mapa

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See also: mapă, mapą, мара, and mapa-

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin mappa

Noun

mapa m (plural mapas)

  1. map

References

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mappa (napkin).

Noun

mapa m (plural mapes)

  1. map

Basque

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish mapa, from Latin mappa.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /mapa/
  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Hyphenation: ma‧pa

Noun

mapa inan

  1. map

Declension

Further reading

  • mapa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • mapa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mappa (napkin).

Pronunciation

Noun

mapa m (plural mapes)

  1. map (sheet with geographical information on it)

Usage notes

  • Originally this noun was a feminine noun, but in Modern Catalan it is now masculine, though it still forms its plural as if it were feminine.

Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mapa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmapa/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧pa

Noun

mapa

  1. map

Verb

mapa

  1. to map

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish mapa.

Noun

mapa

  1. map

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mappe, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, from Latin mappa.

Pronunciation

Noun

mapa f

  1. map (visual representation of an area)

Declension

Further reading

  • mapa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • mapa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • mapa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mappa (napkin).

Noun

mapa m (plural mapas)

  1. map
    Synonym: carta

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English map.

Noun

mapa m (genitive singular mapa, nominative plural mapaí)

  1. map
    Synonym: léarscáil
Declension
Declension of mapa (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative mapa mapaí
vocative a mhapa a mhapaí
genitive mapa mapaí
dative mapa mapaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mapa na mapaí
genitive an mhapa na mapaí
dative leis an mapa
don mhapa
leis na mapaí
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mop.

Noun

mapa m (genitive singular mapa, nominative plural mapaí)

  1. mop
    Synonym: strailleán
Declension
Declension of mapa (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative mapa mapaí
vocative a mhapa a mhapaí
genitive mapa mapaí
dative mapa mapaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mapa na mapaí
genitive an mhapa na mapaí
dative leis an mapa
don mhapa
leis na mapaí
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of mapa
radical lenition eclipsis
mapa mhapa not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mappe, from Latin mappa (napkin).

Pronunciation

Noun

mapa f (diminutive mapka)

  1. portfolio, folder

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “mapa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Maranao

Noun

mapa

  1. map

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mappa (napkin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.pa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Syllabification: ma‧pa

Noun

mapa f

  1. map (sheet with geographical information on it)

Declension

Derived terms

noun
adjective
noun

Descendants

  • Belarusian: ма́па (mápa)
  • Ukrainian: ма́па (mápa)
  • Yiddish: מאַפּע (mape)

Further reading

  • mapa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mapa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mappa (napkin), from Punic .

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -apɐ
  • Hyphenation: ma‧pa

Noun

mapa m or (obsolete) f (plural mapas)

  1. map
    1. visual representation of an area
      Synonym: carta (dated)
  2. (video games, board games) an environment where a game is played

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English map.

Pronunciation

Noun

mapa m (genitive singular mapa, plural mapaichean)

  1. map (visual representation of an area)

Mutation

Mutation of mapa
radical lenition
mapa mhapa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mâpa/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧pa

Noun

mȁpa f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏па)

  1. map (visual representation of an area, map, sheet with geographical information on it)
    Synonyms: kȃrta, zȅmljovīd
  2. (Croatia, computing) folder
    Synonyms: folder, fascikla

Declension

Further reading

  • mapa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mappe, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, from Latin mappa.

Pronunciation

Noun

mapa f (related adjective mapový, diminutive mapka)

  1. map (visual representation of an area)
  2. (colloquial) stain, patch

Declension

Further reading

  • mapa”, 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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mappa (napkin, starting signal in a race), see map for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

mapa m (plural mapas)

  1. map (sheet with geographical information on it)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mapa (map), from Latin mappa.

Pronunciation

Noun

mapa (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜉ)

  1. map
    • 2005, Sigay 3' 2005 Ed.(wika at Pagbasa), Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 187:
      Ito ang mapa ng Pilipinas. Binubuo ito ng malalaki at maliliit na pulo.
      This is the map of the Philippines. It is made up of big and small islands.

References

  • mapa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ulch

Noun

mapa

  1. old man

References

  • Sonya Oskolskaya, Natasha Stoynova, Some Changes in the Noun Paradigm of Ulcha Under the Language Shift, 2017.

Wauja

Pronunciation

Noun

mapa

  1. honey
    Yamukunaun, aya autukene mapa!
    Children, let’s collect honey!

Derived terms

See also

References

  • "Yamukunaun aya" uttered by Itsautaku, storyteller and elder, recounting the traditional Wauja tale of the "Man Who Drowned in Honey" (Paistyawalu), in the presence of his adolescent son Mayuri, adult daughter Mukura, and others. Recorded in Piyulaga village by E. Ireland, December 1989, transcript pp. 24-25.