vaippa

From Proto-Finnic *vaippa (compare Estonian vaip, Votic vaippa (Kattila)), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waipaz (compare Old Norse veipa (“a kind of piece of clothing”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍀𐍃 (waips, “crown, wreath”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑi̯pːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑipːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): vaip‧pa

vaippa

1. diaper (US), nappy (UK), napkin (South Africa) (absorbent garment worn by a baby, or by someone who is incontinent)
2. (dated) mantle, cloak, robe (piece of clothing)
3. (construction) envelope (the physical separator between the conditioned and unconditioned environment of a building, including e.g. the roof, base floor and outer walls)
4. (botany) tunic (any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane)
5. (geology) mantle (layer between Earth's core and crust)
6. (geometry) the (cylindrical) surface of a cylinder or cone
7. (geometry) envelope (mathematical curve, surface or higher-dimensional object)
8. (electronics) envelope (curve that bounds another curve or set of curves)
9. (electronics) sheath, jacket (protective or insulating cover)

• “vaippa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04