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Galician
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Interjection
epa!
- oops!
- hey!
References
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin hēpar (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”), from Proto-Hellenic *yékʷər, from Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ (“liver”), derived from the root *Hyekʷ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
epa f (plural epe)
- (archaic, literary) belly, stomach, abdomen
mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXX”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 118–120; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:"Ricorditi, spergiuro, del cavallo",
rispuose quel ch’avëa infiata l’epa;
"e sieti reo che tutto il mondo sallo!".- "Remember, o perjurer, the horse," replied the one with the inflated stomach, "and be it miserable for you that the whole world knows it!"
References
- epa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Makasar
Etymology
From Proto-South Sulawesi *kepak.
Pronunciation
Noun
epa (Lontara spelling ᨕᨙᨄ)
- (anatomy) armpit
Maori
Noun
epa
- wall post
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Interjection
epa
- hey (protest or reprimand)
- oops (expression of surprise)
- Synonym: opa
Sabu
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
Numeral
epa
- four
Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-jìmba.
Verb
epa
- to dig
Descendants
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈepa/
- Rhymes: -epa
- Syllabification: e‧pa
Interjection
epa
- hey!
- (South America, colloquial) whoops!
Further reading
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu .
Pronunciation
Verb
-epa (infinitive kuepa)
- to evade, dodge, avoid
Conjugation
Conjugation of -epa
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Positive present
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-naepa
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Subjunctive
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-epe
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Negative
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-epi
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Imperative singular
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epa
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Singular
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epa
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Plural
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epeni
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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huepa
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -liepa
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuepa
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -naepa)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninaepa/naepa
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tunaepa
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2nd person
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unaepa
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mnaepa
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anaepa
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wanaepa
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -naepa
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -epi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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siepi
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hatuepi
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2nd person
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huepi
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hamwepi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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haepi
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hawaepi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -epi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -taepa
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -taepa
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -epe)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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niepe
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tuepe
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2nd person
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uepe
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mwepe
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aepe
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waepe
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -epe
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -siepe
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeepa
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeepa
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngaliepa
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singaliepa
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meepa
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshaepa
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaepa
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiepa
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipoepa
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Consecutive
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kaepa / positive subject concord + -kaepa
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaepe
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
See EPA.
Noun
epa c
- (colloquial) Alternative letter-case form of EPA
- (colloquial) Synonym of epatraktor
- (nonstandard) Synonym of A-traktor
Declension
Tok Pisin
Noun
epa
- stingray
Zou
Noun
epa
- his father
References