tappa

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English

Noun

tappa (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of tapa (“cloth made from mulberry bark”)
    • 1846, Herman Melville, Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life:
      These marks produce the corduroy sort of stripes discernable in the tappa in its finished state.

Estonian

Verb

tappa

  1. Da-infinitive of tapma.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtap.pa/
  • Rhymes: -appa
  • Hyphenation: tàp‧pa

Etymology 1

From French étape.

Noun

tappa f (plural tappe)

  1. stage, leg, lap, phase, milestone
  2. rest, stop, halt
    Synonyms: sosta, fermata
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tappa

  1. inflection of tappare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tapa (“to lose”). In the sense “to tap” from Middle Low German tappen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

tappa (present tappar, preterite tappade, supine tappat, imperative tappa)

  1. to drop (something by mistake)
  2. to lose
    Han tappade kontrollen över sitt drickande.
    He lost control of his drinking.
    Hon har tappat förståndet
    She has lost her mind
  3. to tap; to draw off liquid from a vessel

Usage notes

Conjugation

Conjugation of tappa (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive tappa tappas
Supine tappat tappats
Imperative tappa —
Imper. plural1 tappen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative tappar tappade tappas tappades
Ind. plural1 tappa tappade tappas tappades
Subjunctive2 tappe tappade tappes tappades
Participles
Present participle tappande
Past participle tappad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

References

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tappadak, from Proto-Uralic *tappa-.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈtɑpːɑː/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑpːɑː
  • Hyphenation: tap‧pa

Verb

tappa

  1. (transitive) to kill
  2. (transitive) to beat (flax)
  3. (transitive) to spend (money)

Inflection

Conjugation of tappa (type III-2/õssa, pp-p gradation)
Indicative
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular tapan en tapa 1st singular õõn tappõnnu en õõ tappõnnu
2nd singular tapad ed tapa 2nd singular õõd tappõnnu ed õõ tappõnnu
3rd singular tapab eb tapa 3rd singular on tappõnnu eb õõ tappõnnu
1st plural tapammõ emmä tapa 1st plural öõmmõ tappõnnu emmä õõ tappõnnu
2nd plural tapattõ että tapa 2nd plural õõttõ tappõnnu että õõ tappõnnu
3rd plural tapõta eväd tapa 3rd plural õlla tapõttu eväd õõ tapõttu
impersonal tapõta eväd tapa impersonal õlla tapõttu eväd õõ tapõttu
Imperfect Pluperfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular tapin en tappõnnu 1st singular õlin tappõnnu —
2nd singular tapid ed tappõnnu 2nd singular õlid tappõnnu —
3rd singular tappi eb tappõnnu 3rd singular õli tappõnnu —
1st plural tapimmõ emmä tappõnnu 1st plural õlimmõ tappõnnu —
2nd plural tapittõ että tappõnnu 2nd plural õlittõ tappõnnu —
3rd plural tapõtti eväd tapõttu 3rd plural õlti tapõttu —
impersonal tapõtti eväd tapõttu impersonal õlti tapõttu —
Conditional
Present Perfect
positive negative positive negative
1st singular tappaizin en tappaizʹ 1st singular õllõizin tappõnnu en õllõizʹ tappõnnu
2nd singular tappaizid ed tappaizʹ 2nd singular õllõizid tappõnnu ed õllõizʹ tappõnnu
3rd singular tappaizʹ eb tappaizʹ 3rd singular õllõizʹ tappõnnu eb õllõizʹ tappõnnu
1st plural tappaizimmõ emmä tappaizʹ 1st plural õllõizimmõ tappõnnu emmä õllõizʹ tappõnnu
2nd plural tappaizittõ että tappaizʹ 2nd plural õllõizittõ tappõnnu että õllõizʹ tappõnnu
3rd plural tapõttaizʹ eväd tapõttaizʹ 3rd plural õltaizʹ tapõttu eväd õltaizʹ tapõttu
impersonal tapõttaizʹ eväd tapõttaizʹ impersonal õltaizʹ tapõttu eväd õltaizʹ tapõttu
Imperative
Present
positive negative
1st singular — —
2nd singular tapa elä tapa
3rd singular tappõgo elko tappõgo
1st plural — —
2nd plural tappaga elka tappaga
3rd plural tappõgod —
impersonal — —
Nominal forms
Infinitives Participles
active passive
1st tappa present tappõjõ1) —
2nd illative tappõma past tappõnnu tapõttu
inessive tappõmõz 1) also used as the agent noun
elative tappõmassõ
abessive tappõmattõ

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “tappaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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