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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sapa.

Noun

sapa (uncountable)

  1. A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to a third of the original volume.

See also

Anagrams

Ainu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

sapa (Kana spelling サパ)

  1. (anatomy) head

Balinese

Romanization

sapa

  1. Romanization of ᬲᬧ
  2. Romanization of ᬰᬵᬧ (curse)

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *sapaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsapaʔ/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pa

Noun

sapà (Basahan spelling ᜐᜉ)

  1. a stream
  2. a creek, brook
    Synonym: sulong

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈpaʔ/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pa

Noun

sapâ (Basahan spelling ᜐᜉ)

  1. munch
Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sapaq.

Pronunciation

Noun

sapa

  1. a small river; a creek

Cuyunon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sapaq.

Noun

sapa

  1. creek

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sapaq.

Noun

sapa

  1. stream; creek

Ese

Noun

sapa

  1. bubble; foam

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sapa. Related to Estonian saba.

Pronunciation

Noun

sapa (dialectal)

  1. tail of an animal (more specifically the solid part of a tail)

Declension

Inflection of sapa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation)
nominative sapa savat
genitive savan sapojen
partitive sapaa sapoja
illative sapaan sapoihin
singular plural
nominative sapa savat
accusative nom. sapa savat
gen. savan
genitive savan sapojen
sapain rare
partitive sapaa sapoja
inessive savassa savoissa
elative savasta savoista
illative sapaan sapoihin
adessive savalla savoilla
ablative savalta savoilta
allative savalle savoille
essive sapana sapoina
translative savaksi savoiksi
abessive savatta savoitta
instructive savoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sapa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sapani sapani
accusative nom. sapani sapani
gen. sapani
genitive sapani sapojeni
sapaini rare
partitive sapaani sapojani
inessive savassani savoissani
elative savastani savoistani
illative sapaani sapoihini
adessive savallani savoillani
ablative savaltani savoiltani
allative savalleni savoilleni
essive sapanani sapoinani
translative savakseni savoikseni
abessive savattani savoittani
instructive
comitative sapoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sapasi sapasi
accusative nom. sapasi sapasi
gen. sapasi
genitive sapasi sapojesi
sapaisi rare
partitive sapaasi sapojasi
inessive savassasi savoissasi
elative savastasi savoistasi
illative sapaasi sapoihisi
adessive savallasi savoillasi
ablative savaltasi savoiltasi
allative savallesi savoillesi
essive sapanasi sapoinasi
translative savaksesi savoiksesi
abessive savattasi savoittasi
instructive
comitative sapoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sapamme sapamme
accusative nom. sapamme sapamme
gen. sapamme
genitive sapamme sapojemme
sapaimme rare
partitive sapaamme sapojamme
inessive savassamme savoissamme
elative savastamme savoistamme
illative sapaamme sapoihimme
adessive savallamme savoillamme
ablative savaltamme savoiltamme
allative savallemme savoillemme
essive sapanamme sapoinamme
translative savaksemme savoiksemme
abessive savattamme savoittamme
instructive
comitative sapoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sapanne sapanne
accusative nom. sapanne sapanne
gen. sapanne
genitive sapanne sapojenne
sapainne rare
partitive sapaanne sapojanne
inessive savassanne savoissanne
elative savastanne savoistanne
illative sapaanne sapoihinne
adessive savallanne savoillanne
ablative savaltanne savoiltanne
allative savallenne savoillenne
essive sapananne sapoinanne
translative savaksenne savoiksenne
abessive savattanne savoittanne
instructive
comitative sapoinenne

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

sapa

  1. third-person singular past historic of saper

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.pa/
  • Rhymes: -pa, -a
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pa

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sapa (plural sapa-sapa)

  1. greeting
    Synonym: salam
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronoun

sapa

  1. (colloquial) who
    Synonym: siapa

Etymology 3

Adjective

sapa

  1. Nonstandard form of safa (white).

Further reading

Italian

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Etymology

From Latin sapa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.pa/
  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Hyphenation: sà‧pa

Noun

sapa f (plural sape)

  1. a reduction of must (syrup) in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to a third of the original volume

Alternative forms

Anagrams

Javanese

Romanization

sapa

  1. Romanization of ꦱꦥ

Lakota

Noun

sapa

  1. black

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sapā, from Proto-Indo-European *sab-, *sap- (to taste). Compare the English cognate sap.

