lipa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lipa"

English

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lipa (currency)

Wikipedia

A 50 lipa coin from 1993.

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian lipa (“linden/lime tree”), named for its design of linden flowers and leaves.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlipə/^[2], /ˈliːˌpɑː/^[3], /ˌliːˈpɑː/^[4]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -iːpə, -iːpɑ, -ɑː

Noun

lipa (plural lipa or lipas or lipe)

A former subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Croatian kuna.

References

^ “lipa”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
^ “lipa”, in Collins English Dictionary.
^ “lipa”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
^ “lipa”, in Oxford Languages, Oxford University Press, via Google Dictionary, 18 August 2025 (last accessed).

Anagrams

ALIP, Pali, Piła, pail, pali, pali-, pial, pila

Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀pa (“to pay, to compensate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɽi.pa/

Verb

-lipa (infinitive kulípa)

to pay, to renumerate
1. (by extension) to ransom
to give back
1. (by extension) to compensate, to atone

Derived terms

Verbal derivations:
- Applicative: -lipira
- Causative: -lipitsa
- Negative: -salipa
- Repetitive: -lipanso
- Stative: -lipika

Nominal derivations:
- lipiro (“salary”)

References

Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford University Press, page 263

Finnish

Etymology

Back-formation from lipoa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlipɑ/, [ˈlipɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ipɑ
Syllabification^(key): li‧pa
Hyphenation^(key): li‧pa

Noun

lipa (rare)

synonym of kieli (“tongue (organ)”)

Declension

Inflection of lipa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation)
nominative		lipa	livat
genitive		livan	lipojen
partitive		lipaa	lipoja
illative		lipaan	lipoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lipa	livat
accusative	nom.	lipa	livat
accusative	gen.	livan	livat
genitive		livan	lipojen lipain ^rare
partitive		lipaa	lipoja
inessive		livassa	livoissa
elative		livasta	livoista
illative		lipaan	lipoihin
adessive		livalla	livoilla
ablative		livalta	livoilta
allative		livalle	livoille
essive		lipana	lipoina
translative		livaksi	livoiksi
abessive		livatta	livoitta
instructive		—	livoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of lipa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		lipani	lipani
accusative	nom.	lipani	lipani
accusative	gen.	lipani	lipani
genitive		lipani	lipojeni lipaini ^rare
partitive		lipaani	lipojani
inessive		livassani	livoissani
elative		livastani	livoistani
illative		lipaani	lipoihini
adessive		livallani	livoillani
ablative		livaltani	livoiltani
allative		livalleni	livoilleni
essive		lipanani	lipoinani
translative		livakseni	livoikseni
abessive		livattani	livoittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	lipoineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		lipasi	lipasi
accusative	nom.	lipasi	lipasi
accusative	gen.	lipasi	lipasi
genitive		lipasi	lipojesi lipaisi ^rare
partitive		lipaasi	lipojasi
inessive		livassasi	livoissasi
elative		livastasi	livoistasi
illative		lipaasi	lipoihisi
adessive		livallasi	livoillasi
ablative		livaltasi	livoiltasi
allative		livallesi	livoillesi
essive		lipanasi	lipoinasi
translative		livaksesi	livoiksesi
abessive		livattasi	livoittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	lipoinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		lipamme	lipamme
accusative	nom.	lipamme	lipamme
accusative	gen.	lipamme	lipamme
genitive		lipamme	lipojemme lipaimme ^rare
partitive		lipaamme	lipojamme
inessive		livassamme	livoissamme
elative		livastamme	livoistamme
illative		lipaamme	lipoihimme
adessive		livallamme	livoillamme
ablative		livaltamme	livoiltamme
allative		livallemme	livoillemme
essive		lipanamme	lipoinamme
translative		livaksemme	livoiksemme
abessive		livattamme	livoittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	lipoinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		lipanne	lipanne
accusative	nom.	lipanne	lipanne
accusative	gen.	lipanne	lipanne
genitive		lipanne	lipojenne lipainne ^rare
partitive		lipaanne	lipojanne
inessive		livassanne	livoissanne
elative		livastanne	livoistanne
illative		lipaanne	lipoihinne
adessive		livallanne	livoillanne
ablative		livaltanne	livoiltanne
allative		livallenne	livoillenne
essive		lipananne	lipoinanne
translative		livaksenne	livoiksenne
abessive		livattanne	livoittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	lipoinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		lipansa	lipansa
accusative	nom.	lipansa	lipansa
accusative	gen.	lipansa	lipansa
genitive		lipansa	lipojensa lipainsa ^rare
partitive		lipaansa	lipojaan lipojansa
inessive		livassaan livassansa	livoissaan livoissansa
elative		livastaan livastansa	livoistaan livoistansa
illative		lipaansa	lipoihinsa
adessive		livallaan livallansa	livoillaan livoillansa
ablative		livaltaan livaltansa	livoiltaan livoiltansa
allative		livalleen livallensa	livoilleen livoillensa
essive		lipanaan lipanansa	lipoinaan lipoinansa
translative		livakseen livaksensa	livoikseen livoiksensa
abessive		livattaan livattansa	livoittaan livoittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	lipoineen lipoinensa

Related terms

Anagrams

Alpi, alpi, pila

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from French pain.

Noun

lipa

bread

Lithuanian

Verb

li̇̀pa

third-person present of li̇̀pti

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlipa/, [ˈlʲipa]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian lipa, Polish lipa, Czech lípa, Serbo-Croatian lȉpa, Russian ли́па (lípa) and Macedonian липа (lipa).

Noun

lipa f

linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

Declension

Declension of lipa

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	lipa	lipje	lipy
Genitive	lipy	lipowu	lipow
Dative	lipje	lipoma	lipam
Accusative	lipu	lipje	lipy
Instrumental	lipu	lipoma	lipami
Locative	lipje	lipoma	lipach

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lipa

inflection of lip:
1. genitive singular
2. nominative/accusative dual

Verb

lipa

third-person singular present of lipaś

Alternative forms

lipjo

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

lipa

Wikipedia ^pl

lipa sense 1

lipa sense 2

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈli.pa/
Audio 1: (file)
Audio 2: (file)
Rhymes: -ipa
Syllabification: li‧pa
Homophone: Lipa

Noun

lipa f (diminutive lipka, related adjective lipowy)

linden, lime-tree, basswood (any tree of the genus Tilia)
Synonym: lipina
linden, lime-tree, basswood (wood of the linden)
Synonym: lipina
tea made from linden flowers
(colloquial) fib, hoax (lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential)
Synonyms: bujda, fałsz, kit, nieprawda

Antonym: prawda
(colloquial) something of poor quality, very often jerry-built
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:badziewie

Declension

Declension of lipa

	singular	plural
nominative	lipa	lipy
genitive	lipy	lip
dative	lipie	lipom
accusative	lipę	lipy
instrumental	lipą	lipami
locative	lipie	lipach
vocative	lipo	lipy

Derived terms

adjectives

adverbs

na lipę

nouns

lipina

Related terms

adverbs

lipnie

nouns

lipność

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

lipa

the sound of an animal (like a cat or a dog) slurping water

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

lipa

Wikipedia ^sh

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lîpa/
Hyphenation: li‧pa

Noun

lȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling ли̏па)

any part of a linden tree
tea made from linden flowers
linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

Declension

Declension of *lipa*
	singular	plural
nominative	lȉpa	lipe
genitive	lipe	lȋpā
dative	lipi	lipama
accusative	lipu	lipe
vocative	lipo	lipe
locative	lipom	lipama
instrumental	lipi	lipama

Derived terms

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

lipa

Wikipedia ^sk

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʎipa/, (high register) [ˈʎipa], (common) [ˈlipa]
Rhymes: -ipa
Hyphenation: li‧pa

Noun

lipa f

linden tree, Tilia

Declension

Declension of *lipa*
(pattern *žena*)
	singular	plural
nominative	lipa	lipy
genitive	lipy	líp
dative	lipe	lipám
accusative	lipu	lipy
locative	lipe	lipách
instrumental	lipou	lipami

Derived terms

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

lipa

Wikipedia ^sl

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lìːpa/

Noun

lípa f

linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	lípa
gen. sing.	lípe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	lípa	lípi	lípe
genitive (rodȋlnik)	lípe	líp	líp
dative (dajȃlnik)	lípi	lípama	lípam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	lípo	lípi	lípe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	lípi	lípah	lípah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	lípo	lípama	lípami

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀pa (“to pay, to compensate”).

