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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

From Proto-Austronesian *sapaq.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sapà

  1. a stream

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sapâ

  1. munch
Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sapaq.

Pronunciation

  • (General Cebuano)
  • IPA(key): /ˈsapaʔ/,

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
sapainrare
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
sapainirare
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
sapaisirare
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
sapaimmerare
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
sapainnerare
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
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative sapansa sapansa
accusative nom. sapansa sapansa
gen. sapansa
genitive sapansa sapojensa
sapainsarare
partitive sapaansa sapojaan
sapojansa
inessive savassaan
savassansa 		savoissaan
savoissansa
elative savastaan
savastansa 		savoistaan
savoistansa
illative sapaansa sapoihinsa
adessive savallaan
savallansa 		savoillaan
savoillansa
ablative savaltaan
savaltansa 		savoiltaan
savoiltansa
allative savalleen
savallensa 		savoilleen
savoillensa
essive sapanaan
sapanansa 		sapoinaan
sapoinansa
translative savakseen
savaksensa 		savoikseen
savoiksensa
abessive savattaan
savattansa 		savoittaan
savoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — sapoineen
sapoinensa

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, first-person possessive sapaku, second-person possessive sapamu, third-person possessive sapanya)

  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

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.

Case 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

Alternative forms

Verb

sapa

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

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Noun

sapa f (plural sape)

  1. hoe

Quechua

Adjective

sapa

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

See also

Noun

sapa

  1. (grammar) singular

Declension

declension of sapa
singular plural
nominative sapa sapakuna
accusative sapata sapakunata
dative sapaman sapakunaman
genitive sapap sapakunap
locative sapapi sapakunapi
terminative sapakama sapakunakama
ablative sapamanta sapakunamanta
instrumental sapawan sapakunawan
comitative sapantin sapakunantin
abessive sapannaq sapakunannaq
comparative sapahina sapakunahina
causative saparayku sapakunarayku
benefactive sapapaq sapakunapaq
associative sapapura sapakunapura
distributive sapanka sapakunanka
exclusive sapalla sapakunalla
possessive forms of sapa
ñuqap - first-person singular
ñuqap (my) singular plural
nominative sapay sapaykuna
accusative sapayta sapaykunata
dative sapayman sapaykunaman
genitive sapaypa sapaykunap
locative sapaypi sapaykunapi
terminative sapaykama sapaykunakama
ablative sapaymanta sapaykunamanta
instrumental sapaywan sapaykunawan
comitative sapaynintin sapaykunantin
abessive sapayninnaq sapaykunannaq
comparative sapayhina sapaykunahina
causative sapayrayku sapaykunarayku
benefactive sapaypaq sapaykunapaq
associative sapaypura sapaykunapura
distributive sapayninka sapaykunanka
exclusive sapaylla sapaykunalla
qampa - second-person singular
qampa (your) singular plural
nominative sapayki sapaykikuna
accusative sapaykita sapaykikunata
dative sapaykiman sapaykikunaman
genitive sapaykipa sapaykikunap
locative sapaykipi sapaykikunapi
terminative sapaykikama sapaykikunakama
ablative sapaykimanta sapaykikunamanta
instrumental sapaykiwan sapaykikunawan
comitative sapaykintin sapaykikunantin
abessive sapaykinnaq sapaykikunannaq
comparative sapaykihina sapaykikunahina
causative sapaykirayku sapaykikunarayku
benefactive sapaykipaq sapaykikunapaq
associative sapaykipura sapaykikunapura
distributive sapaykinka sapaykikunanka
exclusive sapaykilla sapaykikunalla
paypa - third-person singular
paypa (his/her/its) singular plural
nominative sapan sapankuna
accusative sapanta sapankunata
dative sapanman sapankunaman
genitive sapanpa sapankunap
locative sapanpi sapankunapi
terminative sapankama sapankunakama
ablative sapanmanta sapankunamanta
instrumental sapanwan sapankunawan
comitative sapanintin sapankunantin
abessive sapanninnaq sapankunannaq
comparative sapanhina sapankunahina
causative sapanrayku sapankunarayku
benefactive sapanpaq sapankunapaq
associative sapanpura sapankunapura
distributive sapaninka sapankunanka
exclusive sapanlla sapankunalla
ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural
ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural
nominative sapanchik sapanchikkuna
accusative sapanchikta sapanchikkunata
dative sapanchikman sapanchikkunaman
genitive sapanchikpa sapanchikkunap
locative sapanchikpi sapanchikkunapi
terminative sapanchikkama sapanchikkunakama
ablative sapanchikmanta sapanchikkunamanta
instrumental sapanchikwan sapanchikkunawan
comitative sapanchiknintin sapanchikkunantin
abessive sapanchikninnaq sapanchikkunannaq
comparative sapanchikhina sapanchikkunahina
causative sapanchikrayku sapanchikkunarayku
benefactive sapanchikpaq sapanchikkunapaq
associative sapanchikpura sapanchikkunapura
distributive sapanchikninka sapanchikkunanka
exclusive sapanchiklla sapanchikkunalla
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural
nominative sapayku sapaykukuna
accusative sapaykuta sapaykukunata
dative sapaykuman sapaykukunaman
genitive sapaykupa sapaykukunap
locative sapaykupi sapaykukunapi
terminative sapaykukama sapaykukunakama
ablative sapaykumanta sapaykukunamanta
instrumental sapaykuwan sapaykukunawan
comitative sapaykuntin sapaykukunantin
abessive sapaykunnaq sapaykukunannaq
comparative sapaykuhina sapaykukunahina
causative sapaykurayku sapaykukunarayku
benefactive sapaykupaq sapaykukunapaq
associative sapaykupura sapaykukunapura
distributive sapaykunka sapaykukunanka
exclusive sapaykulla sapaykukunalla
qamkunap - second-person plural
qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural
nominative sapaykichik sapaykichikkuna
accusative sapaykichikta sapaykichikkunata
dative sapaykichikman sapaykichikkunaman
genitive sapaykichikpa sapaykichikkunap
locative sapaykichikpi sapaykichikkunapi
terminative sapaykichikkama sapaykichikkunakama
ablative sapaykichikmanta sapaykichikkunamanta
instrumental sapaykichikwan sapaykichikkunawan
comitative sapaykichiknintin sapaykichikkunantin
abessive sapaykichikninnaq sapaykichikkunannaq
comparative sapaykichikhina sapaykichikkunahina
causative sapaykichikrayku sapaykichikkunarayku
benefactive sapaykichikpaq sapaykichikkunapaq
associative sapaykichikpura sapaykichikkunapura
distributive sapaykichikninka sapaykichikkunanka
exclusive sapaykichiklla sapaykichikkunalla
paykunap - third-person plural
paykunap (their) singular plural
nominative sapanku sapankukuna
accusative sapankuta sapankukunata
dative sapankuman sapankukunaman
genitive sapankupa sapankukunap
locative sapankupi sapankukunapi
terminative sapankukama sapankukunakama
ablative sapankumanta sapankukunamanta
instrumental sapankuwan sapankukunawan
comitative sapankuntin sapankukunantin
abessive sapankunnaq sapankukunannaq
comparative sapankuhina sapankukunahina
causative sapankurayku sapankukunarayku
benefactive sapankupaq sapankukunapaq
associative sapankupura sapankukunapura
distributive sapankunka sapankukunanka
exclusive sapankulla sapankukunalla

