lipa

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English

Noun

lipa (plural lipas or lipa or lipe)

  1. (often in the plural) A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Croatian kuna (obsolete since 2023).

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Finnish

Etymology

Back-formation from lipoa.

Pronunciation

Noun

lipa (rare)

  1. Synonym of kieli (tongue (organ))

Declension

Inflection of lipa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation)
nominative lipa livat
genitive livan lipojen
partitive lipaa lipoja
illative lipaan lipoihin
singular plural
nominative lipa livat
accusative nom. lipa livat
gen. livan
genitive livan lipojen
lipain rare
partitive lipaa lipoja
inessive livassa livoissa
elative livasta livoista
illative lipaan lipoihin
adessive livalla livoilla
ablative livalta livoilta
allative livalle livoille
essive lipana lipoina
translative livaksi livoiksi
abessive livatta livoitta
instructive livoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lipa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lipani lipani
accusative nom. lipani lipani
gen. lipani
genitive lipani lipojeni
lipaini rare
partitive lipaani lipojani
inessive livassani livoissani
elative livastani livoistani
illative lipaani lipoihini
adessive livallani livoillani
ablative livaltani livoiltani
allative livalleni livoilleni
essive lipanani lipoinani
translative livakseni livoikseni
abessive livattani livoittani
instructive
comitative lipoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lipasi lipasi
accusative nom. lipasi lipasi
gen. lipasi
genitive lipasi lipojesi
lipaisi rare
partitive lipaasi lipojasi
inessive livassasi livoissasi
elative livastasi livoistasi
illative lipaasi lipoihisi
adessive livallasi livoillasi
ablative livaltasi livoiltasi
allative livallesi livoillesi
essive lipanasi lipoinasi
translative livaksesi livoiksesi
abessive livattasi livoittasi
instructive
comitative lipoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lipamme lipamme
accusative nom. lipamme lipamme
gen. lipamme
genitive lipamme lipojemme
lipaimme rare
partitive lipaamme lipojamme
inessive livassamme livoissamme
elative livastamme livoistamme
illative lipaamme lipoihimme
adessive livallamme livoillamme
ablative livaltamme livoiltamme
allative livallemme livoillemme
essive lipanamme lipoinamme
translative livaksemme livoiksemme
abessive livattamme livoittamme
instructive
comitative lipoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lipanne lipanne
accusative nom. lipanne lipanne
gen. lipanne
genitive lipanne lipojenne
lipainne rare
partitive lipaanne lipojanne
inessive livassanne livoissanne
elative livastanne livoistanne
illative lipaanne lipoihinne
adessive livallanne livoillanne
ablative livaltanne livoiltanne
allative livallenne livoillenne
essive lipananne lipoinanne
translative livaksenne livoiksenne
abessive livattanne livoittanne
instructive
comitative lipoinenne

Anagrams

Lingala

Noun

lipa

  1. 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

  1. linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lipa

  1. inflection of lip:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative dual

Verb

lipa

  1. third-person singular present of lipaś
Alternative forms

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

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lipa sense 1
lipa sense 2

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.pa/
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  • Audio 2:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ipa
  • Syllabification: li‧pa
  • Homophone: Lipa

Noun

lipa f (diminutive lipka, related adjective lipowy)

  1. linden, lime-tree, basswood (any tree of the genus Tilia)
    Synonym: lipina
  2. linden, lime-tree, basswood (wood of the linden)
    Synonym: lipina
  3. tea made from linden flowers
  4. (colloquial) fib, hoax (lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential)
    Synonyms: bujda, fałsz, kit, nieprawda
    Antonym: prawda
  5. (colloquial) something of poor quality, very often jerry-built
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:badziewie

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
adverbs
nouns
adverbs
nouns

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

  1. the sound of an animal (like a cat or a dog) slurping water

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lîpa/
  • Hyphenation: li‧pa

Noun

lȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling ли̏па)

  1. any part of a linden tree
  2. tea made from linden flowers
  3. linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

Declension

Derived terms

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

lipa f

  1. linden tree, Tilia

Declension

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

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

lípa f

  1. linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. lípa
gen. sing. lípe
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
lípa lípi lípe
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
lípe líp líp
dative
(dajȃlnik)
lípi lípama lípam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
lípo lípi lípe
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
lípi lípah lípah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
lípo lípama lípami

Further reading

  • lipa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-lipa (infinitive kulipa)

  1. to pay

Conjugation

Conjugation of -lipa
Positive present -nalipa
Subjunctive -lipe
Negative -lipi
Imperative singular lipa
Infinitives
Positive kulipa
Negative kutolipa
Imperatives
Singular lipa
Plural lipeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulipa
Positive past positive subject concord + -lilipa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kulipa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalipa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninalipa/nalipa tunalipa
2nd person unalipa mnalipa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) analipa wanalipa
other classes positive subject concord + -nalipa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lipi)
Singular Plural
1st person silipi hatulipi
2nd person hulipi hamlipi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) halipi hawalipi
other classes negative subject concord + -lipi
Positive future positive subject concord + -talipa
Negative future negative subject concord + -talipa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lipe)
Singular Plural
1st person nilipe tulipe
2nd person ulipe mlipe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) alipe walipe
other classes positive subject concord + -lipe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silipe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelipa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelipa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilipa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilipa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alipa)
Singular Plural
1st person nalipa twalipa
2nd person walipa mwalipa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) alipa walipa
m-mi(III/IV) walipa yalipa
ji-ma(V/VI) lalipa yalipa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalipa vyalipa
n(IX/X) yalipa zalipa
u(XI) walipa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwalipa
pa(XVI) palipa
mu(XVIII) mwalipa
Perfect positive subject concord + -melipa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshalipa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalipa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kilipa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipolipa
Consecutive kalipa / positive subject concord + -kalipa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalipe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nilipa -tulipa
2nd person -kulipa -walipa/-kulipeni/-walipeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlipa -walipa
m-mi(III/IV) -ulipa -ilipa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lilipa -yalipa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilipa -vilipa
n(IX/X) -ilipa -zilipa
u(XI) -ulipa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kulipa
pa(XVI) -palipa
mu(XVIII) -mulipa
Reflexive -jilipa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -lipa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -lipaye -lipao
m-mi(III/IV) -lipao -lipayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipalo -lipayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lipacho -lipavyo
n(IX/X) -lipayo -lipazo
u(XI) -lipao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -lipako
pa(XVI) -lipapo
mu(XVIII) -lipamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -lipa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yelipa -olipa
m-mi(III/IV) -olipa -yolipa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lolipa -yolipa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholipa -vyolipa
n(IX/X) -yolipa -zolipa
u(XI) -olipa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kolipa
pa(XVI) -polipa
mu(XVIII) -molipa
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)

  1. (colloquial) to cry (often over something relatively insignificant)
    Sluta lipa
    Stop crying
    Jag storlipade åt filmen
    I cried my eyes out at the movie
  2. (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

Derived terms

See also

References

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

lipá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ)

  1. 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)

  1. asphalt-like soil used to harden the ground floor of houses on stilts

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

lipà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ) (obsolete)

  1. dizziness while walking (leading to stumbles)
Derived terms

Anagrams

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

  1. linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)