See also: yapá, Yapa, and yapa-

Kaurna edit

Noun edit

yapa

  1. hole, den

See also edit

Quechua edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

yapa

  1. added, remaining

Adverb edit

yapa

  1. again, once more
  2. very

Noun edit

yapa

  1. addition, supplement, increase, repetition
  2. a small gift or additional quantity given to a valued customer
  3. sum

Usage notes edit

Not to be confused with llapa.

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Spanish: ñapa

References edit

  • “yapa” in Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua (2006) Diccionario quechua-español-quechua, 2nd edition, Cusco: Edmundo Pantigozo.
  • “yapa” in Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007), Diccionairo bilingüe: Quechua – Castellano, 2nd edition.

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝapa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.pa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃapa/ [ˈʃa.pa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒapa/ [ˈʒa.pa]

  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Syllabification: ya‧pa

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Quechua yapay.

Noun edit

yapa f (plural yapas)

  1. something that is added, especially something that a merchant gives to a buyer to complete the amount requested, or something extra given as a bonus; a gratuity, lagniappe
    Synonyms: añadidura, ñapa

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

yapa

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

Further reading edit

Tagalog edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

yapá (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜉ)

  1. tastelessness; insipidity (of solid food)
    Synonyms: pagkawalang-lasa, kayapahan
  2. juicelessness (of fruit, etc.)
    Synonym: pagkawalang-katas

Derived terms edit

Ternate edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

yapa

  1. (stative) to be filthy, dirty

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of yapa
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toyapa foyapa miyapa
2nd noyapa niyapa
3rd Masculine oyapa iyapa, yoyapa
Feminine moyapa
Neuter iyapa
- archaic

References edit

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Warlpiri edit

Noun edit

yapa

  1. person