bapa

bapa

1. Romanization of ᬩᬧ.

M. Asfandi Adul hypothesizes an ultimately Dravidian source (compare Tamil அப்பா (appā)), with a native b- element descended from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba. See also Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*bāppa, “father”).

bapa

1. father

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

bapa

1. crocodile

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

Borrowed from Malay bapa.

• Hyphenation: ba‧pa
• IPA^(key): /ˈbapa/

bapa

1. (usually northern Ilocano, dialectal) term of respect for a (male) person one generation older than the speaker

From Malay bapa, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?]. Doublet of Bapa and bapak. See also Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*bāppa, “father”).

• IPA^(key): /bapa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧pa

bapa (first-person possessive bapaku, second-person possessive bapamu, third-person possessive bapanya)

1. (obsolete) father
2. (obsolete) mister, sir

• “bapa” 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.

bapa

1. Romanization of ꦧꦥ

bapa

1. uncle

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. Compare Balinese bapa, Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*bāppa, “father”).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /bapə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /bapa/
• Rhymes: -apə, -pə, -ə

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• Rhymes: -pa

bapa (plural bapa-bapa, informal 1st possessive bapaku, 2nd possessive bapamu, 3rd possessive bapanya)

1. father (male parent)

• ayah (ayahanda, aya, yah)
• abah (aba, bah)
• rama

• bapanda
• bapai
• bapak
• bapang
• baba
• papa

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “باڤق bapak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 43
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “باڤ bapa”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 81-2
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “bapa”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 85

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