jap

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See also: Jap, JAP, Jap., and jap.

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Shortening of Japanese, in reference to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

Pronunciation

Verb

jap (third-person singular simple present japs, present participle japping, simple past and past participle japped)

  1. (Canada, US, ethnic slur, slang, transitive) To carry out a sneak attack upon (something or somebody).

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Variant of dialectal ap, from Proto-Albanian *apa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁op-eio/e-, from *h₁ep- (to take). The verb is suppletive with past dhashë and participle dhënë from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-.

Pronunciation

Verb

jap (aorist dhashë, participle dhënë) (Tosk)

  1. to give

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 79

Cypriot Arabic

Root
j-y-b
1 term

Etymology

From common dialectal Arabic جَابَ (jāba), from a univerbation of جَاءَ بِ (jāʔa bi-, literally to come with), equivalent to Cypriot Arabic ja +‎ b-. Cognate with Egyptian Arabic جاب (gāb, to bring), Moroccan Arabic جاب (jāb, to bring) and Maltese ġab (to bring).

Verb

jap I (present pijíp)

  1. to bring

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 192

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɑp/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: jap
  • Rhymes: -ɑp

Noun

jap m (plural jappen)

  1. (official spelling) Alternative letter-case form of Jap.

German

Interjection

jap

  1. (colloquial) yep; yup; yop

Rayón Zoque

Noun

jap

  1. ash
  2. lime (calcium-containing material)

References

  • Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 9

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

jap

  1. smack