# papa
## Translingual
### Noun

papa
* Alternative letter-case form of Papa of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

## English
### Etymology

From French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa, probably originally a reduplicated imitation of a child's early efforts at vocalising Latin pater (“father”). Compare Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pə-päʹ, IPA: /pəˈpɑː/
* (General American) enPR: päʹ-pə, IPA: /ˈpɑːpə/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Homophones: poppa (father-bother merger); popper (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)
* Rhymes: -ɑː, -ɑːpə
* Hyphenation: pa‧pa

### Noun

papa (plural papas)
* (often childish) Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
* (informal) A pet name for one's grandfather.
* A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
** 1892, Fergus Hume, The Island of Fantasy: A Romance:they are all of the Orthodox Church, and obey devoutly the precepts of Papa Athanasius
* (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Papa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

#### Derived terms

* come to papa
* papa's girl

#### Related terms

* father
* pa
* pappy
* pater
* paw
* pop
* poppa

#### See also

* da
* dad
* daddy

### Anagrams

* APAP

## Akan
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pàpá]

#### Noun

papa
* father

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pápá]

#### Noun

papa
* kindness

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## 'Are'are
### Noun

papa
* grandchild
* grandparent

### References

* Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pa‧pa
* IPA: /ˈpapa/ [ˈpa.pa]

### Noun

papa (feminine mama)
* A father; a (generally human) male who begets a child.
* A term of address to one's father, father-in-law or husband.
    Synonyms: ama, tatay

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈpa.pə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpa.pa]
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

papa m (plural papes)
* pope

##### Related terms

* papal
* papat

##### Further reading

* “papa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

papa
* inflection of papar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pa‧pa

### Noun

papa
* a father; a (generally human) male who begets a child
* a term of address to one's father, father-in-law or husband

#### Synonyms

* (a father): ama, amahan, tatay

## Chinook Jargon
### Etymology

Borrowed from English, French, or Michif papa.

### Noun

papa
* father

#### Coordinate terms

* (with regard to gender): mama, naha

## Dieri
### Noun

papa
* the sister of one's father; paternal aunt

## Dupaningan Agta
### Noun

papa
* duck

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* pappa (less common)

### Etymology

Borrowed from French papa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑ.paː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pa‧pa

### Noun

papa m (plural papa's, diminutive papaatje n)
* dad (term of address for one’s father, especially used by young children)
    Synonyms: pa, pap

#### Derived terms

* papadag

#### Descendants

* Berbice Creole Dutch: papa
* Negerhollands: popa, pupa
** → Virgin Islands Creole: popa, pupa (dated)
* Skepi Creole Dutch: papai

#### See also

* vader

## Eastern Bontoc
### Noun

papa
* duck

## Ewe
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pæpɑː/

### Noun

papa
* dad
* daddy
* father

## French
### Etymology

From Middle French papa, child-speak, syllable-repetitive; compare maman.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.pa/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

papa m (plural papas)
* (childish) papa, a child's father; also as form of address: dad, daddy
    Papa, on va où ?Daddy, where are we going?
    Au revoir, papa, je t’appelle demain.Bye, Dad. I'll call you tomorrow.
* pops, any man of roughly fatherly age and appearance

#### Derived terms

* à la papa
* barbe-à-papa
* fils à papa
* grand-papa
* papa poule
* papa-gâteau

### References

* Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

### Further reading

* “papa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* “papa” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
* “papa” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpapa̝/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

#### Noun

papa m (plural papas)
* pope

##### Derived terms

* papado
* papal

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese papa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin pappa.

#### Noun

papa f (plural papas)
* (usually in the plural) pap; porridge
    Synonym: papuxa

##### Derived terms

* papas de avea
* papuxa

##### Related terms

* papar

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

papa
* inflection of papar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “papa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “papa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “papas”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “papa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “papas”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Gothic
### Romanization

papa
* Romanization of 𐍀𐌰𐍀𐌰

## Gurindji
### Noun

papa
* brother

### References

* Gurindji language words from the 50 words project from the Research Unit for Indigenous Language at the University of Melbourne. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French papa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /papa/

### Noun

papa
* father, dad, daddy

### Interjection

papa
* Used to express amazement.

## Hawaiian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *papa, from Proto-Oceanic *papan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan (compare with Malay papan or Maori papa).

#### Noun

papa
* flat surface, layer
* foundation
* storey (of a building), floor
* (rare) table, shelf
* face (of a clock)

#### Verb

papa
* (stative, mathematics) two-dimensional

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

papa
* (stative) native-born

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

papa
* (stative) set close together
* (stative) in unison

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

papa
* board, lumber

#### Verb

papa
* (stative) wooden

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

papa
* wafer

### Etymology 6
#### Noun

papa
* list, directory
    Synonyms: helu, helu papa

### Etymology 7
#### Noun

papa
* class (in school)

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɒpɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pa‧pa
* Rhymes: -pɒ

### Noun

papa (plural papák)
* dad
    Coordinate term: mama
* (dialectal) granddad, grandfather

#### Derived terms

* nagypapa

### Further reading

* papa 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

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English papa, French papa, German Papa, Italian papà, Russian па́па (pápa), Spanish papá.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpapa/

### Noun

papa (plural papai)
* papa, dad, daddy, pop
    Synonyms: patreto, patro
    Coordinate terms: mama, matro

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

From Sanskrit पाप (pāpa, “bad, evil, low”).

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

papa
* poor condition, misery
* (Hinduism) sin

##### Synonyms

* miskin
* sengsara

##### Derived terms

* kepapaan

### Etymology 2

Devoiced bapa.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.pa/
* Hyphenation: pa‧pa

#### Noun

papa
* (colloquial) father

### Further reading

* “papa” 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.

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian папа (papa).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈpɑpɑ/, [ˈpɑpɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈpɑpɑ/, [ˈpɑb̥ɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
* Hyphenation: pa‧pa

### Noun

papa
* dad, papa
** 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:Na, papa, kala.Here, daddy, a fish.
** 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46:Siis papa sannoo meille:Then dad says to us:

#### Coordinate terms

* mama (“mum, mama”)

## Inupiaq
### Etymology

Borrowed from English pepper.

### Noun

papa (dual papak, plural papat)
* pepper
    Papaliġñaqmiuq imiġaurriugaq.Pepper can also be added to a stew.

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin papa, from Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.pa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -apa
* Hyphenation: pà‧pa

### Noun

papa m (plural papi)
* pope
    Synonym: pontefice

#### Derived terms

* antipapa
* antipapale
* cesaropapismo
* papabile
* papalatria
* papale
* papalesco
* papalino
* papamobile
* papato
* papesco
* papessa
* papista

#### Related terms

* apostolico
* cattolico
* ecclesiale
* ecclesiastico
* lateranense
* laterano
* pontefice
* pontificale
* pontificio
* Santa Sede
* Santo Padre
* Sua Santità
* vaticanista
* vaticano
* vicario di Cristo

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: papa

## Japanese
### Romanization

papa
* Rōmaji transcription of ぱぱ
* Rōmaji transcription of パパ

## Kanoé
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pa.ˈpa]

### Noun

papa
* father

### References

* Laércio Nora Bacelar, Gramática da língua Kanoê (2004).

## Kari'na
### Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *papa, a nursery word in origin; compare Apalaí papa, Trió papa, Akawaio papa, Macushi papa, Pemon papa, Ye'kwana jaaja, Yao (South America) pape, as well as (from non-Cariban languages) Wayampi papa.

### Pronunciation

* (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA: [paːpa]
* (East Suriname) IPA: [paʔpa]

### Noun

papa (plural papante)
* first-person possessed form of jumy (“father, paternal uncle”)

### References

* Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 336
* Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “papa”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 359; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 350

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpaː.pa/, [ˈpäːpä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpa.pa/, [ˈpäːpä]

### Etymology 1

A nursery word imitative of the movement of the infant's lips during eating. Compare English pap, German Papp, Hungarian papi, Polish papu. Also see the derivative pappō.

#### Alternative forms

* pappa

#### Noun

pāpa f (genitive pāpae); first declension
* (childish) yum yum, num-num, food (especially pap)
    Cum cibum ac pōtiōnem "buās" ac "pāpās" vocent, mātrem "mammam", patrem "tatam".Since children call food "papa" and drink “bua”, mother "mamma" and father "tata". (Nonius Marcellus, De Compendiosa Doctrina, 81 M, 2-4)

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Derived terms

* pappō

##### See also

* bua

### Etymology 2

From early Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas, title for priests & bishops, especially by 3rd c. the bishop of Alexandria), from πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”).

