nappa

nappa (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of napa (Chinese cabbage)

From nāhui (“four”) +‎ -pa.

• IPA^(key):

nāppa

1. four times
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 120v. col. 1:

     Quatro vezes . nappa.

     Four times. nappa.

• chiucnāppa

• Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 120v

From Swedish nappa < English Napa, after Napa, California.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑpːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): nap‧pa

nappa

1. tanned sheep, goat, or cow leather

• nappanahka

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

• “nappa”, 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

• papan

nappa

1. third-person singular past historic of napper

• IPA^(key): /ˈnap.pa/
• Rhymes: -appa
• Hyphenation: nàp‧pa

Perhaps from mappa.

nappa f (plural nappe)

1. tassel
2. soft leather

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nappa

1. inflection of nappare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

nappa

1. cabbage

• nappet

nappa

1. inflection of nappe:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

From Old Norse *hnappa, from Proto-Germanic *hnappōną.

nappa

1. to pinch, pluck

• Swedish: nappa

Inherited from Old Swedish nappa, from Old Norse *hnappa, from Proto-Germanic *hnappōną. Possibly related to näpen and näpsa.

nappa (present nappar, preterite nappade, supine nappat, imperative nappa)

1. to take the bait, to bite (of a fish)

   Gäddan nappade

   The pike took the bait

2. (impersonal) to have fish take the bait

   Det nappar i sjön

   The fish are biting in the lake ("It bites in the lake")

3. (figuratively) to take up, to jump on, to snap up, etc. (like "take the bait," but neutral)

   Ingen nappade på erbjudandet

   No one took up ("bit on") the offer

• napp
• nappa på kroken

Borrowed from English Napa.

nappa c

1. Napa leather

• nappa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nappa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nappa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• nappa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)