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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch raap.
Pronunciation
Noun
raap (plural rape)
- turnip
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch rape, from Latin rāpum.
Noun
raap m (plural rapen, diminutive raapje n)
- turnip
- (colloquial) noggin, bonce
De overvallers schoten de kassamedewerker voor zijn raap.- The robbers shot the cashier in his bonce.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: raap (dated)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
raap
- inflection of rapen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
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