paa

Symbol

paa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Papuan languages.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa, from Proto-Austronesian *paqa. Compare Malay paha.

Noun

paa

1. (anatomy) thigh

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa, from Proto-Austronesian *paqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʔa/ [ˈpa.ʔa]
• Hyphenation: pa‧a

Noun

páa (Basahan spelling ᜉᜀ) (anatomy)

1. thigh, haunch
2. lap

   Synonym: kulkolan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa, from Proto-Austronesian *paqa.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʔa/ [ˈpa.ʔɐ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧a

Noun

páa (Badlit spelling ᜉᜀ)

1. the thigh; the upper leg
2. the analogous part of an animal
3. a drumstick; the second joint of the leg bone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food

Anagrams

• apa

Numeral

paa

1. four

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa.

Noun

paa

1. water

References

• Jean Ormsbee Charney, A Grammar of Comanche (1993)

Verb

paa

1. (colloquial or dialectal) inflection of panna:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative