# apa
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## English
### Etymology

From Coptic ⲁⲡⲁ (apa).

### Noun

apa (plural apas)
* A title used for male clergy or saints in the Coptic Church.

### Anagrams

* A.A.P., AAP, PAA

## Balinese
### Romanization

apa
* Romanization of ᬳᬧ

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔapa/ [ˈʔa.pa]
* Hyphenation: a‧pa

### Noun

apa (Basahan spelling ᜀᜉ)
* ice cream cone
    Synonym: kopa

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.pə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈa.pa]

### Interjection

apa
* come on, let's go
* hang on, not so fast

### Further reading

* “apa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “apa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧pa

### Noun

apa
* an ice cream cone
* a lumpia wrapper

## Chickasaw
### Etymology

Compare Choctaw apa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.pa/

### Verb

apa (short verb)
* (active voice, transitive) to eat
    Synonym: impa (active, intransitive)

#### Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* ahámpa
* ikpo
* imappa
* ámpa
* áꞌpa

#### Descendants

* Mobilian: apa

## Cornish
### Noun

apa
* ape

### References

* http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

## Corsican
### Alternative forms

* aba

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈapa/

### Noun

apa f (plural ape)
* bee

#### References

* https://infcor.adecec.net/

## Etruscan
### Romanization

apa
* Romanisation of 𐌀𐌐𐌀

## Faroese
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛaːʰpa/

### Noun

apa f (genitive singular apu, plural apur)
* ape, monkey

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Verb

apa
* inflection of appaa:
** indicative present connegative
** second-person singular imperative present/present connegative

## Gallurese
### Alternative forms

* abba

### Etymology

Inherited from Corsican apa, from Vulgar Latin *apa, reshaping of Classical Latin apis (“bee”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈapa/

### Noun

apa f (plural api)
* bee

### References

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

## Garo
### Etymology

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

### Noun

apa
* father

#### Synonyms

* paa
* pagipa (formal)
* baba

## Hiligaynon
### Adjective

apâ
* dumb, mute, tongue-tied

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Most likely from Turkic, compare Old Turkic 𐰯𐰀 (pa /⁠apa⁠/, “father”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒpɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: apa
* Rhymes: -pɒ

### Noun

apa (plural apák)
* 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

#### Declension

* 'of a son'
* otherwise (e.g. the best father of the town). Difference at apája/apja and apájuk/apjuk.

#### Derived terms

* apai
* apaság
* apátlan
* apu
* apus
* apaállat
* apanév
* családapa
* dédapa
* keresztapa
* mostohaapa
* nagyapa
* ősapa
* szépapa
* ükapa

### Further reading

* apa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: 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 2024).
* apa in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaːpa/
    Rhymes: -aːpa

### Etymology 1

Declension forms of api (“a monkey”).

#### Noun

apa m
* indefinite accusative singular of api
* indefinite dative singular of api
* indefinite genitive singular of api
* indefinite accusative plural of api
* indefinite genitive plural of api

### Etymology 2

From api (“monkey”).

#### Verb

apa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative apaði, supine apað)
* used in set phrases [with accusative]

##### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

##### Derived terms

* apa eftir

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apa/
* Rhymes: -pa, -a

### Etymology 1

From Malay apa, from Proto-Malayic *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

#### Pronoun

apa
* what (interrogative pronoun)

### Etymology 2

Clipping of apakah.

#### Particle

apa
* (colloquial) introduces a question
    Apa kamu mengerti?Do you understand?

### Derived terms

* apa-apa (“anything”)
* apabila (“when”)
* beberapa (“several”)
* berapa (“how much”)
* kenapa (“why”)
* mengapa (“why”)
* sesiapa (“anyone”)
* siapa (“who”)

### Further reading

* “apa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

apa
* Romanization of ꦲꦥ

## Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Interjection

apa (Jawi spelling اڤ)
* What:
** An expression of surprise or disbelief.
    Apa, itu jawapan yang betul?What, that's the correct answer?
** 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.
** 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?
** 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?

### Pronoun

apa (Jawi spelling اڤ, formal interrogative form apakah)
* What:
** (interrogative) Used as an interrogative pronoun.
    Apa warna kegemaran kamu?What is your favourite colour?
** (relative) Used as a relative pronoun.
    Aku tak dengar apa dia cakap.I didn't hear what he said.
* (interrogative) Used to inquire about a fact; "is it the case that…", "is it that….
    Apa kereta itu mahal?Is that car expensive? (lit, "Is it the case that that car is expensive?"

### Conjunction

apa (Jawi spelling اڤ)
* (uncommon) Or.
    Synonyms: atau, ke
    Ya apa tidak?Yes or no?

#### Affixations

* apa-apa / اڤ٢ (“anything”)
* apabila / اڤابيلا (“when”)
* apakah / اڤاکه (“what / is it that”)
* beberapa / ببراڤ (“several”)
* berapa / براڤ (“how much”)
* mengapa / مڠاڤ (“why”)
* sesiapa / سسياڤا (“anyone”)
* siapa / سياڤا (“who”)

#### Compounds

* apa akal
* apa boleh buat (“what can we do?”)
* apa daya
* apa khabar, apa macam (“how are you?”)
* apa pasal (“for what reason; why”)
* apa sahaja, apa saja, barang apa, segala apa (“whatever”)
* apa tidaknya, apa taknya (“of course”)
* apa ubahnya
* kenapa, kena apa (“why”)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: apa
* → Min Nan: 啊吧 (a-pā)

### Further reading

* “apa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Mansaka
### Noun

apa
* chaff

## Maori
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

apa (passive aparia)
* to heap; layer; stack

#### Noun

apa
* layer; level

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

apa
* servant; slave

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

apa
* spiritual beings; ancestral spirits

##### Coordinate terms

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

### References

* "apa" – Māori Dictionary

## Neapolitan
### Alternative forms

* lapa

### Etymology

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

### Noun

apa f (plural ape)
* bee

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

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

### Noun

apa m or f
* definite feminine singular of ape

### Verb

apa
* simple past of ape
* past participle of ape

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From ape.

