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papa¹

  • /ˈpɑ.pɑ/

noun papa

  1. class ix shark

papa²

  • /ˈpɑ.pɑ/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Portuguese papa.

noun mapapa

  1. class v alternative letter-case form of Papa (“pope”)

papa³

  • /ˈpɑ.pɑ/

verb -papa · kupapa · kutopapa · papa · papeni

  1. to tremble, quiver
  2. of the heart to beat, palpitate

papa⁴

  • /ˈpɑ.pɑ/

Where it comes from

See hapa.

adverb

  1. only used in papa hapa

Papa⁵

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Portuguese papa.

noun IX · Papa · X

  1. class i pope

In English

  • pope head of the Roman Catholic Church
  • shark fish

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MLA

"papa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/papa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

papa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/papa

Chicago

"papa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/papa.

BibTeX
@misc{papa_2026,
  title = {papa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/papa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-papa.flac.