yap

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Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

yap

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Yapese.

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably of imitative origin. Alternatively, from dialectal yap, yaup, yalp (to yap, yelp), from Middle English ȝælpen, variant of yelpen (to yelp). More at yelp.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /jæp/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -æp

Noun[edit]

yap (countable and uncountable, plural yaps)

  1. (countable) The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar.
  2. (uncountable, slang) Casual talk; chatter.
    • 1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 59:
      Had I taken his accusations seriously I might have recommended a change in my under-managership, but I never could translate our jammy products into gas or explosives or even poison. Still yap, at least as concerned Beldite's.
    • 1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 190:
      They couldn’t rise above their calls for peace. Those who weren’t “defenders of the fatherland” were incapable of anything except yap and blather about “stopping the war.”
  3. (countable, slang, derogatory) The mouth, which produces speech.
    Shut your yap!
  4. (countable, Geordie) A badly behaved child; a brat.

Translations[edit]

References[edit]

  • Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN

Verb[edit]

yap (third-person singular simple present yaps, present participle yapping, simple past and past participle yapped)

  1. (intransitive) Of a small dog, to bark.
  2. (intransitive, slang) To talk, especially excessively; to chatter.
    You’re always yapping, I wish you’d shut up.
  3. (transitive, slang) To rob or steal from (someone).
    • 2000, M.O.P., Ante Up:
      Ante up! Yap that fool!

Translations[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Catawba[edit]

Noun[edit]

yap

  1. tree; wood

Usage notes[edit]

The word is also represented ya, yop, ya’p, yo’p.

Descendants[edit]

  • English: yaupon

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

< Yap

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑp/, [ˈjɑ̝p]

Noun[edit]

yap

  1. Yapese (Austronesian language spoken in the Federated States of Micronesia, especially by the inhabitants of Yap)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of yap (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative yap
genitive yapin
partitive yapia
illative yapiin
singular plural
nominative yap
accusative nom. yap
gen. yapin
genitive yapin
partitive yapia
inessive yapissa
elative yapista
illative yapiin
adessive yapilla
ablative yapilta
allative yapille
essive yapina
translative yapiksi
abessive yapitta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of yap (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative yapini
accusative nom. yapini
gen. yapini
genitive yapini
partitive yapiani
inessive yapissani
elative yapistani
illative yapiini
adessive yapillani
ablative yapiltani
allative yapilleni
essive yapinani
translative yapikseni
abessive yapittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative yapisi
accusative nom. yapisi
gen. yapisi
genitive yapisi
partitive yapiasi
inessive yapissasi
elative yapistasi
illative yapiisi
adessive yapillasi
ablative yapiltasi
allative yapillesi
essive yapinasi
translative yapiksesi
abessive yapittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative yapimme
accusative nom. yapimme
gen. yapimme
genitive yapimme
partitive yapiamme
inessive yapissamme
elative yapistamme
illative yapiimme
adessive yapillamme
ablative yapiltamme
allative yapillemme
essive yapinamme
translative yapiksemme
abessive yapittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative yapinne
accusative nom. yapinne
gen. yapinne
genitive yapinne
partitive yapianne
inessive yapissanne
elative yapistanne
illative yapiinne
adessive yapillanne
ablative yapiltanne
allative yapillenne
essive yapinanne
translative yapiksenne
abessive yapittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative yapinsa
accusative nom. yapinsa
gen. yapinsa
genitive yapinsa
partitive yapiaan
yapiansa
inessive yapissaan
yapissansa
elative yapistaan
yapistansa
illative yapiinsa
adessive yapillaan
yapillansa
ablative yapiltaan
yapiltansa
allative yapilleen
yapillensa
essive yapinaan
yapinansa
translative yapikseen
yapiksensa
abessive yapittaan
yapittansa
instructive
comitative

Synonyms[edit]

Lashi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

yap

  1. to stand

References[edit]

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Pnar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Khasian *ja:p. Cognate with Khasi ïap.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

yap

  1. to die

Rade[edit]

Verb[edit]

yap

  1. to count, tell, reckon or calculate
    Klei Yap
    Numbers
    (literally, “the Accounting”)

Tocharian B[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *yéw-o-m, from *yéwos, from *yew-, *yewh₁- (to ripen, mature), whence yu-. Compare Sanskrit यव (yáva, barley).

Noun[edit]

yap m sg

  1. millet
    Synonym: lyekṣye

Derived terms[edit]

  • ypiye (pertaining to millet)

Turkish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

yap

  1. second-person singular imperative of yapmak