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opa

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Abbreviation of English Okpamheri.

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opa

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Okpamheri.

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English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from German Opa.

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    opa (plural opas)

    1. (among people of German-speaking ancestry) Grandfather, grandpa.
      Coordinate term: oma
      • 2012 July 13, Clare Hansen, “Family life”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 June 2015:
        We love to eat: Opa's apple cake […] My opa (grandfather) had a long and beautifully kept allotment in the north German town of Flensburg.
      • 2016 September 20, Jim Carnett, “Pondering the eternal with my grandson”, in Daily Pilot‎[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 September 2025:
        I intuited that somehow I’d always been, yet, clearly, there was time — a considerable time — when I was not. So, where was I? I didn’t have an opa to ask.
      • 2020, Alexander Starritt, We Germans‎[3], London: John Murray (Publishers), →ISBN:
        That story of him playing football on his crutches I’ve heard from at least four people: my grandparents, my mum and one of the other boys, who’s since become a mildly creepy evangelical Christian. He retold it to me at my opa’s funeral, about half a century after the game. It’s true that I asked my opa some less than tactful questions on that visit. […] My opa had actually started writing a memoir once before, soon after my oma died.
      • 2020 September 1, Deb Amlen, “Sales Spiel in 60 Seconds or Less”, in The New York Times‎[4], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 September 2020:
        My children have an oma and an OPA, so I knew that I could put in the O and the A.
      • 2022 September 14, Jessica Grose, “What School Anxiety Dreams Teach Us About Ourselves”, in The New York Times‎[5], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 September 2022:
        My opa grew up poor in Vienna and then got a scholarship to a prestigious Jewish high school.

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    Noun

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    opa

    1. hoot owl, barred owl The barred owl (Strix varia), also known as the northern barred owl, striped owl or, more informally, hoot owl, is a North American large species of owl. [1]

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    1. ^ cas.unt.edu/~montler/Alabama/Dictionary

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      Barred owl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

    Ambonese Malay

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    Borrowed from Dutch opa.

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    opa

    1. grandfather, grandpa
      Opa su mati di Ambong.
      Grandpa died in Ambon.

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    • oma (“grandmother, grandma”)
    • nene (“grandmother, grandma”)

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    • D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎[6], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

    Basque

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

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    opa inan

    1. desire
    2. offer, offering

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    Declension of opa (inan a-stem)
    indefinite singular plural proximal plural
    absolutive opa opa opak opok
    ergative opak opak opek opok
    dative opari opari opei opoi
    genitive oparen oparen open opon
    comitative oparekin oparekin opekin opokin
    causative oparengatik oparengatik opengatik opongatik
    benefactive oparentzat oparentzat opentzat opontzat
    instrumental opaz opaz opez opotaz
    inessive opatan opan opetan opotan
    locative opatako opako opetako opotako
    allative opatara opara opetara opotara
    terminative opataraino oparaino opetaraino opotaraino
    directive opatarantz oparantz opetarantz opotarantz
    destinative opatarako oparako opetarako opotarako
    ablative opatatik opatik opetatik opotatik
    partitive oparik — — —
    prolative opatzat — — —

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    Further reading

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    • “opa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
    • “opa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

    Chichewa

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    Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jòpa.

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    -opa (infinitive kuópa)

    1. to fear, to be afraid
    2. to dread
    3. to awe
    4. to have dysphoria

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    • Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎[7], Oxford University Press, page 440

    Dutch

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    Etymology

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    Cognate with German Opa.

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    opa m (plural opa's, diminutive opaatje n)

    1. granddad, grandpa, pops
      Synonyms: bompa, grootvader
    2. (colloquial) any old man
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    Descendants

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    • Skepi Creole Dutch: opai
    • Sranan Tongo: owpa
    • → Ambonese Malay: opa
    • → Papiamentu: opa

    Esperanto

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    Esperanto opo
    Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
    Proto-Italic *-ā
    Latin -ader.
    ▲
    Latin -a
    Italian -ader.
    ▲
    Latin -a
    Old Spanish -a
    Spanish -ader.
    Esperanto -a
    Esperanto opa

      From opo + -a.

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      • IPA(key): /ˈopa/
      • Rhymes: -opa
      • Syllabification: o‧pa

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      opa (accusative singular opan, plural opaj, accusative plural opajn)

      1. joint, shared, mutual (done or held by multiple entities together)
        Oni ne povas nomi doktrino tiun opan duonfrenezon.
        This joint half-madness cannot be called a doctrine.

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      This word is not to be used in the sense of "single," "individual," or "isolated." It means the opposite. See unuopa, aparta, and individua.

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      Galician

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      Etymology 1

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      Onomatopoeic, or either related to English up.

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      opa!

