epa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "epa"

Galician

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛpa̝/, /ˈepa̝/

Interjection

epa!

  1. oops!
  2. hey!

References

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin hēpar (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”), from Proto-Hellenic *yékʷər, from Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ (“liver”), derived from the root *Hyekʷ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.pa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛpa
  • Hyphenation: è‧pa

Noun

epa f (plural epe)

  1. (archaic, literary) belly, stomach, abdomen
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXX”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 118–120; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      "Ricorditi, spergiuro, del cavallo",
      rispuose quel ch’avëa infiata l’epa;
      "e sieti reo che tutto il mondo sallo!".
      "Remember, o perjurer, the horse," replied the one with the inflated stomach, "and be it miserable for you [the fact] that the whole world knows it!"

References

  • epa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *kepak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈepa]

Noun

epa (Lontara spelling ᨕᨙᨄ)

  1. (anatomy) armpit

Maori

Noun

epa

  1. wall post

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.pɐ/

  • Rhymes: -epɐ

Interjection

epa (Brazil)

  1. hey (protest or reprimand)
  2. oops (expression of surprise)
    Synonym: opa

Further reading

Sabu

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

epa

  1. four

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìmba.

Verb

epa

  1. to dig

Descendants

  • → Phuthi: -yebha

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈepa/ [ˈe.pa]
  • Rhymes: -epa
  • Syllabification: e‧pa

Interjection

epa

  1. hey!
  2. (South America, colloquial) whoops!

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

-epa (infinitive kuepa)

  1. to evade, dodge, avoid

Conjugation

Conjugation of -epa
Positive present -naepa
Subjunctive -epe
Negative -epi
Imperative singular epa
Infinitives
Positive kuepa
Negative kutoepa
Imperatives
Singular epa
Plural epeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huepa
Positive past positive subject concord + -liepa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuepa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naepa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaepa/naepa tunaepa
2nd person unaepa mnaepa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaepa wanaepa
other classes positive subject concord + -naepa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -epi)
Singular Plural
1st person siepi hatuepi
2nd person huepi hamwepi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haepi hawaepi
other classes negative subject concord + -epi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taepa
Negative future negative subject concord + -taepa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -epe)
Singular Plural
1st person niepe tuepe
2nd person uepe mwepe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aepe waepe
other classes positive subject concord + -epe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siepe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeepa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeepa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliepa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliepa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aepa)
Singular Plural
1st person naepa twaepa
2nd person waepa mwaepa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aepa waepa
m-mi(III/IV) waepa yaepa
ji-ma(V/VI) laepa yaepa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaepa vyaepa
n(IX/X) yaepa zaepa
u(XI) waepa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaepa
pa(XVI) paepa
mu(XVIII) mwaepa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meepa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaepa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaepa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiepa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoepa
Consecutive kaepa / positive subject concord + -kaepa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaepe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niepa -tuepa
2nd person -kuepa -waepa/-kuepeni/-waepeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwepa -waepa
m-mi(III/IV) -uepa -iepa
ji-ma(V/VI) -liepa -yaepa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiepa -viepa
n(IX/X) -iepa -ziepa
u(XI) -uepa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuepa
pa(XVI) -paepa
mu(XVIII) -muepa
Reflexive -jiepa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -epa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -epaye -epao
m-mi(III/IV) -epao -epayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -epalo -epayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -epacho -epavyo
n(IX/X) -epayo -epazo
u(XI) -epao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -epako
pa(XVI) -epapo
mu(XVIII) -epamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -epa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeepa -oepa
m-mi(III/IV) -oepa -yoepa
ji-ma(V/VI) -loepa -yoepa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choepa -vyoepa
n(IX/X) -yoepa -zoepa
u(XI) -oepa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koepa
pa(XVI) -poepa
mu(XVIII) -moepa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

See EPA.

Noun

epa c

  1. (colloquial) alternative letter-case form of EPA
    1. (colloquial) synonym of epatraktor
    2. (nonstandard) synonym of A-traktor

Declension

Declension of epa
nominative genitive
singular indefinite epa epas
definite epan epans
plural indefinite epor epors
definite eporna epornas

Tok Pisin

Noun

epa

  1. stingray

Zou

Noun

epa

  1. his father

References

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