rabassa

From Vulgar Latin *rāpācea, a derivation from rāpum (“turnip”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rəˈβa.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rəˈba.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [raˈba.sa]

rabassa f (plural rabasses)

1. treestump
2. (Mallorca) fool, simpleton

   Synonym: totxo

• rap

• “rabassa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007