#### Noun

pāpa m (genitive pāpae, feminine pāpissa); first declension
* a dad, daddy, father
* (Ecclesiastical Latin) a bishop
    Synonyms: episcopus, pontifex
* (Ecclesiastical Latin) a pope (the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome)
    The traditional exclamation in Rome after a papal election:
       "Habemus papam!" ― "We have a [new] pope!"
    Synonym: pontifex maximus
* (Ecclesiastical Latin) a patriarch (in primatial sees, notably Coptic Alexandria).

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Derived terms

* pāpālis
* pāpātus
* pāpō

##### Descendants

* → Albanian: papë
* → Proto-Brythonic: *pab
** Middle Welsh: pap
*** Welsh: pab
* → Old Dutch: *papo
** Middle Dutch: pape
*** Dutch: paap
* → Old English: pāpa (see there for further descendants)
* → Old French: pape (see there for further descendants)
* → Hungarian: pápa
* → Old Irish: pápa
** Irish: pápa
** Scottish Gaelic: pàpa
* → Italian: papa
** → Turkish: papa
* → Old Galician-Portuguese: papa
** Galician: papa
** Portuguese: papa
*** → Swahili: papa
* → Romanian: papă
* → Spanish: papa
** → Tagalog: Papa

### References

* papa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* "papa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* papa in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Latvian
### Noun

papa m (4th declension, irregular gender, dative singular)
* (often childish) dad, daddy
* (archaic) pope

#### Declension
## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpapa/

### Etymology 1

From child language.

#### Noun

papa m
* dad, daddy

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Pappe (“pap; paperboard”).

#### Noun

papa f (diminutive papka)
* pap (soft food)
* paperboard

##### Declension
## Malay
### Etymology

Devoiced bapa.

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /papə/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /papa/
* Rhymes: -apə, -pə, -ə

### Noun

papa
* father (male parent)

#### Synonyms

* bapa (bapanda, bapai, bapak, bapang, baba)
* ayah (ayahanda, aya, yah)
* abah (aba, bah)
* rama

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *papa, from Proto-Oceanic *papan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan (compare with Malay papan or Hawaiian papa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.pa/, [pɐ.pɐ]

### Noun

papa
* board, plank
* chart
* slab
* floor

### References

* “papa” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
* Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 313-4

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French papa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /papa/

### Noun

papa
* father

## Norman
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Jersey):(file)

### Noun

papa m (plural papas)
* (Jersey, onomatopoeia) grandfather, grandad, grandpa

#### Derived terms

* grand-papa (“great-grandfather”)
* Papa Noué (“Father Christmas”)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

papa m (definite singular papaen, indefinite plural papaer or papaar, definite plural papaene or papaane)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of pappa

## Old English
### Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin pāpa, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑː.pɑ/

### Noun

pāpa m
* pope
** late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
    ...oððe frām leorningcnihtum þǣs ēadigan pāpan Sce. Gregories......or from disciples of the blessed pope St. Gregory...
** The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
    An. DCC.XCVII Hēr Rōmane Leone þām papan his tungan forcurfon ⁊ his ēagan āstungon, ⁊ hine of his setle āflīemdon, ⁊ þā sōna eft, Gode fultomiendum, hē meahte ġesēon ⁊ sprēcan ⁊ eft was papa swā hē ǣr wæs.Year 797 In this year the Romans cut out the tongue of Pope Leo [III] and gouged out his eyes and drove him from his throne. And soon, through God's help, he was able to see and speak again, and became pope again just like he was before.

#### Declension

Weak:

#### Descendants

* Middle English: pope, pape, popa, papa, papæ, pwope
** English: pope
*** Jamaican Creole: puop
*** Tok Pisin: pop
*** → Hindi: पोप (pop)
*** → Urdu: پوپ (pop)
** Scots: pape, paipe, paip

## Old Sundanese
### Etymology

From Sanskrit पाप (pāpa, “bad, evil, low”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.pa/
* Hyphenation: pa‧pa

### Noun

papa
* poor condition, misery
** 1518, Sanghyang Siksa Kandang Karesian:"Sungut ulah barang carek kenana dora bancana na lunas papa naraka""Do not speak with your mouth carelessly, for it is the door of disaster at the bottom of the hellish misery."