      1. up!
        • 19th c, traditional, D. Blanco (ed.), A poesía popular en Galicia 1745-1885. Recopilación, estudio e edición crítica (vol. II), page 153:
          O que se casa con vellas / non sei qué gracia lles topa / cando se sentan: «Ai» / cando se erguen: «Opa»
          The one that marries an old woman, I don't know what charm he finds, when she sits down is «Ouch!», when she gets up is «Up!»
        Synonym: upa

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      14th century. Unknown.

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      opa f (plural opas)

      1. (usually in the plural) a type of cape used by members of the clergy
        • 1414, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 102:
          mando a Rodrigo Afonſo, clerigo, meu criado, as mjñas opas griſes forradas de ſarga vermella
          I send to Rodrigo Afonso, my servant, my grey capes [which are] lined in red serge
        Synonym: balandrán

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      Garo

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

      Verb

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      opa

      1. to suck

      Gun

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      opà (plural opà lẹ) (Nigeria)

      1. vow

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      opa

      1. indefinite genitive plural of op

      Indonesian

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      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈopa/
      • Hyphenation: o‧pa

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      From Dutch opa.

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      oma (plural opa-opa)

      1. (colloquial) grandpa
        Synonym: kakek
        Coordinate term: oma
        Tempat ini adalah rumah bagi 41 orang lanjut usia—yang di sini lebih senang dipanggil Opa dan Oma.[1]
        This place is home to 41 elderly people—who here prefer to be called grandpa and grandma.

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      Unknown.

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      opa (plural opa-opa)

      1. natural food container made from sago fronds, used when eating in the garden

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      From Mentawai opa.

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      opa (plural opa-opa)

      1. traditional Mentawai bag, made of woven rattan, tube-shaped, used to carry food and drinks

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      1. ^ “Hui Maria dan Rumah Kasih untuk Opa-Oma”, in JNEWS (in Indonesian), JNEWS, 27 May 2025, retrieved 9 January 2026

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      Lithuanian

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      opà f (plural opos) stress pattern 1

      1. ulcer

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      opa

      1. hop (about jumping)

      Mentawai

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      opa

      1. traditional Mentawai bag, made of woven rattan, tube-shaped, used to carry food and drinks

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      • → Indonesian: opa

      Paraguayan Guarani

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      • Rhymes: -a

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      opa

      1. all

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      Portuguese

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      Unknown.

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      opa (Brazil)

      1. oops (acknowledging a minor mistake)
        Synonym: ops
        Opa! Desculpa, foi sem querer.
        Oops! Sorry, it was an accident.
      2. hey (protest or reprimand)
        Opa, calma aí! Não precisa ofender!
        Hey, calm down! No need to offend!
      3. hey (informal greeting)
        Opa! Eaí, tudo bem?
        Hey! What's up?

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      Unknown.

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      opa f (plural opas)

      1. a type of cape used by members of the clergy
        Synonym: balandrau
      2. (Brazil, colloquial) carousal (noisy feast or social gathering)
        Synonyms: farra, folia, pândega
      3. (Brazil, colloquial) bad company
      4. (Brazil) yellow lapacho (Handroanthus serratifolius)
        Synonym: ipê-do-cerrado

      Etymology 3

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      From German Opa (“grandpa”).

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      opa m (plural opas, feminine oma, feminine plural omas)

      1. (South Brazil, familiar) grandpa
        Synonym: avô

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      Slovincian

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      Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der.?
      Proto-Germanic *apô
      Proto-West Germanic *apō
      Old Saxon apo
      Middle Low German āpe
      Low Prussian Apbor.
      Slovincian opa

        Borrowed from Low Prussian Ap.

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        • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.pa/
        • Rhymes: -ɔpa
        • Syllabification: o‧pa

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        opa m animal (female equivalent opôwo or opka, diminutive opk, related adjective opôwy or opjy or opskjy, possessive adjective opó)

        1. monkey, ape (primate)

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        Spanish

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        • IPA(key): /ˈopa/ [ˈo.pa]
        • Rhymes: -opa
        • Syllabification: o‧pa

        Etymology 1

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          Borrowed from Quechua upa.

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          opa m or f (masculine and feminine plural opas)

          1. (offensive, colloquial, Rioplatense, Bolivia) stupid

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          opa m or f by sense (plural opas)

          1. (offensive, colloquial, Paraguay, Bolivia, Rioplatense, rustic in Peru) a fool, a stupid person

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          Unknown.

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          opa

          1. (Rioplatense) expression indicating surprise

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          opa f (plural opas)

          1. (business) acronym of oferta pública de adquisición (“takeover bid”)
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          Uzbek

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          Other scripts
          Arabic Afghan Uzbek آپه
          Yangi Imlo —
          Cyrillic —
          Latin —

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          opa (plural opalar)

          1. older sister

          Yami

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          opa

          1. (anatomy) thigh
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