hampa

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

hampa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hampaði, supine hampað)

  1. to dandle
  2. to hold something up for show

Conjugation

hampa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að hampa
supine
(sagnbót) 		hampað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		hampandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég hampa við hömpum present
(nútíð) 		ég hampi við hömpum
þú hampar þið hampið þú hampir þið hampið
hann, hún, það hampar þeir, þær, þau hampa hann, hún, það hampi þeir, þær, þau hampi
past
(þátíð) 		ég hampaði við hömpuðum past
(þátíð) 		ég hampaði við hömpuðum
þú hampaðir þið hömpuðuð þú hampaðir þið hömpuðuð
hann, hún, það hampaði þeir, þær, þau hömpuðu hann, hún, það hampaði þeir, þær, þau hömpuðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		hampa (þú) hampið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
hampaðu hampiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Malay

Adjective

hampa

  1. empty
    Synonym: kosong

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from French hampe (“shaft”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈampa/
  • Rhymes: -ampa
  • Syllabification: ham‧pa

Noun

hampa f (plural hampas)

  1. underworld (part of society that is engaged in crime or vice)
    • 1997, Roberto Bolaño, “La nieve”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:
      Este tipo se llamaba Misha Semionovich Pavlov y era una especie de mago del hampa moscovita.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

  • Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like hampa take the singular definite article el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el hampa. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al hampa, del hampa.
These nouns also usually take the indefinite article un that is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una is also permitted): un hampa or una hampa. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).
However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) must be used: la mejor hampa, una buena hampa.
  • If an adjective follows the noun, it must agree with the noun's gender regardless of the article used: el hampa única, un(a) hampa buena.
  • In the plural, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (las, unas etc.) are always used.


Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Swedish hampa, hamper, from Old Norse hampr, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz.

Noun

hampa c (uncountable)

  1. hemp

Declension

Declension of hampa
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hampa hampas
definite hampan hampans
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Descendants

  • → Finnish: hamppu

Further reading

Zou

Noun

hampa

  1. grass

References

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