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English
Noun
lipa (plural lipas or lipa or lipe )
( often in the plural ) A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Croatian kuna (obsolete since 2023).
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Back-formation from lipoa .
Pronunciation
Noun
lipa ( rare )
Synonym of kieli ( “ tongue (organ) ” )
Declension
Anagrams
Lingala
Noun
lipa
bread
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
lipa
From Proto-Slavic *lipa , from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ . Cognate with Upper Sorbian lipa , Polish lipa , Czech lípa , Serbo-Croatian lȉpa , Russian ли́па ( lípa ) and Macedonian липа ( lipa ) .
Noun
lipa f
linden tree, lime tree ( Tilia )
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
lipa
inflection of lip :
genitive singular
nominative / accusative dual
Verb
lipa
third-person singular present of lipaś
Further reading
Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928 ) “lipa ”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН , ČAVU ; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
Starosta, Manfred (1999 ) “lipa ”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa .
Pronunciation
Noun
lipa f (diminutive lipka , related adjective lipowy )
linden , lime-tree , basswood ( any tree of the genus Tilia )
Synonym: lipina
linden , lime-tree , basswood ( wood of the linden )
Synonym: lipina
tea made from linden flowers
( colloquial ) fib , hoax ( lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential )
Synonyms: bujda , fałsz , kit , nieprawda
Antonym: prawda
( colloquial ) something of poor quality, very often jerry-built
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:badziewie
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
lipa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
lipa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
lipa in PWN's encyclopedia
Romanian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic .
Interjection
lipa
the sound of an animal (like a cat or a dog) slurping water
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa , from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /lîpa/
Hyphenation: li‧pa
Noun
lȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling ли̏па )
any part of a linden tree
tea made from linden flowers
linden tree, lime tree ( Tilia )
Declension
Derived terms
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa , from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ .
Pronunciation
Noun
lipa f
linden tree, Tilia
Declension
Declension of
lipa (pattern
žena )
Derived terms
Further reading
“lipa ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk , 2003–2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *lipa , from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ .
Pronunciation
Noun
lípa f
linden tree, lime tree ( Tilia )
Inflection
Further reading
“lipa ”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-lipa (infinitive kulipa )
to pay
Conjugation
Conjugation of -lipa
Positive present
-na lipa
Subjunctive
-lipe
Negative
-lipi
Imperative singular
lipa
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hulipa
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li lipa
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku lipa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na lipa)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nalipa/na lipa
tu nalipa
2nd person
u nalipa
m nalipa
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nalipa
wa nalipa
other classes
positive subject concord + -na lipa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lipi )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si lipi
hatu lipi
2nd person
hu lipi
ham lipi
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha lipi
hawa lipi
other classes
negative subject concord + -lipi
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta lipa
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta lipa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lipe )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni lipe
tu lipe
2nd person
u lipe
m lipe
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a lipe
wa lipe
other classes
positive subject concord + -lipe
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si lipe
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge lipa
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe lipa
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali lipa
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali lipa
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me lipa
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha lipa
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja lipa
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki lipa
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo lipa
Consecutive
kalipa / positive subject concord + -ka lipa
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka lipe
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German lipen , from lipe ( “ lip ” ) .
Verb
lipa (present lipar , preterite lipade , supine lipat , imperative lipa )
( colloquial ) to cry (often over something relatively insignificant)
Jag storlipade åt filmen I cried my eyes out at the movie
( regional , central Sweden) to stick one's tongue out
Synonym: räcka ut tungan
Ungarna lipade åt honom The kids stuck their tongues out at him
Usage notes
Often condescending when of someone else's crying in sense 1 , as though implying the crier does not deserve sympathy.
Conjugation
Conjugation of lipa (weak)
Derived terms
See also
References
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
lipá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ )
Dendrocnide meyeniana ( a species of nettle-like plant )
Synonyms: lipang-kalabaw , lipang-lalaki
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Malay lepa , from Sanskrit लेप ( lepa , “ plaster ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
lipà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ ) ( dialectal )
asphalt -like soil used to harden the ground floor of houses on stilts
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
lipà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ ) ( obsolete )
dizziness while walking ( leading to stumbles )
Derived terms
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Upper Sorbian
Etymology
lipa
From Proto-Slavic *lipa . Cognate with Lower Sorbian lipa , Polish lipa , Czech lípa , Serbo-Croatian lȉpa , and Russian ли́па ( lípa ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
lipa f
linden tree, lime tree ( Tilia )