Talk:aapa

RFV discussion: September–November 2012

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aapa

English sense. If it's real, is it dialectal or something? Because to me, it doesn't even look English-like. :-P   —Ruakh_TALK 02:17, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

It has a cite, but aapa is italicised in that cite. Recent loanwords are often italicised, but in the same sentence the word bhai isn’t. — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 03:21, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

It looks a lot like Hindi आप (āp), but I don't know the language, so I can't explain the difference in the ending. Chuck Entz (talk) 03:29, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

For what it is worth, the OED includes these two citations: WilliamKF (talk) 15:27, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

• 1998 Independent 19 Aug. 7/8 To think that all these years I have had an aapa without realising it.
• 2008 F. Zama Marriage Bureau for Rich People (2009) xi. 141 Don't tell aapa, but my friend says that the police in Royyapalem have been asked to find some evidence..so they can be charged with something more serious.

It also gives the etymology as being: WilliamKF (talk) 15:31, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

• Etymology: < Urdu āpa older sister < āp, used respectfully as a 2nd or 3rd person pronoun, lit. ‘self, oneself’, ultimately < Sanskrit ātman self (see atman n.). Compare Hindi āp, āpā oneself. S. Asian.

Here is another citation: WilliamKF (talk) 16:38, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

• "Please, Kapugen, my aapa." Julie ran beside him in her bare feet. "I will keep the wolves away from the oxen. Please do not shoot them. They saved my life." She stopped and reached out her arms to him. "It cannot be helped," he repeated, ... [1]

Looks like this passes RFV to me, any objections? WilliamKF (talk) 16:49, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Passed as {{rare}}. - -sche (discuss) 05:36, 28 November 2012 (UTC)