lapa

See also: łapa, lapā, and lāpa

Buginese

Noun

lapa (lontara ᨒᨄ)

  1. lava

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl̪apaʔ/
  • Hyphenation: la‧pa

Noun

lapa

  1. (arithmetic, division) quotient; the result of division.

See also

Elementary Arithmetic:

Verb

lapa

  1. to cut into sizable chunks or portions.
  2. to mutilate; hack to pieces.
    Synonyms: guhay, pingkol

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *lapa.

Noun

lapa

  1. A blade of an oar or propeller.
  2. (anatomy) A shoulder of a horse or other animal or, dialectally, of a man.
Declension
Inflection of lapa (Kotus type 9/kala, p-v gradation)
nominative lapa lavat
genitive lavan lapojen
partitive lapaa lapoja
illative lapaan lapoihin
singular plural
nominative lapa lavat
accusative nom. lapa lavat
gen. lavan
genitive lavan lapojen
lapainrare
partitive lapaa lapoja
inessive lavassa lavoissa
elative lavasta lavoista
illative lapaan lapoihin
adessive lavalla lavoilla
ablative lavalta lavoilta
allative lavalle lavoille
essive lapana lapoina
translative lavaksi lavoiksi
instructive — lavoin
abessive lavatta lavoitta
comitative — lapoineen

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

lapa

  1. Indicative present connegative form of lappaa.
  2. Second-person singular imperative present form of lappaa.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of lappaa.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

lapa

  1. third-person singular past historic of laper

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlapa̝/

Etymology 1

Obscure. Either from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *lappa, of from Proto-Germanic *lappô: "rag", then "border", then, hypothetically, "shelter".[1]

menhir known as lapa de Gargantáns, Galicia

Alternative forms

Noun

lapa f (plural lapas)

  1. grotto, cave; shelter
  2. standing stone
Derived terms
  • Lapa

Etymology 2

Obscure.[2]

Noun

lapa f (plural lapas)

  1. (mollusc) limpet
  2. (figuratively) Someone dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space
Synonyms

Etymology 3

From lapar (“to lap, lick with the tonge”).

Alternative forms

  • lápara

Noun

lapa f (plural lapas)

  1. flame
Derived terms
  • laparada
  • laparear

References

  1. ↑ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. lapa III.
  2. ↑ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. lapa I.

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): lapə

Noun

lapa m (genitive singular lapa, nominative plural lapaí)

  1. paw
  2. flipper
  3. webbed foot
  4. double cable-stitch

Synonyms

Latvian

Noun

lapa f (4th declension)

  1. leaf
    lapas plātne ― leaf blade
    koku lapas ― tree leaves
    lapu koks ― leafy tree, deciduous tree
    lapu dārzeņi ― leafy vegetables (cabbage, spinach, etc.)
  2. sheet of paper, especially in a book
    papīras lapa ― sheet of paper
    aptaujas lapa ― survey sheet
    grāmatas lapa ― book page
    lapas puse, lappuse ― half sheet (= page)
  3. (Internet) web page
    vikipēdijas sākumlapa ― the (Latvian) Wikipedia home page

Declension

Derived terms

Mmen

Etymology

Borrowed from English wrapper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /làpā/, [là.pā]

Noun

làpā

  1. (cloth) wrapper (for something)

Further reading

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlapə/
  • Hyphenation: là‧pa

Noun

lapa f (please add the plural)

  1. bee

Portuguese

lapa (2)

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly of Pre-Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈla.pa/, /ˈla.pɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈla.pɐ/
  • Homophone: Lapa
  • Hyphenation: la‧pa

Noun

lapa f (plural lapas)

  1. grotto; cave, especially one used as shelter
  2. limpet (a small mollusc)

Synonyms

  • (cave): see Thesaurus:caverna

Hypernyms

Derived terms

  • Lapa (name of several cities)
  • lapedo

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin apis

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlapa/
  • Hyphenation: là‧pa

Noun

lapa f (plural lapi)

  1. bee

Sikaiana

Etymology

Borrowed from English rubber.

Noun

lapa

  1. rubber

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlapa/

Noun

lapa f (plural lapas)

  1. limpet
  2. (figuratively) limpet, person who sticks to another

Swedish

Verb

lapa (present lapar, preterite lapade, supine lapat, imperative lapa)

  1. to lap (to slurp up a liquid)

Conjugation

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