stap

See also štap

English

Verb

stap (third-person singular simple present staps, present participle stapping, simple past and past participle stapped)

1. (obsolete) Eye dialect spelling of stop.

Derived terms

• stap my vitals

Anagrams

• APTS, past, pats, spat, taps

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• zdap

Etymology

Apparently cognate to Germanic, compare Old English stæf, Dutch staf, German Stab, Swedish stav, all meaning 'stick, staff'.

Noun

stap m

1. stick, staff

Related terms

• zhdëp

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Crimean Gothic

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

stap

1. female goat
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Stap. Capra.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑp
• IPA: /stɑp/

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Noun

stap m (plural stappen, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. step

Derived terms

• voetstap

Verb

stap

1. first-person singular present indicative of stappen
2. imperative of stappen

Anagrams

• past, spat, taps

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Scots

Etymology

Presumably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steup- (“to push, stick”), which is the root of many such words in Germanic languages; see steep.

Verb

tae stap (third-person singular simple present staps, present participle stappin, simple past stappeet, past participle stappeet)

1. (South Scots) to push (something into something); to force (something into something)

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

English stop

Verb

stap

1. To be

   Balus i stap long graun. The airplane is on the ground.

   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:26 (translation here):

     Bihain God i tok olsem, “Nau yumi wokim ol manmeri bai ol i kamap olsem yumi yet. Bai yumi putim ol i stap bos bilong ol pis na ol pisin na bilong olgeta kain animal na bilong olgeta samting bilong graun.”

Particle

stap

1. Used to form the progressive tense.

   Em i go i stap. He is going.

   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:9 (translation here):

     Namel long dispela gaden i gat wanpela diwai i stap, em diwai bilong givim laip.

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See also

Tok Pisin tense markers:

• pinis (past perfect tense)
• bin (simple past tense)
• stap (progressive tense)
• bai/baimbai (future tense)