Yap

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yap"

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Yap

1. An island in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia.

Related terms

• Yapese

Translations

an island in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia

• Basque: Yap
• Bulgarian: Яп (Jap)
• Catalan: Yap
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雅浦 (Yǎpǔ), 雅蒲 (Yǎpú)

• Dutch: Yap
• Esperanto: Yap
• Estonian: Yap (et)
• Finnish: Yap (fi)
• French: Yap (fr)
• Galician: Yap
• Indonesian: Yap
• Italian: Yap
• Japanese: ヤップ州 (Yappu shū)
• Lithuanian: Japas
• Norwegian: Yap
• Polish: Yap
• Portuguese: Yap
• Russian: Яп (Jap)
• Serbo-Croatian: Јап m / Jap
• Spanish: Yap
• Swedish: Yap
• Yapese: Waqab

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 葉 / 叶 (Ia̍p) and Hakka 葉 / 叶 (Ya̍p).

Proper noun

Yap

1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien or Hakka.

Related terms

• Ye
• Yip

Anagrams

• APY, Pay, pay, pya

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 葉／叶 (Ia̍p). Doublet of Ip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjap/ [ˈjap]
• Hyphenation: Yap

Proper noun

Yap (Badlit spelling ᜌᜉ᜔)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

Galician

Proper noun

Yap m

1. Yap

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• Ijap, Jap (chiefly 1901–1947)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 葉 / 叶 (Ia̍p) and Hakka 葉 / 叶 (Ya̍p). Doublet of Yip.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈjap/ [ˈjap̚]
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: Yap

Proper noun

Yap

1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hokkien
2. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hakka

Portuguese

Proper noun

Yap f

1. Yap (an island and state of Micronesia)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 葉／叶 (Ia̍p). Doublet of Ip.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjap/ [ˈjap̚]
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: Yap

Proper noun

Yap (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜉ᜔)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien