"bapa" meaning in Tagalog

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbapa/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈbaː.pɐ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜊᜉ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -apa Etymology: Possibly borrowed from Malay bapa (“father; uncle”), from Old Javanese bapa, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *appa. Compare Kapampangan bapa (“uncle”). See also Kapampangan ibpa (“father”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|tl|ms|bapa||father; uncle|nocap=1}} borrowed from Malay bapa (“father; uncle”), {{der|tl|kaw|bapa}} Old Javanese bapa, {{der|tl|dra-pro|*appa}} Proto-Dravidian *appa, {{cog|pam|bapa||uncle}} Kapampangan bapa (“uncle”), {{ncog|pam|ibpa||father}} Kapampangan ibpa (“father”) Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} bapa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜉ), {{tlb|tl|obsolete}} (obsolete)
  1. father Tags: obsolete Synonyms: ama, tatay
    Sense id: en-bapa-tl-noun-iKGIHwAl Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog particles, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 9 17 Disambiguation of Tagalog particles: 34 42 11 13 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 37 32 16 15 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 37 33 15 16
  2. (Laguna) grandfather Tags: obsolete Synonyms: lolo, nuno, amba, abwelo
    Sense id: en-bapa-tl-noun-ercEmXNZ Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog particles, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 9 17 Disambiguation of Tagalog particles: 34 42 11 13 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 37 32 16 15 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 37 33 15 16
  3. term of address for a male person regardless of age Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-bapa-tl-noun-I7vO8RZx Categories (other): Tagalog particles, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog particles: 34 42 11 13 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 37 32 16 15 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 33 15 41 11 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 37 16 46 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 37 33 15 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bapahin, magpabapahan, mambapa, mapabapa, pagbapahan, talapak ni bapa mo, utin ni bapa mo Related terms: mama
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Particle

IPA: /baˈpa/ [Standard-Tagalog], [bɐˈpa] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: bapá [canonical], ᜊᜉ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -a Head templates: {{tl-head|particle|bapá|b=+}} bapá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜉ)
  1. an indication of admiration: oh! Tags: obsolete Synonyms: aya Related terms: aba
    Sense id: en-bapa-tl-particle-zgU5GGsp Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog particles, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 9 17 Disambiguation of Tagalog particles: 34 42 11 13 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 37 32 16 15 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 37 33 15 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "english": "Oh how sweet is this!",
          "text": "Tamis bapa nito a!",
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          "english": "Oh what a big animal you are!",
          "text": "Pagkahayop mo bapa a!",
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          "english": "Oh how enduring is his will!",
          "text": "Katiisan bapa nang loob niya a!",
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          "english": "Oh how beautiful you are!",
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          "text": "Tamis bapa nito a!",
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          "text": "Pagkahayop mo bapa a!",
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          "english": "Oh how enduring is his will!",
          "text": "Katiisan bapa nang loob niya a!",
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        "an indication of admiration: oh!"
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  "word": "bapa"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tagalog dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.