### Adjective

papa
* miserable
    Papa urang lamun urang teu dipiéwé.How miserable I'd be if I have no woman.

### Descendants

* > Sundanese: papa (inherited)

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Dutch papa.

### Noun

papa
* father

## Pitjantjatjara
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpapa/, [ˈpɐpɐ]

### Noun

papa
* dog
    Synonym: tjiṯutja
    Papangku nyinara kuka ngalkuṉu. ― The dog sat eating meat.

### References

* Paul A. Eckert (2007) Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary‎, IAD Press, →ISBN

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.pa/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Central Greater Poland) IPA: /ˈpa.pa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -apa
* Syllabification: pa‧pa

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Pappe.

#### Noun

papa f
* tarpaper
* (Central Greater Poland) tarpaper roof

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French papa.

#### Noun

papa m pers
* (archaic) dad
    Synonyms: ojciec, tata

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian papa.

#### Noun

papa m pers
* (colloquial) pope
    Synonym: papież

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

Uncertain. Possibly a deverbal of papać. Alternative theories suggest a derivation from theorized *plapa, from dialectal German Plappe (“mouth”), from plappern.

#### Noun

papa f
* (colloquial, mildly derogatory) face

##### Declension
### Etymology 5

Possibly a learned borrowing from Latin pappa.

#### Noun

papa f
* Augmentative of papka

##### Declension
### Further reading

* papa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* papa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Oskar Kolberg (1877) “pappa”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 21

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.pɐ/
* Rhymes: -apɐ
* Hyphenation: pa‧pa

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese papa, probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

#### Noun

papa m (plural papas)
* (Christianity) pope

##### Derived terms

* papado
* papal

##### Descendants

* → Swahili: papa

### Etymology 2

From Latin pappa or pāpa (“infant's cry for food”).

#### Noun

papa f (plural papas)
* pap (food in the form of a soft paste)
* (figurative) something with a pasty consistency
* (informal, childish) any type of food

##### Derived terms

* não ter papas na língua

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

papa
* inflection of papar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

##### Related terms

* papar

## Quechua
### Etymology 1

Of native origin.

#### Noun

papa
* potato

##### Descendants

* → Spanish: papa

### Etymology 2

From Spanish papa.

#### Noun

papa
* pope

### Declension
## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *papa, from Proto-Oceanic *papan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan (compare with Malay papan or Hawaiian papa).

### Noun

papa
* flat stone; shelf in the bottom of the sea; rocky sea bottom
* wooden plank

### References

* “papa”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN

## Rwanda-Rundi
### Etymology

From French pape.

### Noun

pāpá class 1a (plural bāpāpá class 2a)
* pope

## Samoan
### Noun

papa
* burster

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin papa, from Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas, “priest”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “daddy, papa”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pâːpa/
* Hyphenation: pa‧pa

### Noun

pȃpa m (Cyrillic spelling па̑па)
* pope (of the Catholic Church)

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpapa/ [ˈpa.pa]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Audio (Peru):(file)
* Rhymes: -apa
* Syllabification: pa‧pa

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

#### Noun

papa m (plural papas)
* pope (an honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome)

##### Derived terms

* antipapa
* jazmín del papa
* más papista que el papa
* papista

##### Related terms

* papado
* papal

##### Descendants

* → Tagalog: Papa

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua papa.

#### Noun

papa f (plural papas)
* (Latin America, US, Canary Islands, Andalusia, Equatorial Guinea) potato
    Synonym: (Spain, Philippines) patata

##### Derived terms

* papa a la huancaína
* papa rellena
* papas a la francesa
* papas arrugadas
* papas fritas
* papero
* pastel de papa
* pelapapas
* prensapapas
* rallar la papa
* tortilla de papas
* verlo el ojo a la papa

### Etymology 3

From Latin pappa (“food; used regarding children”).

#### Noun

papa f (plural papas)
* (childish, familiar) very bland soup, or more broadly, food in general
* (figuratively) nonsense, trifle, rubbish

##### Derived terms

* echar papas
* paparrucha

##### Related terms

* papar

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

papa
* inflection of papar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “papa”, 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
* “papa”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
* “papa”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019
* DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea

### References

* ↑ “Rku5cvx”, 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
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “papa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology 1

Compare English papa, Dutch papa, Akan papa, Ewe papa.

