ripi

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lipi (compare with Hawaiian lipi (“adze, edge”), Tongan lipi (“blade, flange”).[1] [2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ripi

  1. to cut, to slice, to gash
    Synonym: hori
  2. to skim or glide or ricochet off the water surface
    Synonym: tipi

Noun

ripi

  1. any long-bladed tool
    1. special tool with long, oval blade used to pry out pāua from rocks
    2. a type of chisel to carve long grooves on wood
  2. discus, flat plate thrown as sport
  3. stone skipping, ducks and drakes

Derived terms

  • kōripi
  • ripiripi
  • riripi
  • whakaripi
  • hōripi
  • hōripiripi
  • māripi

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 417
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lipi.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “ripi”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 398
  • “ripi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rīpī, from Proto-Germanic *rīpiz.

Adjective

rīpi

  1. ripe

Inflection

Declension of rīpi (ja-stem)
strong declension
case masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative rīpi rīpi rīpi rīpa, rīpe
accusative rīpen rīpa rīpi rīpa, rīpe
genitive rīpes rīpero rīpes rīpero
dative rīpin, rīpemo rīpero rīpin, rīpemo rīpon
weak declension
case masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative rīpo rīpa rīpa rīpon
accusative rīpon rīpon rīpa rīpon
genitive rīpin rīpon rīpin rīpono
dative rīpin rīpon rīpin rīpon

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: ripe, rijp

References

  • “rīp (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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