Turkish

Proper noun

Apa

1. A male given name

Balinese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

Pronoun

apa

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

Chickasaw

Verb

apa

1. to eat

Synonyms

• impa

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈapa/

Noun

apa f ‎(plural ape)

1. bee

Etruscan

Romanization

apa

1. Romanisation of 𐌀𐌐𐌀

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛaːʰpa/

Etymology

From Old Norse api ‎(“ape, monkey”), from Proto-Germanic *apô ‎(“monkey, ape”), from Proto-Indo-European *abō- ‎(“ape”). Cognate with Dutch aap ‎(“monkey, ape”), Low German ape ‎(“ape”), German Affe ‎(“monkey, ape”), Swedish apa ‎(“ape”), Icelandic api ‎(“ape”).

Noun

apa f (genitive singular apu, plural apur)

1. ape, monkey

Declension

Finnish

Verb

apa

1. Indicative present connegative form of appaa.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of appaa.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of appaa.

Hiligaynon

Adjective

apâ

1. dumb, mute, tongue-tied

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒpɒ]
• Hyphenation: apa

Noun

apa ‎(plural apák)

1. father

Declension

• 'of a son'

• otherwise (e.g. the best father of the town). Difference at apája/apja and apájuk/apjuk.

Derived terms

• apai
• apaság

(Compound words):

• apanév
• mostohaapa
• nagyapa
• ükapa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːpa/

  Rhymes: -aːpa

Etymology 1

Declension forms of api ‎(“a monkey”).

Noun

apa m

1. indefinite accusative singular of api
2. indefinite dative singular of api
3. indefinite genitive singular of api
4. indefinite accusative plural of api
5. indefinite genitive plural of api

Etymology 2

From api ‎(“monkey”).

Verb

apa ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative apaði, supine apað)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) used in set phrases

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• apa eftir

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay apa, from Proto-Malayic *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

Pronoun

apa

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

Derived terms

• apa-apa ‎(“anything”)
• apabila ‎(“when”)
• beberapa ‎(“several”)
• berapa ‎(“how much”)
• kenapa ‎(“why”)
• mengapa ‎(“why”)
• siapa ‎(“who”)
• sesiapa ‎(“anyone”)

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

apa ‎(Jawi spelling اڤ)

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

   Apa khabar?‎

   How are you? (lit.: What (is the) news?)

Derived terms

• apa-apa / اڤ٢ ‎(“anything”)
• apabila / اڤابيلا ‎(“when”)
• beberapa / ببراڤ ‎(“several”)
• berapa / براڤ ‎(“how much”)
• kenapa / کناڤ ‎(“why”)
• mengapa / مڠاڤ ‎(“why”)
• siapa / سياڤا ‎(“who”)
• sesiapa / سسياڤا ‎(“anyone”)

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• lapa

Etymology

From Latin apis, apem. Compare Italian ape, Corsican abba.

Noun

apa f (plural ape)

1. bee

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of noun) apen
• (of verb) apet
• (of verb) apte (simple past)
• (of verb) apt (past participle)

Noun

apa m, f

1. definite feminine singular of ape

Verb

apa

1. simple past of ape
2. past participle of ape

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• apen

Noun

apa m, f

1. definite feminine singular of ape

Old English

Noun

apa m

1. ape

Old Saxon

Noun

apa f

1. creek
2. river

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈapa]

Noun

apa f

1. definite singular nominative form of apă.
2. definite singular accusative form of apă.

Swahili

Verb

apa

1. to take an oath

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish apa, from Old Norse api, from Proto-Germanic *apô ‎(“monkey, ape”), from Proto-Indo-European *abō- ‎(“ape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːˌpa/

Noun

apa c ‎(plural apor)

1. A primate; ape, monkey.

   De visade en dokumentär om apor på teve.‎

   They showed a documentary about primates on TV.

2. (slang, derogatory) A dumb or annoying person; idiot.

   Vad gör den där jävla apan här?‎

   What's that moron doing here?

3. (colloquial, idiomatic) A bad smell.

   Det luktar apa här inne.‎

   It smells terrible in here.

4. (nautical, historical) A sail on the main mast or mizzen mast of a sailing ship.

Declension

Verb

apa ‎(present apar, preterite apade, supine apat, imperative apa)

1. To (attempt to) imitate without a sense of originality, usually with the particle efter; to ape, to monkey.

   De apade bara efter det jag hade skrivit.‎

   They just aped what I had written.

2. (reflexive) To behave in a whimsical or foolish manner; to clown around.

   Hon apade sig inför hela klassen.‎

   She monkeyed around in front of the whole class.

Conjugation

Related terms

• efterapa

References

• apa in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Wolio

Etymology

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

Numeral

apa

1. (cardinal) four