ripo

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See also: řípo

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Etymology

From German Rippe, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ribją (rib, reef). Doublet of rifo.

Pronunciation

Noun

ripo (accusative singular ripon, plural ripoj, accusative plural ripojn)

  1. (anatomy) rib
    • 1907, Kabe, chapter 17, in La Faraono, part 1, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:
      Eĉ la piedpremataj homoj, al kiuj la ondanta amaso senkonscie rompis la ripojn kaj tordis la artikojn, havis nur unu krion: []
      Even those who were being trampled, whose ribs the undulating mass unwittingly broke and whose joints they twisted, had only one call: 

Galician

Tools for dressing the flax (right: a ripo)

Etymology 1

From ripar.

Pronunciation

Noun

ripo m (plural ripos)

  1. ripple or hackle (implement for removing the seed from flax)
    Synonym: ripanzo

References

Etymology 2

Verb

ripo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ripar

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lipo (compare with Tahitian riporipo, Hawaiian lipo and lipolipo)[1] from Proto-Polynesian *lepu (agitated, rough (of water)).[2] Doublet of riporipo.

Pronunciation

Noun

ripo

  1. whirlpool, eddy, curl
    Synonym: āwhiowhio

Verb

ripo

  1. to swirl, to eddy
    Synonym: āwhio

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 417
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lipo”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Further reading

  • ripo” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Portuguese

Verb

ripo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ripar

Ternate

Pronunciation

Verb

ripo

  1. (intransitive) to burst

Conjugation

Conjugation of ripo
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toripo foripo miripo
2nd noripo niripo
3rd Masculine oripo iripo, yoripo
Feminine moripo
Neuter iripo
- archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh