Oppa - Wiktionary

See also: oppå and 오빠

English

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Alternative forms

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• oppah

Etymology

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Borrowed from Korean 오빠 (oppa, “elder brother or close elder male friend (of a female)”).

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒpə/, /ˈəʊpə/, /ˈɒpɑː/, /ˈəʊpɑː/
• (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊpə/, /ˈoʊpɑ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒpə, -əʊpə, -ɒpɑː, -əʊpɑː

Noun

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oppa (plural oppas)

1. (manhwa, women's speech) An affectionate term of address for an older brother or somewhat older man. Coordinate terms: hyung, unnie, noona, dongsaeng
2. (South Korean idol fandom) A male idol revered by a younger female fan.
   • 2017, Maylin Tabia, "Signs of being a Kpop/Kdrama addict", The Lodestar (Juan Sumulong High School), February - March 2017, page 11: Sign #2- Changing your phone's, laptop's etc. wallpaper/lockscreen with your oppa's photo.
   • 2017 June, “Cosmo Bae Lee Min Ho”, in Cosmopolitan, page 14:Your oppa from Boys Over Flowers and The Legend of the Blue Sea is back with a new album.
   • 2019 August, Farrah Ermeje, “Board Member Spotlight X2”, in The WKC Newsletter, volume 8, number 4, page 27:My K-Pop bias.... CHIM CHIM OFCOURSE[sic]. My oppa Jimin. <3 <3
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:oppa.

Translations

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Chinese: Mandarin: 歐巴 / 欧巴 (zh) (ōubā), 偶巴 (ǒubā) Indonesian: oppa Japanese: オッパ (oppa) Kazakh: оппа (oppa) Korean: 오빠 (ko) (oppa) Russian: о́ппа m (óppa)

Anagrams

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• Apop, Popa

Classical Nahuatl

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20[a], [b]
[a], [b], [c] ←  1	2	3  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: ōme     Ordinal: ic ōme     Adverbial: ōccān, ōppa     Distributive: ōōme, ohōme

Alternative forms

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• ocpa

Etymology

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From ōme (“two”) +‎ -pa.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): [ˈoːp.pa]

Adverb

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ōppa

1. twice
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 77v. col. 2:Oppa. dos vezes.Oppa. two times.

References

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• Alonso de Molina (1571), Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 77v

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Korean 오빠 (oppa), probably contracted from 오라비 (orabi, “brother of a female”) +‎ -아 (-a, “hey”, vocative particle).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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oppa (plural oppa-oppa)

1. (colloquial, women's speech) an elder brother, or an affectionate term of address for a somewhat older man

Further reading

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• “oppa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *ompë.

Pronunciation

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• (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈoppa/

Adverb

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oppa

1. completely, entirely

Adjective

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oppa (not comparable)

1. whole, entire
2. closed

Inflection

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This adjective is used only attributively, and has no case forms.

Further reading

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• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland