paa

See also: PAA, på, paʻa, pa'a, pää, and pää-

Translingual

Symbol

paa

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

Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa, from Proto-Austronesian *paqa. Compare Malay paha.

Noun

paa

1. (anatomy) thigh

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa, from Proto-Austronesian *paqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʔa/ [ˈpa.ʔa]
• Hyphenation: pa‧a

Noun

páa (Basahan spelling ᜉᜀ) (anatomy)

1. thigh, haunch
2. lap

   Synonym: kulkolan

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa, from Proto-Austronesian *paqa.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʔa/ [ˈpa.ʔɐ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧a

Noun

páa (Badlit spelling ᜉᜀ)

1. the thigh; the upper leg
2. the analogous part of an animal
3. a drumstick; the second joint of the leg bone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food

Anagrams

• apa

Cèmuhî

Numeral

paa

1. four

Comanche

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

paa

1. water

References

• Jean Ormsbee Charney, A Grammar of Comanche (1993)

Finnish

Verb

paa

1. (colloquial or dialectal) inflection of panna:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Alternative forms

• pane (standard)

Gagauz

Etymology

From earlier paha, a vulgar form of Old Anatolian Turkish بَهَا (bahā), from Persian بها (bahâ). Compare Turkish paha, Azerbaijani baha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑː/

Noun

paa (definite accusative paayı, plural paalar)

1. price, cost (financial value)

   Synonym: kıymet

2. worth, valor, value, worth

   Synonym: kıymet

Declension

Declension of paa

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	paa	paalar
definite accusative (belirtme)	paayı	paaları
dative (yönelme)	paaya	paalara
locative (bulunma)	paada	paalarda
ablative (çıkma)	paadan	paalardan
genitive (tamlayan)	paanın	paalaro-ın

Derived terms

• paalı
• paasız

Further reading

• Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 127
• Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 63

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese paa, from Latin pāla (“shovel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pak-slo-, from root *pag-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaː/

Noun

paa f (plural paas)

1. Alternative form of pa

References

• “paa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Garo

Etymology

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

Noun

paa

1. father

Higaonon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa, from Proto-Austronesian *paqa.

Noun

paa

1. (anatomy) foot

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa, from Proto-Austronesian *paqa (“thigh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaa/ [ˈpa.a]
• Hyphenation: pa‧a

Noun

páa

1. thigh
2. haunch (of a horse, stag, etc.)

Lutuv

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pāā]

Noun

paa

1. father

References

• Kelly Harper Berkson, Amanda Bohnert, Sui Hnem Par (2022) “Consonant Sounds in Hnaring Lutuv”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures‎^[2], volume 3, number 1

Lawi

Noun

paa

1. shoulder

Further reading

• Theraphan L-Thongkum, A brief look at thirteen Mon-Khmer languages of Xekong province, southern Laos (2002), Collected Papers on Southeast Asian and Pacific Languages (edited by Robert Stuart Bauer)

Lindu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa.

Noun

paa

1. (anatomy) foot

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa, compare Malay paha.

Noun

paa

1. (anatomy) thigh

Manx

Adjective

paa

1. thirsty

   Synonym: paagh

Derived terms

• paays

Mutation

Mutation of paa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
paa	phaa	baa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle English

Noun

paa

1. Alternative form of po

Muna

Etymology

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

Numeral

paa

1. four

Northern Paiute

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

paa

1. water

References

• Liljeblad, Sven, Fowler, Catherine S., Powell, Glenda (2012) The Northern Paiute-Bannock Dictionary, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Preposition

paa

1. (non-standard since 1917) alternative spelling of på

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pālam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.a/

Noun

paa f (plural paas)

1. shovel; spade (tool for digging and moving material)

Descendants

• Galician: pa, pá, paa
• Portuguese: pá

Panamint

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

paa

1. water

References

• Jon P. Dayley, Tümpisa (Panamint) Shoshone Dictionary (1989b; University of California Publications in Linguistics Volume 116), page 173

Pawnee

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paː]
• Hyphenation: paa

Etymology 1

Cognate with Arikara paa.

Alternative forms

• pah

Noun

paá

1. moon
2. month

Etymology 2

Cognate with Arikara waa.

Noun

paá

1. elk, wapiti (Cervus elaphus)

References

• Douglas R. Parks, Lula Nora Pratt (2008) A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 453
• Zachary Rice (2016) Repurposing the comparative method for Pawnee language and dialect revitalisation‎^[3], University of Oklahoma (Master Thesis), pages 107, 111

Puyuma

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *paqa.

Noun

paa

1. (anatomy) thigh

References

• “paa”, in 原住民族語言線上詞典 [Online Dictionary of Aboriginal Languages] (in Mandarin), Taipei: Foundation for Research and Development of Aboriginal Languages, 2014

Shoshone

Alternative forms

• baa (Eastern Shoshone)

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

paa

1. water

References

• Shoshoni Online Dictionary (2013-06-29)

Swahili

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *mpàdá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰɑː/ (in dialects with phonemic aspiration)
• IPA^(key): /pɑː/ (in other dialects)

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

paa class IX (plural paa class X)

1. duiker (gazelle)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑː/

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

paa class V (plural mapaa class VI)

1. roof

Verb

-paa (infinitive kupaa)

1. to scrape
2. to raise, to ascend

Conjugation

Conjugation of -paa
Positive present -napaa Subjunctive -pae Negative -pai Imperative singular paa
Infinitives
Positive kupaa Negative kutopaa
Imperatives
Singular paa Plural paeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupaa Positive past positive subject concord + -lipaa Negative past negative subject concord + -kupaa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napaa) Singular Plural 1st person ninapaa/napaa tunapaa 2nd person unapaa mnapaa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapaa wanapaa other classes positive subject concord + -napaa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pai) Singular Plural 1st person sipai hatupai 2nd person hupai hampai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapai hawapai other classes negative subject concord + -pai
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapaa Negative future negative subject concord + -tapaa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pae) Singular Plural 1st person nipae tupae 2nd person upae mpae 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apae wapae other classes positive subject concord + -pae
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipae Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepaa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepaa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipaa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipaa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apaa) Singular Plural 1st person napaa twapaa 2nd person wapaa mwapaa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apaa wapaa m-mi(III/IV) wapaa yapaa ji-ma(V/VI) lapaa yapaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapaa vyapaa n(IX/X) yapaa zapaa u(XI) wapaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapaa pa(XVI) papaa mu(XVIII) mwapaa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepaa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapaa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japaa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipaa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopaa Consecutive kapaa / positive subject concord + -kapaa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapae
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipaa -tupaa 2nd person -kupaa -wapaa/-kupaeni/-wapaeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpaa -wapaa m-mi(III/IV) -upaa -ipaa ji-ma(V/VI) -lipaa -yapaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipaa -vipaa n(IX/X) -ipaa -zipaa u(XI) -upaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupaa pa(XVI) -papaa mu(XVIII) -mupaa Reflexive -jipaa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -paa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -paaye -paao m-mi(III/IV) -paao -paayo ji-ma(V/VI) -paalo -paayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -paacho -paavyo n(IX/X) -paayo -paazo u(XI) -paao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -paako pa(XVI) -paapo mu(XVIII) -paamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -paa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepaa -opaa m-mi(III/IV) -opaa -yopaa ji-ma(V/VI) -lopaa -yopaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopaa -vyopaa n(IX/X) -yopaa -zopaa u(XI) -opaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopaa pa(XVI) -popaa mu(XVIII) -mopaa
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:
  • Causative: -paza (“to raise one's voice, to shout”)

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa, from Proto-Austronesian *paqa (“thigh”). Compare Malay paha.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈʔa/ [pɐˈʔa]
  • Rhymes: -a
• (now chiefly Rizal, Batangas, Quezon, Marinduque) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʔa/ [ˈpaː.ʔɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔa
• Syllabification: pa‧a

Noun

paá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜀ)

1. (anatomy) foot
2. (anatomy, uncommon) leg

   Synonym: binti

3. (by extension) leg of furnitures

Derived terms

• mabigat ang paa
• magkapaa
• magpaa
• maikli ang paa
• nakapaa
• paahan
• paahin
• paanan
• paang-tikling
• tumayo sa sariling mga paa
• ugnaypaa

See also

• hita
• kaki
• pata

Further reading

• “paa”, 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^[4] (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^[5], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 469: “Pata) Paa [(pp)] de animal o hombre”
  • page 482: “Pie) Paa (pp) qualquiera que ſea”
  • page 483: “Pierna) Paa (pp) de hombre o animal”
  • page 483: “Pies) Paa (pp) de meſa banco atril o otra coſa”

Anagrams

• apa, aap

Tausug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa, from Proto-Austronesian *paqa.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /paʔa/ [paˈʔɑ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pa‧a

Noun

paa (Sulat Sūg spelling فَأَ)

1. (anatomy) thigh

Ute

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

paa

1. (Southern) water

References

• Travis N. Benioh, The Paiute Language For Beginners (1980)
• William Bright, Southern Paiute and Ute Linguistics and Ethnography →ISBN, Southern Paiute Dictionary, page 619: pa·'
• Stacey Inez Oberly, A Phonetic Analysis of Southern Ute with a Discussion of Southern Ute Language Policies and Revitalization (2008)
• Heidi Harley, Topics in Chemehuevi Morphosyntax: Lexical Categories, Predication and Causation (2008)

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa, from Proto-Austronesian *paqa (“thigh”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

páa

1. thigh

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paː/

Verb

paa

1. (transitive) to hit or strike with the hand

Conjugation

Conjugation of paa (action verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tapaa	mapaa	apaa
2nd person		napaa	fapaa
3rd person	inanimate	ipaa	dapaa
	animate
imperative		napaa, paa	fapaa, paa

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[6], Pacific linguistics