oppa - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

oppa (plural oppas)

1. (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.

Anagrams[edit]

• Apop, Popa

Classical Nahuatl[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ōme (“two”) +‎ -pa.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈoːp.pa]

Adverb[edit]

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[edit]

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

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔp̚pa]
• Hyphenation: op‧pa

Noun[edit]

oppa (first-person possessive oppaku, second-person possessive oppamu, third-person possessive oppanya)

1. (colloquial) elder brother, in extension somewhat older male.

Further reading[edit]

• “oppa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *ompë.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈoppa/

Adverb[edit]

oppa

1. completely, entirely

Adjective[edit]

oppa (not comparable)

1. whole, entire
2. closed

Inflection[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

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

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