lepa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lepa"
Estonian
Noun
lepa
- genitive singular of lepp
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈle.pa/, [ˈlɛ.pə]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *lepa (“to flap (of a sail)”).
Noun
lepa
Derived terms
- kālepa (“merchant”)
- lepalepa (“tattered”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
lepa
- alternative form of lepe (“hem, fringe”)
See also
Further reading
- lepa in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Sanskrit लेप (lepa, “plaster”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear; fatty substance”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɛpa]
- Hyphenation: lè‧pa
Noun
lèpa (plural lepa-lepa)
Further reading
- “lepa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Sanskrit लेप (lepa, “plaster”).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /ləpə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ləpa/
- Rhymes: -əpə, -pə, -ə
Adjective
lepa
- alternative form of alpa
Synonyms
Polish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛpa
- Syllabification: le‧pa
- Homophone: Lepa
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěpa.
Noun
lepa f
- slush (half-melted snow)
- oaf (someone who is inept or clumsy)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:niezdara
- (colloquial) smack on the nape of the neck
- Synonym: karczycho
Declension
Declension of lepa
Etymology 2
Noun
lepa f
- (Far Masovian) synonym of warga
- Lepy prec ludziom po wsi popuchły. ― Lips of the people around the village swole up.
Further reading
- lepa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “lepa”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 112
- Hieronim Łopaciński (1892) “lepa”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 214
Sardinian
Noun
lepa f (plural lepas)
Usage notes
This term refers specifically to a kind of knife historically made in Sardinia, with a hilt typically made from an animals horn, or sometimes wood.
Derived terms
- lepedha
- leputza
- leputzedha
Further reading
- Le Lame D’acciao delle Leppe Sarde - Tottus in Pari
- Le origini del coltello sardo – Prima parte - Ars Venandi
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
lepa (Cyrillic spelling лепа)
- inflection of lep:
- feminine nominative/vocative singular
- indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
- indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlepa/ [ˈle.pa]
- Rhymes: -epa
- Syllabification: le‧pa
Noun
lepa f (plural lepas)
- (Guatemala) bark, the rough outer layer of wood from a tree
- Algunas casas en Guatemala son de lepa. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading
- “lepa”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
Tok Pisin
Noun
lepa