. Cognates include Italian ape and Neapolitan apa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈapa/

apa f (plural ape)

1. bee

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

apa

1. romanization of 𐌀𐌐𐌀

From Old Norse api (“ape, monkey”), from Proto-Germanic *apô (“monkey, ape”), from Proto-Indo-European *abō- (“ape”). Cognate with Dutch aap (“monkey, ape”), Low German ape (“ape”), German Affe (“monkey, ape”), Swedish apa (“ape”), Icelandic api (“ape”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛaːʰpa/

apa f (genitive singular apu, plural apur)

1. ape, monkey

apa

1. inflection of appaa:
   1. indicative present connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative present/present connegative

• abba

From Vulgar Latin *apa, reshaping of Classical Latin apis (“bee”). Cognate with Corsican apa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈapa/

apa f (plural api)

1. bee

• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Probably cognate with Tibetan ཨ་ཕ (a pha).

apa

1. father

• paa
• pagipa (formal)
• baba

apâ

1. dumb, mute, tongue-tied

Most likely from Turkic, compare Old Turkic 𐰯𐰀 (pa /⁠apa⁠/, “father”), or from Proto-Uralic *ëppe (“father-in-law”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒpɒ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -pɒ
• Hyphenation: apa
• Syllabification: a‧pa

apa (plural apák)

1. father

   Synonyms: (archaic) atya, édesapa, (informal) apu, (informal) apuka, (informal) apuci, (informal) apucika, (informal) apci, (informal) apus, (informal) apácska, (informal) papa, (informal) papi, (informal) papus, (slang) fater

   Hypernym: szülő

   Coordinate term: anya

• 'of a son'

• otherwise (e.g. the best father of the town). Difference at apája/apja and apájuk/apjuk.

• apa in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• apa in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).
• apa in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːpa/

  Rhymes: -aːpa

Declension forms of api (“a monkey”).

apa m

1. indefinite accusative singular of api
2. indefinite dative singular of api
3. indefinite genitive singular of api
4. indefinite accusative plural of api
5. indefinite genitive plural of api

From api (“monkey”).

apa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative apaði, supine apað)

1. used in set phrases [with accusative]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• apa eftir

Inherited from Malay apa, from Proto-Malayic *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa. The sense 3 as a determiner is a clipping of apakah.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈapa/ [ˈa.pa]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: a‧pa

apa

1. what (interrogative)

   Kamu makan apa?

   What do you eat?

2. what (indirect interrogative)

   Saya bertanya-tanya tujuan apa yang ingin dia raih

   I wonder what goal he wants to achieve.

3. (colloquial) do (question marker)
   Apa dia ngerti?

   Does he understand?

apa

1. what (interrogative)

   Nama tempatnya apa?

   What's the name of the place?

2. what (fused relative)

   Dia kuasai betul apa yang dia gemari sejak kecil.

   She really masters what she is fond of since childhood.

   Apa yang kau simpan itu punyaku.

   What you keep is mine.

apa

1. what?

   Apa? Kucing kita sedang melahirkan?

   What? Our cat is giving birth?

• apa is usually used after a word for the interrogative and indirect interrogative senses.
• siapa is used for asking a person's name instead of apa.

• “apa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

apa

1. romanization of ꦲꦥ

• perghhh (Internet slang)

From Proto-Malayic *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa (compare Māori aha).

• (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): /ˈapə/ [ˈa.pə]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -apə

• (Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /ˈapa/ [ˈa.pa]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • Rhymes: -apa
• Hyphenation: a‧pa

apa (Jawi spelling اڤ)

1. What:
   1. An expression of surprise or disbelief.

      Apa, itu jawapan yang betul?

      What, that's the correct answer?

   2. What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires.

      Apa? Aku ada hal lain lah.

      What? I have other business to attend to.

   3. What did you say? I beg your pardon? This usage is often considered impolite, with the more polite "Maaf?" or "Sori?" preferred.

      — Saya nak yang eerrrrrr mmmm ...
      — Apa?

      — I want the eerrrrrr mmmm ...
      — What?

   4. Indicating a guess or approximation, or a pause to try to recall information.

      Synonym: berapa (with numbers)

      Dia, apa, doktor, kan?

      He is, what, a doctor, right?

apa (Jawi spelling اڤ, formal interrogative form apakah)

1. What:
   1. (interrogative) Used as an interrogative pronoun.

      Apa warna kegemaran kamu?

      What is your favourite colour?

   2. (relative) Used as a relative pronoun.

      Aku tak dengar apa dia cakap.

      I didn't hear what he said.

2. (interrogative, emphatic) Used to inquire about a fact; "is it the case that…", "is it that…".

   Apa kau fikir kau seorang yang tahu?

