different between apa vs mla

English

Etymology

From Coptic ??? (apa).

Noun

apa (plural apas)

1. A title used for male clergy or saints in the Coptic Church.

Anagrams

• A.A.P., AAP, PAA

Balinese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa (compare Indonesian apa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap?/

Pronoun

apa

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

Bikol Central

Noun

apa

1. ice cream cone

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?a.p?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?a.pa/

Interjection

apa

1. come on, let's go

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?pa

Noun

apa

1. an ice cream cone
2. a lumpia wrapper

Chickasaw

Verb

apa (active, transitive)

1. to eat (something)

   Synonym: impa (active, intransitive)

Inflection

Cornish

Noun

apa

1. ape

References

• http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

Corsican

Alternative forms

• aba

Etymology

From Latin apis. Cognates include Italian ape and Neapolitan apa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?apa/

Noun

apa f (plural ape)

1. bee

References

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

Etruscan

Romanization

apa • (apa)

1. Romanisation of ????????????

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a??pa/

Noun

apa f (genitive singular apu, plural apur)

1. ape, monkey

Declension

Finnish

Verb

apa

1. inflection of appaa:
   1. indicative present connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative present/present connegative

Garo

Etymology

Probably cognate with Tibetan ??? (a pha).

Noun

apa

1. father

Synonyms

• paa
• pagipa (formal)
• baba

Hiligaynon

Adjective

apâ

1. dumb, mute, tongue-tied

Hungarian

Etymology

Most likely from Turkic, compare Old Turkic ????????? (pa /apa/, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??p?]
• Hyphenation: apa
• Rhymes: -p?

Noun

apa (plural apák)

1. father

   Synonyms: (archaic) atya, édesapa, (informal) apu, (informal) apuka, (informal) apuci, (informal) apucika, (informal) apci, (informal) apus, (informal) apácska, (informal) papa, (informal) papi, (informal) papus, (slang) fater

   Hypernym: szül?

   Coordinate term: anya

Declension

• 'of a son'

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

Derived terms

Further reading

• apa in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?pa/

  Rhymes: -a?pa

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apa/
• Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

apa

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

Etymology 2

Clipping of apakah.

Particle

apa

1. (colloquial) introduces a question

Derived terms

Further reading

• “apa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Pronoun

apa

1. what

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa (compare Maori aha).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ap?/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /apa/
• Rhymes: -ap?, -p?, -?

Pronoun

apa (Jawi spelling ???)

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Indonesian: apa

Further reading

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

Mansaka

Noun

apa

1. chaff

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 or f

1. definite feminine singular of ape

Verb

apa

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

apa (present tense apar, past tense apa, past participle apa, passive infinitive apast, present participle apande, imperative ap)

1. Alternative form of ape

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

• apen

Noun

apa m sg or f sg

1. definite feminine singular of ape

References

• “apa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ap?, from Proto-Germanic *apô. Cognate with Old Frisian *apa, Old Saxon apo, Old Dutch *apo, Old High German affo, Old Norse api.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.p?/

Noun

apa m

1. monkey, ape

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: ape, eape, aape
  • English: ape
  • Scots: ape, aip

Old Saxon

Noun

apa f

1. creek
2. river

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?apa]

Noun

apa f

1. definite nominative singular of ap?
2. definite accusative singular of ap?

Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua apa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?apa/, [?a.pa]

Noun

apa m (plural apas)

1. Only used in al apa

Further reading

• “apa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-apa (infinitive kuapa)

1. to take an oath

Conjugation

Derived terms

• kiapo (“oath”)

See also

• yamini (“oath”)

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????pa/

Noun

apa c (plural apor)

1. A primate; ape, monkey.

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

3. (colloquial, idiomatic) A bad smell.

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.

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

Conjugation

Related terms

• efterapa

References

• apa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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

Noun

apa

1. ice cream wafer or cone
2. thin wafer made of rice starch

Etymology 2

Adjective

apâ

1. groping
2. (figuratively) pilfered; stolen

Synonyms

• (groping): apuhap, kapa, salat
• (pilfered): dukot, kupit, nakaw

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”). Compare ebe (“aunt, midwife”).

Noun

apa (definite accusative apay?, plural apalar)

1. (Konya) elder sister

Declension

Related terms

• abla
• ebe

See also

• bac?
• k?z karde?

Wolio

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.

Numeral

apa

1. four

Yola

Preposition

apa

1. Alternative form of apan

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

Adangme

Adverb

mla

1. quickly

Swahili

Etymology

From m- +? -la.

Pronunciation

Noun

mla (m-wa class, plural wala)

1. eater (one who eats)