nipa

Borrowed from Malay nipah.

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːpə/, /ˈnʌɪpə/
• Hyphenation: ni‧pa

nipa (countable and uncountable, plural nipas)

1. A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.
2. A liquor made from the sap of nipa palms.
3. The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses.
   • 1914, Helen Herron Taft, “IX. The Wild Men's Country”, in Recollections of Full Years, page 187:

     It was a fine afternoon for a siesta because it rained in torrents for the rest of the day and the patter of rain on nipa thatch is a soothing sound.

• “nipa, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2003.
• Nypa fruticans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

From Cocopa ɲipa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːpɑ/, /ˈniːpə/
• Hyphenation: ni‧pa

nipa (uncountable)

1. Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, Palmer's grass.

   Synonym: nipa grass

   • 2012, S.L. Pearlsteina, R.S. Felgera, E.P. Glenna, J. Harringtond, K.A. Al-Ghaneme, S.G. Nelson, “Nipa (Distichlis palmeri): A perennial grain crop for saltwater irrigation”, in Journal of Arid Environments, →DOI, page 60:

     The perennial saltgrass nipa (Distichlis palmeri, Poaceae) is endemic to northern Gulf of California tidal marshes flooded with hypersaline seawater.

   • 2013 April 17, Eric Toensmeier, “Perennial Cereal Grains: A Promise Requiring Patience and Prioritization”, in Perennial Solutions‎^[1]:

     Once a staple of the Cocopa people, wild populations of nipa have been greatly reduced due to dams and other watershed disruptions.

• Nipa grass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Distichlis palmeri on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• nipa hut

• APNI, PAIN, PANI, Pain, pain, pian, pina, piña

nipa

1. human being

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnipa/ [ˈn̪i.pa]
• Hyphenation: ni‧pa

nipà (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜉ)

1. nipa palm (Nypa fruticans)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnipaʔ/ [ˈn̪i.pɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: ni‧pa

nipà (Badlit spelling ᜈᜒᜉ)

1. a palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans
2. the leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:nipa.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).

nipa

1. nipa palm

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnipa/ [ˈni.pa]
• Hyphenation: ni‧pa

nípa

1. nipa palm

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnipaʔ/ [ˈni.pɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: ni‧pa

nipà (Kur-itan spelling ᜈᜒᜉ)

1. nipa palm

nipa

1. nipa palm

nipa

1. alternative form of níba

• nypa fruticans, nypa
• palmeira nipa, palmeira de mangue

From Malay nipah.

nipa f (plural nipas)

1. nipa, a palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnipa/ [ˈn̪iː.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -ipa
• Syllabification: ni‧pa

nipa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜉ)

1. nipa palm

• pain, pa- -in

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnipaʔ/, [ˈni.paʔ]
• Hyphenation: ni‧pa

nipà

1. nipa palm

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).

nipa

1. nipa palm