# aapa
## English
### Etymology

From Urdu آپا (āpā) / Bengali আপা (apa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑːpɑː/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

aapa (plural aapas)
* (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, rare) A sister that is older than oneself; also used as a term of familiarity or respect toward a woman that is older.
** 2006, Asha Ranawa, Woman's Triumph‎, page 46:I am close to bhai and his wife Shaffo, whom I call aapa, who herself is a well-read person and a true soul-mate to her husband.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From a Sami language (compare Northern Sami áhpi (“swamp, high seas”)), from Old Norse haf.
In use at least since the second half of the 19th century, for instance attested in Elias Lönnrot: Suomalais-ruotsalainen sanakirja ("Finnish-Swedish Dictionary", 1866-1880).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑːpɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ːpɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑːpɑ
* Hyphenation: aa‧pa

### Noun

aapa
* A type of open swamp.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of aapa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aapani
aapani
accusative
nom.
aapani
aapani
gen.
aapani
genitive
aapani
aapojeni aapaini $^{rare}$
partitive
aapaani
aapojani
inessive
aavassani
aavoissani
elative
aavastani
aavoistani
illative
aapaani
aapoihini
adessive
aavallani
aavoillani
ablative
aavaltani
aavoiltani
allative
aavalleni
aavoilleni
essive
aapanani
aapoinani
translative
aavakseni
aavoikseni
abessive
aavattani
aavoittani
instructive
comitative
—aapoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aapasi
aapasi
accusative
nom.
aapasi
aapasi
gen.
aapasi
genitive
aapasi
aapojesi aapaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
aapaasi
aapojasi
inessive
aavassasi
aavoissasi
elative
aavastasi
aavoistasi
illative
aapaasi
aapoihisi
adessive
aavallasi
aavoillasi
ablative
aavaltasi
aavoiltasi
allative
aavallesi
aavoillesi
essive
aapanasi
aapoinasi
translative
aavaksesi
aavoiksesi
abessive
aavattasi
aavoittasi
instructive
comitative
—aapoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aapamme
aapamme
accusative
nom.
aapamme
aapamme
gen.
aapamme
genitive
aapamme
aapojemme aapaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
aapaamme
aapojamme
inessive
aavassamme
aavoissamme
elative
aavastamme
aavoistamme
illative
aapaamme
aapoihimme
adessive
aavallamme
aavoillamme
ablative
aavaltamme
aavoiltamme
allative
aavallemme
aavoillemme
essive
aapanamme
aapoinamme
translative
aavaksemme
aavoiksemme
abessive
aavattamme
aavoittamme
instructive
comitative
—aapoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aapanne
aapanne
accusative
nom.
aapanne
aapanne
gen.
aapanne
genitive
aapanne
aapojenne aapainne $^{rare}$
partitive
aapaanne
aapojanne
inessive
aavassanne
aavoissanne
elative
aavastanne
aavoistanne
illative
aapaanne
aapoihinne
adessive
aavallanne
aavoillanne
ablative
aavaltanne
aavoiltanne
allative
aavallenne
aavoillenne
essive
aapananne
aapoinanne
translative
aavaksenne
aavoiksenne
abessive
aavattanne
aavoittanne
instructive
comitative
—aapoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aapansa
aapansa
accusative
nom.
aapansa
aapansa
gen.
aapansa
genitive
aapansa
aapojensa aapainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
aapaansa
aapojaan aapojansa
inessive
aavassaan aavassansa
aavoissaan aavoissansa
elative
aavastaan aavastansa
aavoistaan aavoistansa
illative
aapaansa
aapoihinsa
adessive
aavallaan aavallansa
aavoillaan aavoillansa
ablative
aavaltaan aavaltansa
aavoiltaan aavoiltansa
allative
aavalleen aavallensa
aavoilleen aavoillensa
essive
aapanaan aapanansa
aapoinaan aapoinansa
translative
aavakseen aavaksensa
aavoikseen aavoiksensa
abessive
aavattaan aavattansa
aavoittaan aavoittansa
instructive
comitative
—aapoineen aapoinensa :

#### Synonyms

* aapasuo

#### Derived terms

* aapasara
* aapasuo

### References

* Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Helsinki: Sanoma Pro OY. →ISBN.

### Further reading

* “aapa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Inupiaq
### Etymology

Proto-Eskimo *ata-ata (“father”)

### Noun

aapa
* father

#### Synonyms

* taata

#### References

* National Bilingual Materials Development Center, Alaska (1979). Kaniqsisautit Uqayusragnikun Kobuk Inupiat Junior Dictionary
* Seiler, W. (2012). Iñupiatun Eskimo Dictionary, SIL International

## Paraujano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaːpa/
* Rhymes: -aːpa
* Syllabification: aa‧pa

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

aapa (inalienable, first person singular taapa, second person singular paapa)
* finger

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

aapa (transitive)
* to give
* to listen, to hear

##### Derived terms

* aapari (“donor”)
* aapüwü (“present”)

### References

* Álvarez, José, Bravo, María (2008) “aapa”, in Diccionario básico de la lengua añú [Basic dictionary of the Añú language]‎, Maracaibo, Venezuela: University of Zulia, →ISBN, page 41.

## Pitjantjatjara
### Alternative forms

* apa

### Etymology

Borrowed from English half.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaːpa/, [ˈɐːpɐ]

### Noun

aapa
* part

### References

* "aapa" in Cliff Goddard (1992) Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, 2nd edition