lepa

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See also: Lepa, lepá, lëpa, lepą, and lępa

Estonian

Noun

lepa

  1. genitive singular of lepp

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

Noun

lepa

  1. flag

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit लेप (lepa, “plaster”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear; fatty substance”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: lè‧pa

Noun

lèpa (first-person possessive lepaku, second-person possessive lepamu, third-person possessive lepanya)

  1. plaster.

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit लेप (lepa, “plaster”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

lepa

  1. Alternative form of alpa

Synonyms

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɛpa
  • Syllabification: le‧pa
  • Homophone: Lepa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěpa.

Noun

lepa f

  1. slush (half-melted snow)
  2. oaf (someone who is inept or clumsy)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:niezdara
  3. (colloquial) smack on the nape of the neck
    Synonym: karczycho
Declension
Declension of lepa
singular plural
nominative lepa lepy
genitive lepy lep
dative lepie lepom
accusative lepę lepy
instrumental lepą lepami
locative lepie lepach
vocative lepo lepy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Lippe.

Noun

lepa f

  1. (Far Masovian) Synonym of warga
    Lepy prec ludziom po wsi popuchły. ― Lips of the people around the village swole up.

Further reading

  • lepa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “lepa”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 112

Sardinian

Noun

lepa f (plural lepas)

  1. knife
    Synonyms: gurteddu, rasogia, brotzu, istuzone

Usage notes

This term refers specifically to a kind of knife historically made in Sardinia, with a hilt typically made from an animals horn, or sometimes wood.

Derived terms

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

lepa

  1. inflection of lep:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Tok Pisin

Noun

lepa

  1. leper
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