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

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

Noun

sapà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜉ)

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

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

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sapaq.

Noun

sapa

  1. a small river; a stream

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”), 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”), 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
predicative forms of sapa
present tense
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I am) sapayım sapa mıyım? sapa değilim sapa değil miyim?
sen (you are) sapasın sapa mısın? sapa değilsin sapa değil misin?
o (he/she/it is) sapa / sapadır sapa mı? sapa değil sapa değil mi?
biz (we are) sapayız sapa mıyız? sapa değiliz sapa değil miyiz?
siz (you are) sapasınız sapa mısınız? sapa değilsiniz sapa değil misiniz?
onlar (they are) sapa(lar) sapa(lar) mı? sapa değil(ler) sapa değiller mi?
past tense
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I was) sapaydım sapa mıydım? sapa değildim sapa değil miydim?
sen (you were) sapaydın sapa mıydın? sapa değildin sapa değil miydin?
o (he/she/it was) sapaydı sapa mıydı? sapa değildi sapa değil miydi?
biz (we were) sapaydık sapa mıydık? sapa değildik sapa değil miydik?
siz (you were) sapaydınız sapa mıydınız? sapa değildiniz sapa değil miydiniz?
onlar (they were) sapaydılar sapa mıydılar? sapa değildi(ler) / değillerdi sapa değil miydiler?
indirect past
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I was) sapaymışım sapa mıymışım? sapa değilmişim sapa değil miymişim?
sen (you were) sapaymışsın sapa mıymışsın? sapa değilmişsin sapa değil miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) sapaymış sapa mıymış? sapa değilmiş sapa değil miymiş?
biz (we were) sapaymışız sapa mıymışız? sapa değilmişiz sapa değil miymişiz?
siz (you were) sapaymışsınız sapa mıymışsınız? sapa değilmişsiniz sapa değil miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) sapaymışlar sapa mıymışlar? sapa değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş sapa değil miymişler?
conditional
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (if I) sapaysam sapa mıysam? sapa değilsem sapa değil miysem?
sen (if you) sapaysan sapa mıysan? sapa değilsen sapa değil miysen?
o (if he/she/it) sapaysa sapa mıysa? sapa değilse sapa değil miyse?
biz (if we) sapaysak sapa mıysak? sapa değilsek sapa değil miysek?
siz (if you) sapaysanız sapa mıysanız? sapa değilseniz sapa değil miyseniz?
onlar (if they) sapaysalar sapa mıysalar? sapa değilseler / değillerse sapa değil miyseler?
Related terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

sapa

  1. definite dative singular of sap

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

Yoruba

Etymology

From sà (“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

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia