lepa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lepa"

Estonian

Noun

lepa

1. genitive singular of lepp

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.pa/, [ˈlɛ.pə]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *lepa (“to flap (of a sail)” – compare with Māori repa “cloak”, Rarotongan repā “to flap ([of sails], to lash [of an animal's tail]”, Tahitian repa “fringe or edge of a garment”, Tongan lepa “to swell or rise and fall [of waves], to heave”).

Noun

lepa

1. flag

   Synonym: hae

   1. tapa cloth attached to end of stick marking kapu
2. (nautical) ensign

Derived terms

• kālepa (“to trade; trader, merchant”)
• kālepalepa
• lepalepa (“tattered”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lepa

1. alternative form of lepe (“hem, fringe”)

See also

• hae

Further reading

• lepa in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit लेप (lepa, “plaster”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear; fatty substance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛpa]
• Hyphenation: lè‧pa

Noun

lèpa (plural lepa-lepa)

1. plaster

Further reading

• “lepa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Alternative forms

• alpa

Etymology

From Sanskrit लेप (lepa, “plaster”).

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ləˈpa/ [ləˈpa]

• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ləˈpə/ [ləˈpə] (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)
• Rhymes: -əpə, -pə, -ə

Adjective

lepa

1. alternative form of alpa

Synonyms

• cuai
• lalai

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.pa/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛ.pa]

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• Rhymes: -ɛpa
• Syllabification: le‧pa
• Homophone: Lepa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěpa.

Noun

lepa f

1. slush (half-melted snow)
2. oaf (someone who is inept or clumsy)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:niezdara

3. (colloquial) smack on the nape of the neck

   Synonym: karczycho

Declension

Declension of lepa

	singular	plural
nominative	lepa	lepy
genitive	lepy	lep
dative	lepie	lepom
accusative	lepę	lepy
instrumental	lepą	lepami
locative	lepie	lepach
vocative	lepo	lepy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Lippe.

Noun

lepa f

1. (Far Masovian) synonym of warga

   Lepy prec ludziom po wsi popuchły. ― Lips of the people around the village swole up.

Further reading

• “lepa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894), “lepa”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 112
• Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “lepa”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 214

Sardinian

Noun

lepa f (plural lepas)

1. knife

   Synonyms: gurteddu, rasogia, brotzu, istuzone

Usage notes

This term refers specifically to a kind of knife historically made in Sardinia, with a hilt typically made from an animals horn, or sometimes wood.

Derived terms

• lepedha
• leputza
• leputzedha

Further reading

• Le Lame D’acciao delle Leppe Sarde - Tottus in Pari
• Le origini del coltello sardo – Prima parte - Ars Venandi

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

lepa (Cyrillic spelling лепа)

1. inflection of lep:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlepa/ [ˈle.pa]
• Rhymes: -epa
• Syllabification: le‧pa

Noun

lepa f (plural lepas)

1. (Guatemala) bark, the rough outer layer of wood from a tree

   Algunas casas en Guatemala son de lepa. ― Some houses in Guatemala are made of bark

Further reading

• “lepa”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Tok Pisin

Etymology

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Noun

lepa

1. leper