trapa

See also: Trapa

Catalan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare trappe, trampa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾa.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈtɾa.pa]

Noun

trapa f (plural trapes)

1. trapdoor
2. an opening in a floor or ceiling to allow the passage of light, persons, goods, etc.

   Fent una cadena humana, amb els braços units, van passar per la trapa que descendia a la zona inundada de la cova.

   Linking their arms to form a human chain, they passed through the opening which led to the flooded zone of the cave.

Further reading

• “trapa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Trapa, trapela or zapón

Etymology

Either onomatopoeic, shared with most western European languages, or from Germanic (compare English trap).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾapa̝/

Noun

trapa f (plural trapas)

1. trap, trapdoor

   Synonyms: trapela, zapón

2. trap, snare

   Synonym: armada

Derived terms

• atrapar
• Trapa
• trapela
• Trapela

Related terms

• trampa

References

• “trapa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “trapa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “trapa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “trapa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “trapa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German trappe or from German Treppe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrapa/
• Syllabification: tra‧pa

Noun

trapa m inan

1. stair (a single step in a staircase)

   Synonyms: stępiń, schód

Declension

Declension of trapa

	singular	plural
nominative	trapa	trapë
genitive	trapë	trap(ów)
dative	trapie	trapóm
accusative	trapã	trapë
instrumental	trapą	trapama
locative	trapie	trapach
vocative	trapa/trapò	trapë

Derived terms

adjective

• trapowi

 

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “schodek”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1-2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “schodek”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “trapa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022