#### Alternative forms

* p'pa
* ppa

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pːa/, /paˈpa/

#### Noun

papa
* father, dad
    Synonym: tata
* sir, gentleman
* (colloquial) penis

##### Derived terms

* Gudu Papa
* masrapapa
* motyopapa
* papadron
* papagodo
* papamoni
* papasneki

### Etymology 2

Derived from Dutch pap

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpapa/

#### Noun

papa
* mush
* porridge
* a sweet custard-based or cornflour-based dessert

##### Derived terms

* papabatra
* papapapa

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

papa class IX (plural papa class X)
* shark

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese papa.

#### Noun

papa class V (plural mapapa class VI)
* pope

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Verb

-papa (infinitive kupapa)
* to tremble, quiver
* (of the heart) to beat

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of -papa :
| Positive present | -napapa |
| Subjunctive | -pape |
| Negative | -papi |
| Imperative singular | papa |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kupapa |
| Negative | kutopapa |
Imperatives :
| Singular | papa |
| Plural | papeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hupapa |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lipapa |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kupapa |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tapapa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tapapa |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sipape |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngepapa |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singepapa |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalipapa |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalipapa |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mepapa |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshapapa |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -japapa |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kipapa |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipopapa |
| Consecutive | kapapa / positive subject concord + -kapapa |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kapape |
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: -papia
* Nominal derivations:
** kipapa
** papo

### Etymology 4

See hapa.

#### Adverb

papa
* Only used in papa hapa

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Each pronunciation has a different source:
* /paˈpa/ from Spanish papá, adapted from French papa
* /papa/ from Hokkien 爸爸 (pâ-pâ)
* /ˈpapa/ from English papa / poppa

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /paˈpa/ [pɐˈpa] (Spanish pronunciation)
*** Rhymes: -a
*** Syllabification: pa‧pa
** IPA: /papa/ [pa.pa] (Hokkien pronunciation)
*** Rhymes: -apa
** IPA: /ˈpapa/ [ˈpaː.pɐ] (English Pronunciation)
*** Rhymes: -apa
*** Syllabification: pa‧pa

#### Noun

papa or papá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (informal, familiar, childish)
* dad; daddy
    Synonyms: pa, ama, tatay, itay, tay, tatang

##### Coordinate terms

* mama

##### Derived terms

* asukal de papa
* pa

##### Related terms

* Papa
* Santo Papa

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /paˈpaʔ/ [pɐˈpaʔ]
*** Rhymes: -aʔ
** IPA: /paˈpa/ [pɐˈpa] (obsolete)
* Syllabification: pa‧pa

#### Adjective

papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)
* low and flat

#### Noun

papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)
* gentle slope
    Antonym: tibong
* (architecture) house with low roof and little airflow
    Synonyms: alipapa, dampa

#### Derived terms

* kapapahan
* mapapa
* papahan

#### See also

* baba
* papag

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish papa, from Latin pappa (“food; used regarding children”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpapaʔ/ [ˈpaː.pɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -apaʔ
* Syllabification: pa‧pa

#### Noun

papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (colloquial)
* food for kids who are only just beginning to speak

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpapa/ [ˈpaː.pɐ]
* Rhymes: -apa
* Syllabification: pa‧pa

#### Noun

papa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)
* standard size of fabric width
    Synonyms: luwang, antso
* (obsolete) sewing two pieces of sheet widthwise

##### Derived terms

* kapapa
* magpapa
* mangpapa
* pagpapahin
* papahan
* pumapa

#### See also

* bulos
* tagni

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpapaʔ/ [ˈpaː.pɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -apaʔ
* Syllabification: pa‧pa

#### Noun

papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (zoology)
* bee (Apis mellifera) that collects honey
    Synonym: bubuyog

### Etymology 6

Possibly from paapa (“cone-shaped”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpapa/ [ˈpaː.pɐ]
* Rhymes: -apa
* Syllabification: pa‧pa

#### Noun

papa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ)
* (zoology) telescope snail (Telescopium telescopium)
    Synonyms: bangungon, kuhol, suso
* a cone-shaped shell
    Synonym: kabibe

##### Usage notes

* Also called susong papa.

