appa

Greenlandic

Uria lomvia

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *atpa, from Proto-Eskimo *alpa. Cognate with Inuktitut ᐊᒃᐸ (akpa, “murre”), Inuinnaqtun atpa (“murre”), and Inupiaq atpa (“common murre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.pa/

Noun

appa (plural appat)

1. murre, guillemot
2. thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia)

Declension

Declension of appa

	singular	plural
absolutive	appa	appat
ergative	appap	appat
allative	appamut	appanut
ablative	appamit	appanit
prosecutive	appakkut	appatigut
locative	appami	appani
instrumental	appamik	appanik
equative	appatut	appatut

References

• appa in Katersat

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• अप्प (Devanagari script)
• অপ্প (Bengali script)
• අප‍්ප (Sinhalese script)
• အပ္ပ or ဢပ္ပ or ဢပ်ပ (Burmese script)
• อปฺป or อัปปะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨷ᩠ᨷ (Tai Tham script)
• ອປ຺ປ or ອັປປະ (Lao script)
• អប្ប (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄛𑄴𑄛 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Sanskrit अल्प (alpa)

Adjective

appa

1. few, a small amount

Derived terms

• appaka
• apparajakkha
• appāhāratā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “appa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead