noun
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a man who has begotten a child; the male parent; father.
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a mode of addressing one's father.
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a suffix to male names.
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a mode of addressing any man deserving of respect or reverence because of age, position, etc.
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a term of endearment in addressing boys.
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a man or a thing, greater, bigger or more harmful, than the other; the daddy of all.
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ಅಪ್ಪ ಅಮ್ಮ ಅನ್ನು appa amma annu to beseech humbly; ಅಪ್ಪ ಅಮ್ಮನ ಜಗಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೂಸು ಬಡವಾಯಿತು appa ammana jagaḷadalli kūsu baḍavāyitu (prov.) when two bigs fight, it is the vulnerable that suffers; ಅಪ್ಪನ್ನ ಅಪ್ಪ ಅನ್ನದವ ಚಿಕ್ಕಪ್ಪನ್ನ ಅಪ್ಪ ಅಂದಾನೆ? appanna appa annadava cikkappanna appa andāne (prov.) does one, who does not respect his own father, respect any another person? ಅಪ್ಪ ಕಟ್ಟಿಸಿದ ಬಾವಿಯೆಂದು ಉಪ್ಪುನೀರನ್ನು ಕುಡಿ appa kaṭṭisida bāviyendu uppunīrannu kuḍi (prov.) = ಅಪ್ಪ ಹಾಕಿದ ಆಲಮರ ಅಂತ ನೇಣು ಹಾಕಿಕೊ; ಅಪ್ಪ ಹಾಕಿದ ಆಲದಮರ appahākida āladamara (fig.) unquestioned belief, profession or sentiment that has been handed over from a father to his son; ಅಪ್ಪ ಹಾಕಿದ ಆಲಮರ ಅಂತ ನೇಣು ಹಾಕಿಕೊ appahākida āladamara anta nēṇu hākiko (prov.) to cling to the tradition despite it being foolish, unprofitable or not advantageous; a man may love his house, yet not ride on the ridge; ಅಪ್ಪ ಸತ್ತು ಆರು ತಿಂಗಳಿಗೆ ಬಂದು ಹುಚ್ಚು ಮಾವ ಕೊರಳುಕಟ್ಟಿಕೊಂಡು ಅತ್ತ appa sattu āru tiŋgaḷige bandu, huccumāva koraḷukaṭṭikondu atta (prov.) to show sympathy hypocritically; or in a stupid manner.