### Etymology 7
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpapaʔ/ [ˈpaː.pɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -apaʔ
* Syllabification: pa‧pa

#### Noun

papà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (obsolete)
* tearing the taro leaf to the skin

##### Derived terms

* magpapa
* papaan
* papain

### Etymology 8
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /paˈpaʔ/ [pɐˈpaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: pa‧pa

#### Noun

papâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉ) (obsolete)
* name of the Baybayin letter ᜉ (pa), corresponding to "pa"

#### See also

* pa

### Further reading

* “papa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
** page 58: “Añadir) Papa (pp) dos pieças coſiendo las alo ãcho”
** page 196: “Coſer) Papa (pp) dos piernas de liẽço ancho cõ ancho a diferençia del paſado [q̃ es] punta con punta”
** page 458: “P) Papa (pc) letra de; Abeçe de los tagalos .|. papayaon .|. ᜉ. eſta letra les ſirue de . f . ꝑa lo Eſpañol, porqu: no la tienen, ſumulat ca nang papa ſa ſulat tavo, haz la letra. P . en letra de indio.”
** page 483: “Pierna) Papa (pp) de lienço o ſabana”

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English papa.

### Noun

papa
* father

#### Derived terms

* papamama

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpa.pa]
* Hyphenation: pa‧pa

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *papa (“flat surface”). Cognates include Hawaiian papa and Maori papa.

#### Noun

papa
* rock
* rocky area

#### Verb

papa
* (stative) to be flat
* (stative) to be hard

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *papa (“fish”). Cognates include Maori pā and Samoan papa.

#### Noun

papa
* a school of caranxes

#### Verb

papa
* (intransitive) to group together into a school

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

papa
* bra

### Etymology 4

Of imitative origin.

#### Noun

papa
* daddy, dad

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 261

## Tswana
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *bààbá.

### Noun

papa
* father (male parent)

#### Coordinate terms

* mama

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian papa. Doublet of papaz and peder.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɑˈpɑ/, [pʰɑˈpɑ]
* Hyphenation: pa‧pa
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

papa (definite accusative papayı, plural papalar)
* pope

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
papa
papalar
definite accusative
papayı
papaları
dative
papaya
papalara
locative
papada
papalarda
ablative
papadan
papalardan
genitive
papanın
papaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
papam
papalarım
2nd singular
papan
papaların
3rd singular
papası
papaları
1st plural
papamız
papalarımız
2nd plural
papanız
papalarınız
3rd plural
papaları
papaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
papamı
papalarımı
2nd singular
papanı
papalarını
3rd singular
papasını
papalarını
1st plural
papamızı
papalarımızı
2nd plural
papanızı
papalarınızı
3rd plural
papalarını
papalarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
papama
papalarıma
2nd singular
papana
papalarına
3rd singular
papasına
papalarına
1st plural
papamıza
papalarımıza
2nd plural
papanıza
papalarınıza
3rd plural
papalarına
papalarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
papamda
papalarımda
2nd singular
papanda
papalarında
3rd singular
papasında
papalarında
1st plural
papamızda
papalarımızda
2nd plural
papanızda
papalarınızda
3rd plural
papalarında
papalarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
papamdan
papalarımdan
2nd singular
papandan
papalarından
3rd singular
papasından
papalarından
1st plural
papamızdan
papalarımızdan
2nd plural
papanızdan
papalarınızdan
3rd plural
papalarından
papalarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
papamın
papalarımın
2nd singular
papanın
papalarının
3rd singular
papasının
papalarının
1st plural
papamızın
papalarımızın
2nd plural
papanızın
papalarınızın
3rd plural
papalarının
papalarının
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
papayım
papalarım
2nd singular
papasın
papalarsın
3rd singular
papa papadır
papalar papalardır
1st plural
papayız
papalarız
2nd plural
papasınız
papalarsınız
3rd plural
papalar
papalardır :

## West Makian
### Etymology 1

Possibly related to Ternate foheka.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.ˈpa/

#### Noun

papa
* woman
* wife

### Etymology 2

Possibly the same origin as the first.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.pa/

#### Noun

papa
* female
    oma da papa ― a girl (literally, “a female child”)

##### Alternative forms

* pa

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (etymology 1 as papá)

## Wolof
### Noun

papa
* father

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /k͡pá.k͡pá/

### Noun

pápá
* field

#### Derived terms

* pápákọ̀ òfuurufú