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From Sotho lelapa.

lapa (plural lapas)

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

From Chinese 喇叭 (lǎba).

lapa (plural lapas)

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

• Pala, alap, pa'al, pala

Borrowed from Sotho lelapa.

lapa (plural lapas, diminutive lapatjie)

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

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

lapâ (plural ralapa, intensified lapaon, plural intensified ralapaon, Basahan spelling ᜎᜉ)

1. rotten, decayed, decomposed

   Synonym: lado (of coconut (s))

2. (figurative) useless, incapable

   Synonym: inutil

3. (figurative) low-quality, inferior

   Synonym: maluya

lapa (Lontara spelling ᨒᨄ)

1. lava

From Proto-Austronesian *lapaq.

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

lapa

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

Elementary Arithmetic:

lapa

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

   Synonyms: guhay, pingkol

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

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

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)

• “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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

lapa

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

• pala

• IPA^(key): /la.pa/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: lapas, lapât

lapa

1. third-person singular past historic of laper

• IPA^(key):

Obscure. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *lappa; less likely from Proto-Germanic *lappô: "rag", then "border", then, hypothetically, "shelter".^[1]

• lapia

lapa f (plural lapas)

1. grotto, cave; shelter
2. standing stone

• Lapa
• Lapela

• lapela (“lapel”)

Obscure.^[2]

lapa f (plural lapas)

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

• patela

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

lapa f (plural lapas)

1. flame

   Synonym: chama

lapa

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lapa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lapa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lapa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lapa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

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

lapa

1. mistake made in weaving

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

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

lapa

1. Synonym of terä (“blade”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

lapa

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠapˠə/

lapa m (genitive singular lapa, nominative plural lapaí)

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

• mág

 lapa on Latvian Wikipedia

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

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

• lappuse
• sākumlapa

From Proto-Austronesian *lapaq.

lapa

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

Borrowed from English wrapper.

• IPA^(key): /làpā/,

làpā

1. (cloth) wrapper (for something)

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

• apa

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

lapa f (plural lape)

1. bee

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

lapa

1. hungry

Unknown. Possibly of Pre-Celtic origin.

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

lapa f (plural lapas)

1. grotto; cave, especially one used as shelter

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:caverna

2. limpet (a small mollusc)

   Hypernyms: gastrópode, molusco

• Lapa (name of several cities)

• lapedo

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

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

lapa f (plural lapi)

1. bee.
2. A Piaggio Ape.

• → Italian: lapa

Borrowed from English rubber.

lapa

1. rubber

From Proto-Bantu *-dàmba.

lapa

1. to be hungry

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

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

lapa f (plural lapas)

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

• “lapa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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

• IPA^(key): /²lɑːpa/

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 milk

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

   lapa sol

   soak up the sun

• 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)

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'.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlapaʔ/ (noun)
    • Rhymes: -apaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /laˈpaʔ/ (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: la‧pa

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

lapâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉ)

1. butchered; killed (of animals)

   Synonyms: katay, kinatay

• pala-, alap, pala, alpa

From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

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

lapa

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

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