lapp

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• IPA^(key): [ˈlɒpː]
• Hyphenation: lapp
• Rhymes: -ɒpː

lapp (not comparable)

1. Lappish, Lapp (of, or pertaining to the Lapps, their language, or Lapland)

   Synonym: (endonym) számi

Some Uralic languages have two names, an exonym (external name, mostly of Russian origin) and an endonym (internal name, a self-denomination). These days normally the endonyms are preferred (similarly to Eskimo superseded by Inuit). In Hungarian, the terms are vogul superseded by manysi (“Mansi”), osztják, by hanti (“Khanty”), cseremisz, by mari (“Mari”), votják, by udmurt (“Udmurt”), zürjén, by komi (“Komi”), jurák, by nyenyec (“Nenets”), and lapp, by számi (“Sami”).

lapp (plural lappok)

1. Lapp (person)

   Synonym: (endonym) számi

2. Lapp, Lappish (language)

   Synonym: (endonym) számi

• Lappföld

• lapp in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• IPA^(key): /lɑpː/

From Old Norse leppr. Compare Icelandic leppur and Danish lap.

lapp m (definite singular lappen, indefinite plural lapper, definite plural lappene)

1. a patch
2. a note, small piece of paper
3. a driver's license
4. a type of small, thick pancake

• lappeteppe

Possibly from a Finnic or Samic language. Compare Finnish Lappi

lapp m (definite singular lappen, indefinite plural lapper, definite plural lappene)

1. a Lapp, Sami person; person of the Sami people

• same

• “lapp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): [lɑp]

From Old Norse leppr.

lapp m (definite singular lappen, indefinite plural lappar, definite plural lappane)

1. patch

   Jakka hadde lappar på olbogane.

   The coat had patches on the elbows.

2. a note, small piece of paper

   Han gav meg ein lapp med ein beskjed på.

   He gave me a note with a message on it.

3. a driver's license (usually definite)

   Synonym: førarkort

   I morgon skal eg ta lappen

   Tomorrow I'm gonna take (the exam for) the driver's license

4. a type of small, thick pancake

• lappeteppe
• åkerlapp

From Swedish lapp. Possibly from a Finnic or Samic language. Compare Finnish Lappi.

lapp m (definite singular lappen, indefinite plural lappar, definite plural lappane)

1. (derogatory) a Lapp, Sami person; person of the Sami people

   Synonyms: finn, same

While this is a neutral term in Swedish, it’s traditionally perceived as derogatory in Norway.^[1]

• “lapp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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From Old Norse leppr, from Proto-Germanic *lappaz, *lappô (“rag, cloth”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”).^[1][2]

Compare Icelandic leppur, Danish lap, Middle Dutch lappe, Old High German lappa, German Lappen (“patch”), Lithuanian lopas (“patch, piece”) and Latvian lupata (“rag, cloth”).

lapp c

1. a patch, a piece of any flexible material, used to cover a hole in something; such as a piece of fabric used over a hole in a piece of clothing
2. a small piece of paper; a slip, a note; often used as slang for körkort (driver's licence)

• (patch): lappa, lappning, lappri, lapptäcke
• (piece of paper): lapplisa, papperslapp

From Old Swedish lapper; compare Icelandic lappir pl; probably of Finnish origin; compare Finnish lappalainen (“Lap”), after Lappi (“Lapland”), older Finnish also lapp; original meaning unknown.^[3]

lapp c

2. a Lapp, a Sami person; a person of the Sami people

• The word same (“a Sami person”) is recently the politically correct ethnic term. However, in everyday life lapp is currently used by both Swedes and Sami in non-derogatory fashion.

• same

• lappdräkt, lappkåta, Lappland

• lapp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lapp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lapp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)