See also: läppä and Lappa

English edit

Noun edit

lappa (plural lappas)

  1. An African waist scarf.
    • 1982, Claire Polakoff, African Textiles and Dyeing Techniques, Routledge, →ISBN, page 224:
      Asi clutched her child to her, then wrapped the lifeless body in the lappa which was her own skirt.
    • 1997, Nana Akua Kyerewaa Opokuwaa, Akan Protocol: Remembering the Traditions of Our Ancestors, iUniverse edition [self-published], published 2005, →ISBN, page 69:
      In the colder climates of the Diaspora, women wear leotards, tights or exercise pants under the slip lappa to keep the body warm.
    • 1998, Love P. Maya, Off the Village Mat: A Novel, 2003 WRITERSWORLD edition [self-published?], →ISBN, page 56,
      The lappa was tied over a white short-sleeved lace blouse.

Anagrams edit

Buginese edit

Noun edit

lappa (Lontara spelling ᨒᨄ)

  1. joint

Icelandic edit

Verb edit

lappa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lappaði, supine lappað)

  1. to patch, to mend

Conjugation edit

Ingrian edit

 
Lappa (1).
 
Lappa (2).

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *lappa. Cognates include Finnish lappa and Karelian lappa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lappa

  1. belt
  2. collar

Declension edit

Declension of lappa (type 3/kana, pp-p gradation)
singular plural
nominative lappa lapat
genitive lapan lappoin
partitive lappaa lappoja
illative lappaa lappoi
inessive lapas lapois
elative lapast lapoist
allative lapalle lapoille
adessive lapal lapoil
ablative lapalt lapoilt
translative lapaks lapoiks
essive lappanna, lappaan lappoinna, lappoin
exessive1) lappant lappoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 248

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlap.pa/
  • Rhymes: -appa
  • Hyphenation: làp‧pa

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin lappa.

Noun edit

lappa f (plural lappe)

  1. burdock

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

lappa

  1. inflection of lappare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading edit

  • Arctium lappa L.”, in Portale della Flora d'Italia / Portal to the Flora of Italy[1] (in Italian), 2024

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

Unknown, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (to hang loosely) – to which labium and lambō –, Proto-Slavic *lopěnъ (burdock) is also suggestive.

Noun edit

lappa f (genitive lappae); first declension

  1. burdock

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lappa lappae
Genitive lappae lappārum
Dative lappae lappīs
Accusative lappam lappās
Ablative lappā lappīs
Vocative lappa lappae

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • lappa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lappa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lappa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • lappa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • lappa” in volume 7, part 2, column 953, line 45 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present