napa
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From the regional and colloquial Japanese term 菜っ葉 (nappa, “leaves of any vegetable”).
Pronunciation
Noun
napa (countable and uncountable, plural napas)
- Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Napa, California, where the process of making napa leather was created.
Noun
napa (countable and uncountable, plural napas)
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
napa
- (anatomy) navel, belly button/bellybutton
- pole (extreme of an axis; magnetic or electrical pole)
- pivot (that on which something turns)
- Synonym: keskipiste
- head (central part of propeller)
- Synonym: keskiö
- (in compounds) polar
Declension
| Inflection of napa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||
Derived terms
- etelänapa
- Kivennapa
- kylmyysnapa
- maailman napa
- maannapa
- magneettinapa
- miinusnapa
- napa-akseli
- napa-alue
- napadynamo
- -napainen
- napajäkälä
- napajänis
- napajännite
- napajää
- napajäätikkö
- napakaira
- napakelkka
- napakenkä
- napakettu
- napakoordinaatisto
- napakoordinaatit
- napakorkeus
- napakoru
- napakotilo
- napakymppi
- napalakki
- napalanko
- napalaskimo
- napaluku
- napamies
- napamoottori
- napanuora
- napanöyhtä
- napapaita
- napapaju
- napapiiri
- napapilkku
- napapiste
- napapohjoinen
- napapyörre
- naparetkeilijä
- naparetki
- naparetkikunta
- napaseutu
- napasiiseli
- napasika
- napataatta
- napatanssi
- napatanssija
- napatutkija
- napatutkimusasema
- napatyrä
- napatähti
- napavaltimo
- napavirta
- navallinen
- navanympärystähti
- plusnapa
- pohjoisnapa
- pyörännapa
- sulkunapamoottori
- taivaannapa
- talvennapa
Further reading
- “napa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Garo
Etymology
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”).
Verb
napa (intransitive)
See also
Hungarian
Etymology
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”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
napa (uncountable)
- (folksy, archaic) mother-in-law
Declension
| 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 | — |
| 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
| 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 | — |
References
- ^ napa in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
- ^ Entry #code in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
Further reading
- napa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- napa in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (“A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *napa. Cognates include Finnish napa and Estonian naba.
Pronunciation
Noun
napa
Declension
| Declension of napa (type 3/kana, p-v gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 331
Miskito
Noun
napa
Portuguese
Etymology
From English napa leather, from Napa, a city in California where the process of making this type of leather was created.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -apɐ
- Hyphenation: na‧pa
Noun
napa f (plural napas)
Further reading
- “napa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
napa f (plural napas)
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Noun
napa m or f by sense (plural napas)
- (Habbo, derogatory) a noob
Further reading
- “napa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Uma
Noun
napa
- (interrogative) what