From the regional and colloquial Japanese term 菜っ葉 (nappa, “leaves of any vegetable”).
napa (countable and uncountable, plural napas)
From Proto-Finnic *napa, borrowed from Proto-Baltic , or alternatively and less likely from Proto-Germanic *nabō, but in either case ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- (“navel”).
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Inflection of napa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation) | |||
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nominative | napa | navat | |
genitive | navan | napojen | |
partitive | napaa | napoja | |
illative | napaan | napoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | napa | navat | |
accusative | nom. | napa | navat |
gen. | navan | ||
genitive | navan | napojen napain rare | |
partitive | napaa | napoja | |
inessive | navassa | navoissa | |
elative | navasta | navoista | |
illative | napaan | napoihin | |
adessive | navalla | navoilla | |
ablative | navalta | navoilta | |
allative | navalle | navoille | |
essive | napana | napoina | |
translative | navaksi | navoiksi | |
abessive | navatta | navoitta | |
instructive | — | navoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nup ~ nip. Cognate with Tibetan ནུབ (nub, “to fall (gradually), sink, to set; to decay, to decline”) and Chinese 入 (rù, “to enter”).
napa (intransitive)
From Proto-Finno-Ugric or Proto-Uralic *anɜ (anɜppɜ) (“mother-in-law”);[1][2] later also attested as nap (now obsolete; unrelated to Hungarian nap (“sun; day”)).
napa (uncountable)
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | napa | — |
accusative | napát | — |
dative | napának | — |
instrumental | napával | — |
causal-final | napáért | — |
translative | napává | — |
terminative | napáig | — |
essive-formal | napaként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | napában | — |
superessive | napán | — |
adessive | napánál | — |
illative | napába | — |
sublative | napára | — |
allative | napához | — |
elative | napából | — |
delative | napáról | — |
ablative | napától | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
napáé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
napáéi | — |
Possessive forms of napa | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | napam | — |
2nd person sing. | napad | — |
3rd person sing. | napa | — |
1st person plural | napunk | — |
2nd person plural | napatok | — |
3rd person plural | napuk | — |
or
Possessive forms of napa | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | napám | — |
2nd person sing. | napád | — |
3rd person sing. | napája, napaja | — |
1st person plural | napánk | — |
2nd person plural | napátok | — |
3rd person plural | napájuk, napajuk | — |
From Proto-Finnic *napa. Cognates include Finnish napa and Estonian naba.
napa
Declension of napa (type 3/kana, p-v gradation, gemination) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | napa | navat |
genitive | navan | nappoin |
partitive | nappaa | napoja |
illative | nappaa | nappoi |
inessive | navas | navois |
elative | navast | navoist |
allative | navalle | navoille |
adessive | naval | navoil |
ablative | navalt | navoilt |
translative | navaks | navoiks |
essive | napanna, nappaan | napoinna, nappoin |
exessive1) | napant | napoint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
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napa f (plural napas)
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.napa m or f by sense (plural napas)
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