lapa

From Sotho lelapa.

lapa (plural lapas)

1. (South Africa) An open structure in South Africa, typically a thatched roof supported by wooden poles.

From Chinese 喇叭 (lǎba).

lapa (plural lapas)

1. (music) A metal wind instrument of 19th-century China, resembling the oboe.

• Pala, alap, pa'al, pala

Borrowed from Sotho lelapa.

lapa (plural lapas, diminutive lapatjie)

1. A lapa.
2. A courtyard around a house or village.

• IPA^(key): /laˈpaʔ/ [l̪aˈpaʔ]
• Hyphenation: la‧pa

lapâ (plural ralapa, intensified lapaon, plural intensified ralapaon, Basahan spelling ᜎᜉ)

1. rotten, decayed, decomposed

   Synonym: lado (of coconut (s))

2. (figurative) useless, incapable

   Synonym: inutil

3. (figurative) low-quality, inferior

   Synonym: maluya

lapa (Lontara spelling ᨒᨄ)

1. lava

From Proto-Austronesian *lapaq.

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪apaʔ/
• Hyphenation: la‧pa

lapa

1. (arithmetic, division) quotient; the result of division

Elementary Arithmetic:

lapa

1. to cut into sizable chunks or portions
2. to mutilate; hack to pieces

   Synonyms: guhay, pingkol

From Proto-Finnic *lapa, from Proto-Uralic *lapa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝pɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Syllabification^(key): la‧pa
• Hyphenation^(key): la‧pa

lapa

1. (anatomy) shoulder (the region around the shoulder blade)
2. (zoology) shoulder (joint between the arm and the torso on an animal, such as a horse)
3. shoulder (meat from the shoulder of an animal)
4. blade (flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.)
5. (botany) blade, lamina
6. headstock, peghead (on a musical instrument, such as a guitar)

• “lapa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑˣ/, [ˈlɑ̝pɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Syllabification^(key): la‧pa
• Hyphenation^(key): la‧pa

lapa

1. inflection of lappaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• pala

• IPA^(key): /la.pa/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: lapas, lapât

lapa

1. third-person singular past historic of laper

• IPA^(key): [ˈlapɐ]

Obscure. Probably from Paleo-Hispanic *lappa; less likely from Proto-Germanic *lappô: "rag", then "border", then, hypothetically, "shelter".^[1]

• lapia

lapa f (plural lapas)

1. grotto, cave; shelter
2. standing stone

• Lapa
• Lapela

• lapela (“lapel”)

Obscure.^[2]

lapa f (plural lapas)

1. (mollusc) limpet
2. (figurative) Someone dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space

• patela

Perhaps from lapar (“to lap, lick with the tonge”).

lapa f (plural lapas)

1. flame

   Synonym: chama

lapa

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lapa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lapa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lapa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lapa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Proto-Finnic *lapa. Cognates include dialectal Finnish lapa and Veps laba.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑ/, [ˈɫɑpɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑ/, [ˈɫɑb̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: la‧pa

lapa

1. mistake made in weaving

Declension of lapa (type 3/kana, p-v gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	lapa	lavat
genitive	lavan	lappoin
partitive	lappaa	lapoja
illative	lappaa	lappoi
inessive	lavas	lavois
elative	lavast	lavoist
allative	lavalle	lavoille
adessive	laval	lavoil
ablative	lavalt	lavoilt
translative	lavaks	lavoiks
essive	lapanna, lappaan	lapoinna, lappoin
exessive1)	lapant	lapoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

From Proto-Finnic *lapa. Cognates include Finnish lapa and Estonian laba.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑ/, [ˈɫɑpɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑ/, [ˈɫɑb̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: la‧pa

lapa

1. synonym of terä (“blade”)

Declension of lapa (type 3/kana, p-v gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	lapa	lavat
genitive	lavan	lappoin
partitive	lappaa	lapoja
illative	lappaa	lappoi
inessive	lavas	lavois
elative	lavast	lavoist
allative	lavalle	lavoille
adessive	laval	lavoil
ablative	lavalt	lavoilt
translative	lavaks	lavoiks
essive	lapanna, lappaan	lapoinna, lappoin
exessive1)	lapant	lapoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑ/, [ˈɫɑpɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑ/, [ˈɫɑb̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: la‧pa

lapa

1. inflection of lappaa:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 241

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠapˠə/

lapa m (genitive singular lapa, nominative plural lapaí)

1. paw
2. flipper
3. webbed foot
4. double cable-stitch

• mág

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

lapa f (4th declension)

1. leaf

   lapas plātne ― leaf blade

   koku lapas ― tree leaves

   lapu koks ― leafy tree, deciduous tree

   lapu dārzeņi ― leafy vegetables (cabbage, spinach, etc.)

2. sheet of paper, especially in a book

   papīras lapa ― sheet of paper

   aptaujas lapa ― survey sheet

   grāmatas lapa ― book page

   lapas puse, lappuse ― half sheet (= page)

3. (Internet) web page

   vikipēdijas sākumlapa ― the (Latvian) Wikipedia home page

• lappuse
• sākumlapa

From Proto-Austronesian *lapaq.

lapa

1. to cut up (a carcass), to butcher

Borrowed from English wrapper.

• IPA^(key): /làpā/, [là.pā]

làpā

1. (cloth) wrapper (for something)

• Lena Björkestedt, A Phonological Sketch of the Mmen Language (2010)

• apa

• IPA^(key): /ˈlapə/
• Hyphenation: là‧pa

lapa f (plural lape)

1. bee

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaʀ, compare Malay lapar.

lapa

1. hungry

Unknown. Possibly of Pre-Celtic origin.

