dimpa

Kituba

Noun

dimpa

1. bread

Kongo

Etymology

Borrowed from French (du) pain (“(some) bread”).

Noun

dimpa

1. bread

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse dumpa (“to thump”), probably imitative.

Verb

dimpa (present dimper, preterite damp, supine dumpit or dimpt, imperative dimp)

1. (often with ner (“down”)) to fall heavily (and surprisingly)

   Ett paket damp ner från brevinkastet

   A package dropped through the mail slot with a thud

2. (often with ner (“down”), figuratively) to (surprisingly) appear (somewhere)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dimpa (class 3 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	dimpa		—
supine	dumpit		—
imperative	dimp		—
imper. plural1	dimpen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	dimper	damp	—	—
ind. plural1	dimpa	dumpo	—	—
subjunctive2	dimpe	dumpe	—	—
present participle		dimpande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• “dimpa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “dimpa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “dimpa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)