   Do you think only you know? (lit. "Is it the case that you think only you know?"

apa (Jawi spelling اڤ)

1. (uncommon) Or.

   Synonyms: atau, ke

   Ya apa tidak?

   Yes or no?

• > Indonesian: apa (inherited)
• → Min Nan: 啊吧 (a-pā)

• "apa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

apa

1. chaff

apa (passive aparia)

1. to heap; layer; stack

apa

1. layer; level

apa

1. servant; slave

apa

1. spiritual beings; ancestral spirits

• whatukura (“male spirits”)
• māreikura (“female spirits”)

• "apa" – Māori Dictionary

• lapa

From Latin apis, apem. Compare Italian ape, Corsican abba.

apa f (plural ape)

1. bee

• apen (of noun)
• apet (of verb)
• apte (of verb, simple past)
• apt (of verb, past participle)

apa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of ape

apa

1. simple past of ape
2. past participle of ape

From ape.

• e-infinitive

apa (present tense apar/aper, past tense apa/apte, past participle apa/apt, passive infinitive apast, present participle apande, imperative apa/ap)

1. to ape, mimic or imitate.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• apen

apa f

1. definite feminine singular of ape

• “apa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô. Cognate with Old Frisian *apa, Old Saxon apo, Old Dutch *apo, Old High German affo, Old Norse api.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.pɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑ.pɑ

apa m

1. simian (monkey, ape)
   • (Can we date this quote?), Sextus Placitus^[1], Medicina de Quadrupedibus:

     Wið apan bite oððe mannes smyre mid fearres geallan

     For the bite of ape or of man, smear with bulls' gall

Weak:

• Middle English: ape, aape (Late Middle English, rare), eape (AB language)
  • English: ape
  • Scots: ape, aip
  • → Cornish: apa
  • → Middle Irish:
    • Irish: ápa
    • Manx: apey, eapey
    • Scottish Gaelic: apa
  • → Welsh: âb, epa

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

• IPA^(key): /a.pa/
• Rhymes: -pa
• Hyphenation: a‧pa

apa

1. what

• > Javanese: ꦲꦥ (apa) (inherited)

apa f

1. creek
2. river

Extracted from appoti and its compound pāpuṇāti.

apa ?

1. the Pali root ap
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     [c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 46:

     121. Su savane saka sattimhi
     khi khayamhi gi saddane
     apa sambhu ca pāpuṇane
     hi gatimhi vu saṃvare.

     121. Su for listening, sak for strength, / khī for dimunition, ge for sound / ap for progeny and attainment / hi for gone, var for restraint.]

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.pa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -apa
• Hyphenation: apa

apa

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of apă (“water”)

apa

1. can

Borrowed from Quechua apa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈapa/ [ˈa.pa]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: a‧pa

apa m (plural apas)

1. only used in al apa

• “apa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

• Audio (Kenya):

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-apa (infinitive kuapa)

1. to take an oath, to swear

Conjugation of -apa
Positive present -naapa Subjunctive -ape Negative -api Imperative singular apa
Infinitives
Positive kuapa Negative kutoapa
Imperatives
Singular apa Plural apeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huapa Positive past positive subject concord + -liapa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuapa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naapa) Singular Plural 1st person ninaapa/naapa tunaapa 2nd person unaapa mnaapa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaapa wanaapa other classes positive subject concord + -naapa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -api) Singular Plural 1st person siapi hatuapi 2nd person huapi hamwapi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haapi hawaapi other classes negative subject concord + -api
Positive future positive subject concord + -taapa Negative future negative subject concord + -taapa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ape) Singular Plural 1st person niape tuape 2nd person uape mwape 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aape waape other classes positive subject concord + -ape
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siape Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeapa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeapa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliapa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliapa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aapa) Singular Plural 1st person naapa twaapa 2nd person waapa mwaapa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aapa waapa m-mi(III/IV) waapa yaapa ji-ma(V/VI) laapa yaapa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaapa vyaapa n(IX/X) yaapa zaapa u(XI) waapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaapa pa(XVI) paapa mu(XVIII) mwaapa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meapa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaapa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaapa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiapa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoapa Consecutive kaapa / positive subject concord + -kaapa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaape
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niapa -tuapa 2nd person -kuapa -waapa/-kuapeni/-waapeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwapa -waapa m-mi(III/IV) -uapa -iapa ji-ma(V/VI) -liapa -yaapa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiapa -viapa n(IX/X) -iapa -ziapa u(XI) -uapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuapa pa(XVI) -paapa mu(XVIII) -muapa Reflexive -jiapa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -apa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -apaye -apao m-mi(III/IV) -apao -apayo ji-ma(V/VI) -apalo -apayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -apacho -apavyo n(IX/X) -apayo -apazo u(XI) -apao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -apako pa(XVI) -apapo mu(XVIII) -apamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -apa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeapa -oapa m-mi(III/IV) -oapa -yoapa ji-ma(V/VI) -loapa -yoapa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choapa -vyoapa n(IX/X) -yoapa -zoapa u(XI) -oapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koapa pa(XVI) -poapa mu(XVIII) -moapa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -apia
  • Causative: -apisha
  • Reciprocal: -apana
  • Stative: -apika

• Nominal derivations:
  • kiapo (“oath”)

• yamini (“oath”)

From Old Swedish apa, from Old Norse api, from Proto-Germanic *apô (“monkey, ape”), from Proto-Indo-European *abō- (“ape”).

• IPA^(key): /²ɑːˌpa/, [²ɒ̜ːˌpa]

• Audio:

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apa c (plural apor)

1. a monkey; an ape (primate)

   De visade en dokumentär om apor på teve

   They showed a documentary about monkeys on TV

2. (slang, derogatory) A dumb or annoying person; idiot.

   Vad gör den där jävla apan här?

   What's that moron doing here?

3. (colloquial, idiomatic) A bad smell.

   Det luktar apa här inne.

   It smells terrible in here.

4. (nautical, historical) A sail on the mainmast or mizzenmast of a sailing ship.

• apglas
• klätterapa
• människoapa (“great ape”)

• primat (“primate”)

apa (present apar, preterite apade, supine apat, imperative apa)

1. To (attempt to) imitate without a sense of originality, usually with the particle efter; to ape, to monkey.

   De apade bara efter det jag hade skrivit.

   They just aped what I had written.

2. (reflexive) To behave in a whimsical or foolish manner; to clown around.

   Hon apade sig inför hela klassen.

   She monkeyed around in front of the whole class.

• efterapa

• “apa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “apa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “apa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

According to Panganiban (1973)^[1] and English (1987),^[2] this is of Japanese origin. Attested as early as 1910s.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔapa/ [ˈʔaː.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: a‧pa

apa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉ)

1. ice cream wafer or cone
2. thin wafer made of rice starch
3. (figurative) brittle or weak material

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈpaʔ/ [ʔɐˈpaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: a‧pa

apâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉ)

1. groping

   Synonyms: apuhap, kapa, salat

2. (figurative) pilfered; stolen

   Synonyms: dukot, kupit, nakaw

• “apa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “apa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 46

• paa, aap

From Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”). Compare ebe (“aunt, midwife”).

apa (definite accusative apayı, plural apalar)

1. (Konya) elder sister

• abla
• ebe

• bacı
• kız kardeş

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

apa

1. four

apa

1. alternative form of apan
   • 1867, “BIT OF DIALOGUE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 111:

     Aar's a dole o' sneow apa greound to-die.

     There is a deal of snow upon the ground to-day.

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 23

• IPA^(key): /à.k͡pà/

àpà

1. wastefulness, prodigality, a wasteful person, prodigal
2. spendthrift, squanderer

• ìwà àpà

• IPA^(key): /à.k͡pà/

àpà

1. the arm of a talking drum

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *á-ká. Cognate with Igbo aka (“arm/hand”), Nupe ekpá (“shoulder”), Olukumi áká (“shoulder, wing”), Igala íká (“wing”), possibly a Doublet of èjìká. The root is reconstructed to Proto-Niger-Congo *-ka (“hand”), where it is believed to have held the meaning "five." See Defaka ápá as well.

• ọká (Èkìtì)
• aká (Akure)

• IPA^(key): /ā.k͡pá/

apá

1. arm

   wọ́n gbé apá gangan sí wa ― They raised their arms in defiance

2. wing

   Synonym: ìyẹ́

3. part, volume

   wọ́n kó apá kan ― They took one portion

4. direction, side

   ó dúró sí apá ọ̀dọ̀ọ̀ mi ― She stood by my side

• IPA^(key): /ā.k͡pá/

apá

1. African mahogany tree

   wọ́n dòòyì ká apá, apá kò ká apá ― They encircled and surrounded the African mahogany tree, but their hands never got the tree under their control (proverb on invincibility)

• IPA^(key): /ā.k͡pá/

apá

1. The tree Afzelia pachyloba

• IPA^(key): /à.k͡pá/

àpá

1. ringworm

   Synonym: làpálàpá

• làpálàpá
• alápàá
• àpá-síso (“keloid”)

• IPA^(key): /à.k͡pá/

àpá

1. scar (of a healed wound)

   àpá kì í jọ̀lọ̀ títí kó dàbí ara gidi ― A scar does not fully heal up to become the natural skin (proverb on the permanent effect of any damage)

• IPA^(key): /à.k͡pá/

àpá

1. mark, sign

   Synonym: àmì