Noun

sapa f (genitive sapae); first declension

  1. A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to a third of the original volume.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sapa sapae
genitive sapae sapārum
dative sapae sapīs
accusative sapam sapās
ablative sapā sapīs
vocative sapa sapae

Descendants

  • Padanian:
    • Piedmontese: sava, sèva
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

References

  • sapa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sapa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sapa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sapa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Maguindanao

Etymology

Akin to Maranao sapa'.

Verb

sapa

  1. to swear

Mamanwa

Noun

sapa

  1. water

References

  • Studies in Philippine Linguistics, volume 2 (1978), section on Mamanwa, pages 81-82

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Cognate Indonesian sapa (to greet).

Noun

sapa

  1. address, speak, greet
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronoun

sapa

  1. Alternative spelling of syapa (who (interrogative pronoun))

Further reading

  • "sapa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

sapa

  1. imperative active second-person singular of sapati (to swear)

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Noun

sapa f (plural sape)

  1. hoe

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from sapka.

Pronunciation

Noun

sapa f

  1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, medicine) Augmentative of sapka

Further reading

  • Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “sapa”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 141

Quechua

Adjective

sapa

  1. every, each, any
  2. alone, only, unique, one and only

See also

Noun

sapa

  1. (grammar) singular

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsapa/
  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Syllabification: sa‧pa

Etymology 1

Feminine form of sapo (toad).

Noun

sapa f (plural sapas)

  1. female equivalent of sapo; a female toad or peeper

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin sapa.

Noun

sapa f (plural sapas)

  1. a reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to a third of the original volume

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *sapaq (stream; river).

Pronunciation

Noun

sapà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉ)

  1. small stream; rivulet; brook; creek
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

sapà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉ)

  1. chewing into a pulp
    Synonyms: ngata, pagngata
  2. pulp or residue of something chewed
    Synonyms: sapal, bagas, bagaso, pinamangusan
  3. chewed betel pepper
Derived terms

Anagrams

Tausug

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /sapa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: sa‧pa

Noun

sapa (Sulat Sūg spelling سَفَ)

  1. oath

Derived terms

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈpa/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صاپه (sapa, out of a straight road or direction, on one side, secluded),[1] from Ottoman Turkish صاپمق (sapmaḳ, to swerve, to deviate, to diverge, to go astray), from Proto-Turkic *sap- (to leave the way, to go astray, to deviate),[2][3] morphologically sap- +‎ -a.

Adjective

sapa

  1. Away from the centre, secluded, remote; off the beaten path.
    Synonyms: kuytu, tenha, ücra
  2. Out of the main road, accessed by deviating to a side road.
Declension

Etymology 2

From sap (handle, stem) +‎ -a (dative suffix)

Noun

sapa

  1. definite dative singular of sap

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sapa

  1. third-person singular optative of sapmak

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صاپه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1151
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sap-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sap-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sapaq.

Noun

sapâ

  1. brook; rivulet; creek

Yámana

Noun

sapa

  1. blood

Yanomam

Etymology

Borrowed from Romance, ultimately from Latin sappa; compare Italian zappa, Portuguese sapa (shovel), Spanish zapa (shovel),

Noun

sapa (unclassified holonym; singulative sapa a, dual sapa kipë, plural sapa pë)

  1. hoe

References

  • Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017) Yanomama Clause Structure, volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 115

Yoruba

Etymology

From (to apply) +‎ ipá (force).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /sā.k͡pá/

Verb

sapá

  1. to endeavour; to make an effort; to strive
    Synonym: gbìyànjú
    Òbí rẹ̀ ti sapá gidigidi láti pèsè oúnjẹ fún un.Her parents have tried so hard to provide food for her.

Derived terms