• Homophone: Lapa
• Rhymes: -apɐ
• Hyphenation: la‧pa

lapa f (plural lapas)

1. grotto; cave, especially one used as shelter

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:caverna

2. limpet (a small mollusc)

   Hypernyms: gastrópode, molusco

• Lapa (name of several cities)

• lapedo

From the proclisis of the definite article la + Vulgar Latin *apa, from Latin apis. Compare Sicilian loppiu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlapa/
• Hyphenation: là‧pa

lapa f (plural lapi)

1. bee.
2. A Piaggio Ape.

• → Italian: lapa

Borrowed from English rubber.

lapa

1. rubber

From Proto-Bantu *-dàmba.

lapa

1. to be hungry

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈlapa/ [ˈla.pa]
• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: la‧pa

lapa f (plural lapas)

1. limpet
2. (figurative) limpet, person who sticks to another
3. (Venezuela) lowland paca
4. macaw

• “lapa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From -la with the “inceptive” extension also seen in -ogopa and -nenepa.

-lapa (infinitive kulapa)

1. to eat ravenously or gluttonously

Conjugation of -lapa
Positive present -nalapa Subjunctive -lape Negative -lapi Imperative singular lapa
Infinitives
Positive kulapa Negative kutolapa
Imperatives
Singular lapa Plural lapeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulapa Positive past positive subject concord + -lilapa Negative past negative subject concord + -kulapa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalapa) Singular Plural 1st person ninalapa/nalapa tunalapa 2nd person unalapa mnalapa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) analapa wanalapa other classes positive subject concord + -nalapa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lapi) Singular Plural 1st person silapi hatulapi 2nd person hulapi hamlapi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) halapi hawalapi other classes negative subject concord + -lapi
Positive future positive subject concord + -talapa Negative future negative subject concord + -talapa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lape) Singular Plural 1st person nilape tulape 2nd person ulape mlape 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alape walape other classes positive subject concord + -lape
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silape Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelapa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelapa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilapa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilapa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alapa) Singular Plural 1st person nalapa twalapa 2nd person walapa mwalapa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alapa walapa m-mi(III/IV) walapa yalapa ji-ma(V/VI) lalapa yalapa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalapa vyalapa n(IX/X) yalapa zalapa u(XI) walapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwalapa pa(XVI) palapa mu(XVIII) mwalapa
Perfect positive subject concord + -melapa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshalapa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalapa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kilapa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipolapa Consecutive kalapa / positive subject concord + -kalapa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalape
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nilapa -tulapa 2nd person -kulapa -walapa/-kulapeni/-walapeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlapa -walapa m-mi(III/IV) -ulapa -ilapa ji-ma(V/VI) -lilapa -yalapa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilapa -vilapa n(IX/X) -ilapa -zilapa u(XI) -ulapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kulapa pa(XVI) -palapa mu(XVIII) -mulapa Reflexive -jilapa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -lapa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -lapaye -lapao m-mi(III/IV) -lapao -lapayo ji-ma(V/VI) -lapalo -lapayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lapacho -lapavyo n(IX/X) -lapayo -lapazo u(XI) -lapao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -lapako pa(XVI) -lapapo mu(XVIII) -lapamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -lapa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yelapa -olapa m-mi(III/IV) -olapa -yolapa ji-ma(V/VI) -lolapa -yolapa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholapa -vyolapa n(IX/X) -yolapa -zolapa u(XI) -olapa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kolapa pa(XVI) -polapa mu(XVIII) -molapa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Nominal derivations:
  • mlafi (“glutton”)

Inherited from Old Swedish lapa, from Proto-Germanic *lappōną, from Proto-Indo-European *leb-. Doublet of läppja.

• IPA^(key): /²lɑːpa/

lapa (present lapar, preterite lapade, supine lapat, imperative lapa)

1. to lap (take up (liquid) with the tongue)

   Katten lapade mjölk

   The cat was lapping milk

2. (figuratively) to soak up (the sun)

   lapa sol

   soak up the sun

• lapa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lapa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lapa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• lapa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaq, from Proto-Austronesian *lapaq (“to cut up, butcher, slaughter an animal”). Compare Bikol Central lapa, Cebuano lapa, Malay lapah, Mansaka lapa, Minangkabau lapah, and Western Bukidnon Manobo lapa'.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlapaʔ/ [ˈlaː.pɐʔ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -apaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /laˈpaʔ/ [lɐˈpaʔ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: la‧pa

lapà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉ)

1. butchering; slaughtering; quartering (of animals)

   Synonyms: katay, pagkatay, hiwag

2. cutting of meat into big lumps or pieces

   Synonyms: atado, pag-aatado

3. big lump or cut of meat

   Synonyms: katay, lapang

4. autopsy; necropsy

   Synonyms: awtopsiya, pag-aawtopsiya

lapâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉ)

1. butchered; killed (of animals)

   Synonyms: katay, kinatay

• pala-, alap, pala, alpa

From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpɑ/, [ˈɫɑpɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Hyphenation: la‧pa

lapa

1. a wide part at the end of something; foot (on a leg), blade (on an oar), etc.

Declension of lapa (type III/jalkõ, p-v gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	lapa	lavad
genitive	lava	lapojõ, lapoi
partitive	lappa	lapoitõ, lapoi
illative	lappasõ, lappa	lapoisõ
inessive	lavaz	lapoiz
elative	lavassõ	lapoissõ
allative	lavalõ	lapoilõ
adessive	lavallõ	lapoillõ
ablative	lavaltõ	lapoiltõ
translative	lavassi	lapoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

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