lapa

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Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From Sotho lelapa.

Noun

lapa (plural lapas)

1. (South Africa) An open structure in South Africa, typically a thatched roof supported by wooden poles.

Etymology 2

From Chinese 喇叭 (lǎba).

Noun

lapa (plural lapas)

1. (music) A metal wind instrument of 19th-century China, resembling the oboe.

Anagrams

• Pala, alap, pa'al, pala

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Sotho lelapa.

Noun

lapa (plural lapas, diminutive lapatjie)

1. A lapa.
2. A courtyard around a house or village.

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧pa
• IPA^(key): /laˈpaʔ/,

Adjective

lapâ (intensified lapaon)

1. rotten, decayed, decomposed

   Synonym: lado

2. (figurative) useless, incapable

   Synonym: inutil

3. (figurative) low-quality, inferior

   Synonym: maluya

Derived terms

Buginese

Noun

lapa (Lontara spelling ᨒᨄ)

1. lava

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lapaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪apaʔ/
• Hyphenation: la‧pa

Noun

lapa

1. (arithmetic, division) quotient; the result of division

See also

Elementary Arithmetic:

Verb

lapa

1. to cut into sizable chunks or portions
2. to mutilate; hack to pieces

   Synonyms: guhay, pingkol

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *lapa, from Proto-Uralic *lapa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Syllabification^(key): la‧pa

Noun

lapa

1. (zoology) shoulder (joint between the arm and the torso on an animal, such as a horse)
2. (anatomy) shoulder (the region around the shoulder blade)
3. blade (flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.)
4. (botany) blade, lamina
5. headstock, peghead (on a musical instrument, such as a guitar)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “lapa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Syllabification^(key): la‧pa

Verb

lapa

1. inflection of lappaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• pala

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.pa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophones: lapas, lapât

Verb

lapa

1. third-person singular past historic of laper

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Etymology 1

Obscure. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *lappa; less likely from Proto-Germanic *lappô: "rag", then "border", then, hypothetically, "shelter".

Alternative forms

• lapia

Noun

lapa f (plural lapas)

1. grotto, cave; shelter
2. standing stone

Derived terms

• Lapa
• Lapela

Related terms

• lapela (“lapel”)

Etymology 2

Obscure.

Noun

lapa f (plural lapas)

1. (mollusc) limpet
2. (figurative) Someone dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space

Synonyms

• patela

Etymology 3

Perhaps from lapar (“to lap, lick with the tonge”).

Noun

lapa f (plural lapas)

1. flame

   Synonym: chama

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Verb

lapa

1. inflection of lapar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• “lapa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “lapa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lapa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lapa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *lapa. Cognates include dialectal Finnish lapa and Veps laba.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: la‧pa

Noun

lapa

1. mistake made in weaving

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *lapa. Cognates include Finnish lapa and Estonian laba.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: la‧pa

Noun

lapa

1. Synonym of terä (“blade”)

Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: la‧pa

Verb

lapa

1. inflection of lappaa:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 241

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠapˠə/

Noun

lapa m (genitive singular lapa, nominative plural lapaí)

1. paw
2. flipper
3. webbed foot
4. double cable-stitch

Synonyms

• mág

Latvian

 lapa on Latvian Wikipedia

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lapa f (4th declension)

1. leaf

   lapas plātne ― leaf blade

   koku lapas ― tree leaves

   lapu koks ― leafy tree, deciduous tree

   lapu dārzeņi ― leafy vegetables (cabbage, spinach, etc.)

2. sheet of paper, especially in a book

   papīras lapa ― sheet of paper

   aptaujas lapa ― survey sheet

   grāmatas lapa ― book page

   lapas puse, lappuse ― half sheet (= page)

3. (Internet) web page

   vikipēdijas sākumlapa ― the (Latvian) Wikipedia home page

Declension

Derived terms

• lappuse
• sākumlapa

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lapaq.

Verb

lapa

1. to cut up (a carcass), to butcher

Mmen

Etymology

Borrowed from English wrapper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /làpā/,

Noun

làpā

1. (cloth) wrapper (for something)

Further reading

• Lena Björkestedt, A Phonological Sketch of the Mmen Language (2010)

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• apa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlapə/
• Hyphenation: là‧pa

Noun

lapa f (plural lape)

1. bee

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaʀ, compare Malay lapar.

Adjective

lapa

1. hungry

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly of Pre-Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: Lapa
• Rhymes: -apɐ
• Hyphenation: la‧pa

Noun

lapa f (plural lapas)

1. grotto; cave, especially one used as shelter

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:caverna

2. limpet (a small mollusc)

Hypernyms

• (limpet): gastrópode, molusco

Derived terms

• Lapa (name of several cities)

Related terms

• lapedo

Sicilian

Etymology

From the proclisis of the definite article la + Vulgar Latin *apa, from Latin apis. Compare Sicilian loppiu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlapa/
• Hyphenation: là‧pa

Noun

lapa f (plural lapi)

1. bee.
2. A Piaggio Ape.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Italian: lapa

Sikaiana

Etymology

Borrowed from English rubber.

Noun

lapa

1. rubber

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dàmba.

Verb

lapa

1. to be hungry

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlapa/
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: la‧pa

Noun

lapa f (plural lapas)

1. limpet
2. (figurative) limpet, person who sticks to another
3. (Venezuela) lowland paca
4. macaw

Derived terms

Further reading

• “lapa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish lapa, from Proto-Germanic *lappōną, from Proto-Indo-European *leb-. Doublet of läppja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²lɑːpa/

Verb

lapa (present lapar, preterite lapade, supine lapat, imperative lapa)

1. to lap (take up (liquid) with the tongue)

   Katten lapade mjölk

   The cat was lapping up milk

2. (figuratively) to soak up (the sun)

   lapa sol

   soak up the sun

Conjugation

References

• lapa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lapa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lapa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• lapa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaq, from Proto-Austronesian *lapaq (“to cut up, butcher, slaughter an animal”). Compare Bikol Central lapa, Cebuano lapa, Malay lapah, Mansaka lapa, Minangkabau lapah, and Western Bukidnon Manobo lapa'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlapaʔ/, (noun)

• IPA^(key): /laˈpaʔ/, (adjective)
• Hyphenation: la‧pa

Noun

lapà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉ)

1. butchering; slaughtering; quartering (of animals)

   Synonyms: katay, pagkatay, hiwag

2. cutting of meat into big lumps or pieces

   Synonyms: atado, pag-aatado

3. big lump or cut of meat

   Synonyms: katay, lapang

4. autopsy; necropsy

   Synonyms: awtopsiya, pag-aawtopsiya

Derived terms

Adjective

lapâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉ)

1. butchered; killed (of animals)

   Synonyms: katay, kinatay

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: la‧pa

Noun

lapa

1. a wide part at the end of something; foot (on a leg), blade (on an oar), etc.

Inflection

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “lapa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn