papa

Naija

Etymology

From: English papa (old word for father)

Pronunciation1

• pàpá

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Noun

• Na name dem dey call man wey born born person.get children.

• Sabo bin dey live wit im mama and papa.  — (bbc__86638, Sabo once lived with his parents.)
• As we reach dere, im papa start to dey flog am sotay peopl con dey beg di papa.  — (Egbokhare _2020. On arrival, his father began flogging him so much that people had to intervene.)
• Na Unoka be Okonkwo papa.  — (katakata__305. Unoka is Okonkwo's father.)

• Na de person wey be de head of de house.

• As de person wey old pass, na him be papa for everybody for.  — (katakata__305, As the eldest in the compound, he is the father of the home.)
• Which advice one brother give the papa of the house?  — (jw__45468, Which advice did the brother give the father of the house?.)

Related forms

papadashme

Synonyms

• baba, father, daddy

Antonyms

• Mama

Translations

• English: Father, dad

Pronunciation2

pápà

Etymology

From: English papa (old word for father)

Noun

1. hailing for who be pastor for church or who get level for di church.

   • Tunde go meet papa make e pray for am.  — (Egbokhare_2020, Tunde went to meet the pastor to pray for him.)

2. hailing for who get mouth for area.

   • Dis shop wey you want open so, papa don clear you? Abi you just want use your hand carry gbese keep for your dormot.  — (NSC_2021, Did you get the boss' permission to open this shop? Or di you just want to invite trouble to your house?)

Synonyms

bozz, chairmo,

Translation

• English:

Pronunciation3

pâpà

Etymology

From: English papa (old word for father)

Noun

• Name for old man for area

• Dat papa for dat market area sey make una come pluck orange if una want.  — (NSC_2021, That Old man who stays around the market said that you can come to pluck oranges if you want.)
• Una go ready, we need go see one papa. Na im be principal for my secondary school dat time.  — (NSC_2021, You all need to get ready. We need to visit an elderly man who was my secondary school principal.)

Translations

• English: Elderly man