#### Alternative forms

* e-infinitive

#### Verb

apa (present tense apar/aper, past tense apa/apte, past participle apa/apt, passive infinitive apast, present participle apande, imperative apa/ap)
* to ape, mimic or imitate.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* apen

#### Noun

apa f
* definite feminine singular of ape

### References

* “apa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑ.pɑ/

### Noun

apa m
* monkey, ape
    Sē apa fēoll of þām trēowe.The monkey fell from the tree.
    Þā ǣrestan menn nǣron þā sīðmestan apan.The first humans weren't the last apes.
    Menn sind þā āne apan þe twifēte sind and uprihte gāþ.Humans are the only primates that are bipedal and walk upright.

#### Declension

Weak:

#### Descendants

* Middle English: ape, eape, aape
** English: ape
** Scots: ape, aip

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.pa/
* Rhymes: -pa
* Hyphenation: a‧pa

### Pronoun

apa
* what

#### Derived terms

* apa nya
* apakĕna
* aṅapa
* aṅapakĕn
* di mapa
* inapa
* inapakĕn
* iṅ apa
* kapakĕna
* kinapakĕn
* mapa
* mapeki
* riṅ apa
* sāpa
* tan apa
* tan hanâpa
* tan hanâṅapa
* tan inapa
* tan paṅapa
* tan pinakāpa
* umapa
* yan apa

#### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦲꦥ (apa) (inherited)

## Old Saxon
### Noun

apa f
* creek
* river

## Pali
### Etymology

Extracted from appoti and its compound pāpuṇāti.

### Noun

apa ?
* the Pali root ap
** [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.]

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.pa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -apa
* Hyphenation: apa

### Noun

apa
* definite nominative/accusative singular of apă (“water”)

## Samoan
### Noun

apa
* can

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua apa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈapa/ [ˈa.pa]
* Rhymes: -apa
* Syllabification: a‧pa

### Noun

apa m (plural apas)
* Only used in al apa

### Further reading

* “apa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-apa (infinitive kuapa)
* to take an oath, to swear

#### Conjugation

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 future | positive subject concord + -taapa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -taapa |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -apia
** Causative: -apisha
** Reciprocal: -apana
** Stative: -apika
* Nominal derivations:
** kiapo (“oath”)

#### See also

* yamini (“oath”)

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ɑːˌpa/, [²ɒ̜ːˌpa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

apa c (plural apor)
* A primate; ape, monkey.
    De visade en dokumentär om apor på teve.They showed a documentary about primates on TV.
* (slang, derogatory) A dumb or annoying person; idiot.
    Vad gör den där jävla apan här?What's that moron doing here?
* (colloquial, idiomatic) A bad smell.
    Det luktar apa här inne.It smells terrible in here.
* (nautical, historical) A sail on the main mast or mizzen mast of a sailing ship.

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | apa | apas |
| singular | definite | apan | apans |
| plural | indefinite | apor | apors |
| plural | definite | aporna | apornas |

#### Derived terms

* apglas

### Verb

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

#### Derived terms

* efterapa

### References

* apa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* apa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* apa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

apa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉ)
* ice cream wafer or cone
* thin wafer made of rice starch

##### Derived terms

* hugis-apa
* yaring-apa

##### See also

* barkilyos
* biskuwit
* ostiya

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

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

#### Adjective

apâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉ)
* groping
    Synonyms: apuhap, kapa, salat
* (figurative) pilfered; stolen
    Synonyms: dukot, kupit, nakaw

### References

* ↑ Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 62
* ↑ English, Leo James (1987) Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 63

### Further reading

* “apa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “apa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 46.

### Anagrams

* paa, aap

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

apa (definite accusative apayı, plural apalar)
* (Konya) elder sister

#### Related terms

* abla
* ebe

### See also

* bacı
* kız kardeş

## Wolio
### Etymology

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

### Numeral

apa
* four

## Yola
### Preposition

apa
* 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.

### References

* 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

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.k͡pà/

#### Noun

àpà
* wastefulness, prodigality, a wasteful person, prodigal
* spendthrift, squanderer

##### Derived terms

* ìwà àpà

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.k͡pà/

#### Noun

àpà
* the arm of a talking drum

### Etymology 3

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.

#### Alternative forms

* ọká (Èkìtì)
* aká (Akure)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.k͡pá/

#### Noun

apá
* arm
    wọ́n gbé apá gangan sí wa ― They raised their arms in defiance
* wing
    Synonym: ìyẹ́
* part, volume
    wọ́n kó apá kan ― They took one portion
* direction, side
    ó dúró sí apá ọ̀dọ̀ọ̀ mi ― She stood by my side

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.k͡pá/

#### Noun

apá
* 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)

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.k͡pá/

#### Noun

apá
* The tree Afzelia pachyloba

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.k͡pá/

#### Noun

àpá
* ringworm
    Synonym: làpálàpá

##### Derived terms

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

### Etymology 7
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.k͡pá/

#### Noun

àpá
* 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)

### Etymology 8
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.k͡pá/

#### Noun

àpá
* mark, sign
    Synonym: àmì