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Estonian
Etymology
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From the verb tapma.
Noun
tapp (genitive tapu, partitive tappu)
- killing
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German
Pronunciation
Verb
tapp
- singular imperative of tappen
Livonian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *tappadak.
Verb
tapp
- kill
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
tapp
- Alternative form of tappe (“plug”)
Etymology 2
Noun
tapp
- Alternative form of tappe (“gentle touch”)
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish tapper, from Old Norse tappi, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“tap, plug”), see also English tap, Danish tap.
Noun
tapp c
- tenon, trunnion, peg, pin
- tap, faucet, spigot
- (anatomy) cone cell (any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina)
- (regional, colloquial) gas station
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Etymology 2
Deverbal from tappa. First attested in 1966.
Noun
tapp n
- drop, reduction, decrease
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