lepa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lepa"

Estonian

Noun

lepa

  1. 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

  1. flag
  2. (nautical) ensign
Derived terms
  • kālepa (merchant)
  • lepalepa (tattered)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lepa

  1. alternative form of lepe (hem, fringe)

See also

Further reading

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)

  1. plaster

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit लेप (lepa, plaster).

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /ləpə/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ləpa/
  • Rhymes: -əpə, -pə,

Adjective

lepa

  1. alternative form of alpa

Synonyms

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.pa/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛpa
  • Syllabification: le‧pa
  • Homophone: Lepa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěpa.

Noun

lepa f

  1. slush (half-melted snow)
  2. oaf (someone who is inept or clumsy)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:niezdara
  3. (colloquial) smack on the nape of the neck
    Synonym: karczycho
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Lippe.

Noun

lepa f

  1. (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)

  1. knife
    Synonyms: gurteddu, rasogia, brotzu, istuzone

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

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

lepa (Cyrillic spelling лепа)

  1. inflection of lep:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlepa/ [ˈle.pa]
  • Rhymes: -epa
  • Syllabification: le‧pa

Noun

lepa f (plural lepas)

  1. (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

Tok Pisin

Noun

lepa

  1. leper