pā

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaː/

From Proto-Polynesian *paa (“enclosure”) (cognates include Maori pā (“fortified village, blockade”) and Rapa Nui pā)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *baRa (cognates include Fijian ba) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baRa[2] related to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pager (“enclosure; palisade around a village; fence around a planted tree or cultivated field”) (compare with Malay pagar (“fence”)).

pā

1. fence, wall, enclosure
2. pen, sty

• • pākaua
  • pānini

   

From Proto-Polynesian *paqa (cognates include Tahitian pa and Tongan paʻa)[1][3]

pā

1. bareness, the state of being barren or infertile
2. infertility

From Proto-Polynesian *paa[1][4]

pā

1. mother-of-pearl

From Proto-Polynesian *paa (cognates include Maori pā)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *bayan (cognates include Fijian baca (“bait”)) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayan (“bait”)[5]

pā

1. lure esp. made from mother-of-pearl

Variant of pāʻia from Proto-Polynesian *paa-kia (compare with Maori pākia and Tongan pākia).[1][6]

pā

1. to touch, strike, hit (as by a stone), tag, affect
2. to reach
3. to sense (of hearing, drinking, feeling etc)
4. to blow (as the wind)

pā

1. Rōmaji transcription of パー
2. Rōmaji transcription of ぱぁ

pā (pa¹, Zhuyin ㄆㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啪
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 夿
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 妑
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 扒
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 派
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 皅
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 舥
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 芭
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 葩
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚆
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趴

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaː/

From Proto-Polynesian *paa (“enclosure”) (cognates include Hawaiian pā (“wall”) and Rapa Nui pā) from Proto-Oceanic *baRa (cognates include Fijian ba)[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baRa[2] related to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pager (“enclosure; palisade around a village; fence around a planted tree or cultivated field”) (compare with Malay pagar (“fence”)).

pā

1. fortified place
2. fortified village, usually on steep-sided raised ground that facilitates defence and affords good view of approaching attackers, such as a hilltop, promontory or small island
3. screen or blockade

pā

1. to block up

Variant of pākia from Proto-Polynesian *paa-kia (compare with Hawaiian pāʻia and Tongan pākia).[3]

pā

1. to touch, strike, hit (as by a stone), tag, affect
2. to reach
3. to be connected with, relate to, pertaining to, regarding
4. to be heard, reach one's ears, hold personal communication with
5. to blow (as the wind)
6. to participate, act together, act in concert, join in (an undertaking)
7. to have sex

pā

1. clump, group or flock
2. contact (netball, etc.)

• pāngia
• paki

• “pā” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

• peiṃ; pein

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲæ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲæj/
• Bender phonemes: {pay}

pā

1. arm; hand
2. wing
3. fin

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

From Proto-Polynesian *pa (“enclosure”). Cognates include Hawaiian pā and Maori pā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaː/
• Hyphenation: pā

pā

1. (transitive) to encircle

• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29