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Verb

-lipa (infinitive kulipa)

to pay

Conjugation

Conjugation of -lipa

Positive present	-nalipa
Subjunctive	-lipe
Negative	-lipi
Imperative singular	lipa

Infinitives

Positive	kulipa
Negative	kutolipa

Imperatives

Singular	lipa
Plural	lipeni

Tensed forms

Habitual	hulipa
Positive past	positive subject concord + -lilipa
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kulipa

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalipa)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninalipa/nalipa	tunalipa
2nd person		unalipa	mnalipa
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	analipa	wanalipa
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nalipa

Negative present (negative subject concord + -lipi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		silipi	hatulipi
2nd person		hulipi	hamlipi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	halipi	hawalipi
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -lipi

Positive future	positive subject concord + -talipa
Negative future	negative subject concord + -talipa

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lipe)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nilipe	tulipe
2nd person		ulipe	mlipe
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	alipe	walipe
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -lipe

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -silipe
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngelipa
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singelipa
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalilipa
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalilipa

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alipa)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nalipa	twalipa
2nd person		walipa	mwalipa
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	alipa	walipa
	m-mi_(III/IV)	walipa	yalipa
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lalipa	yalipa
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chalipa	vyalipa
	n_(IX/X)	yalipa	zalipa
	u_(XI)	walipa	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwalipa
	pa_(XVI)	palipa
	mu_(XVIII)	mwalipa

Perfect	positive subject concord + -melipa
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshalipa
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jalipa
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kilipa
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipolipa
Consecutive	kalipa / positive subject concord + -kalipa
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kalipe

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nilipa	-tulipa
2nd person		-kulipa	-walipa/-kulipeni/-walipeni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mlipa	-walipa
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-ulipa	-ilipa
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lilipa	-yalipa
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kilipa	-vilipa
	n_(IX/X)	-ilipa	-zilipa
	u_(XI)	-ulipa	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kulipa
	pa_(XVI)	-palipa
	mu_(XVIII)	-mulipa
Reflexive		-jilipa

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -lipa- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-lipaye	-lipao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-lipao	-lipayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lipalo	-lipayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-lipacho	-lipavyo
n_(IX/X)	-lipayo	-lipazo
u_(XI)	-lipao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-lipako
pa_(XVI)	-lipapo
mu_(XVIII)	-lipamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -lipa)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yelipa	-olipa
m-mi_(III/IV)	-olipa	-yolipa
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lolipa	-yolipa
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-cholipa	-vyolipa
n_(IX/X)	-yolipa	-zolipa
u_(XI)	-olipa	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kolipa
pa_(XVI)	-polipa
mu_(XVIII)	-molipa

Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Verbal derivations:
- Applicative: -lipia
- Causative: -lipisha, -lipiza
- Passive: -lipwa
- Reciprocal: -lipana
- Stative: -lipika

Nominal derivations:
- malipizi
- malipo (“payments; revenge”)
- mlifi (“payer”)
- mlipa (“payer”)
- mlipaji (“payer”)
- ulipaji (“paying”)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German lipen, from lipe (“lip”).

Verb

lipa (present lipar, preterite lipade, supine lipat, imperative lipa)

(colloquial) to cry (often over something relatively insignificant)
Sluta lipa
Stop crying

Jag storlipade åt filmen
I cried my eyes out at the movie
(regional, central Sweden) to stick one's tongue out
Synonym: räcka ut tungan

Ungarna lipade åt honom
The kids stuck their tongues out at him

Usage notes

Often condescending when of someone else's crying in sense 1, as though implying the crier does not deserve sympathy.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *lipa* (weak)
	active		passive
infinitive	lipa		lipas
supine	lipat		lipats
imperative	lipa		—
imper. plural¹	lipen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	lipar	lipade	lipas	lipades
ind. plural¹	lipa	lipade	lipas	lipades
subjunctive²	lipe	lipade	lipes	lipades

present participle		lipande
past participle		—

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

Derived terms

lipsill (“crybaby”)

References

lipa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
lipa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
lipa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
lipa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liˈpa/ [lɪˈpa]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: li‧pa

Noun

lipá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ)

Dendrocnide meyeniana (a species of nettle-like plant)
Synonyms: lipang-kalabaw, lipang-lalaki

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay lepa, from Sanskrit लेप (lepa, “plaster”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlipaʔ/ [ˈliː.pɐʔ]
Rhymes: -ipaʔ
Syllabification: li‧pa

Noun

lipà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ) (dialectal)

asphalt-like soil used to harden the ground floor of houses on stilts

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlipaʔ/ [ˈliː.pɐʔ]
Rhymes: -ipaʔ
Syllabification: li‧pa

Noun

lipà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ) (obsolete)

dizziness while walking (leading to stumbles)

Derived terms

Anagrams

ilap, lapi, pali, pila

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀pa.

Verb

-lipa (infinitive kulipa)

to pay

References

William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[2], Central Africana Limited, page 65

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lipa. Cognate with Lower Sorbian lipa, Polish lipa, Czech lípa, Serbo-Croatian lȉpa, and Russian ли́па (lípa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlipa/

Noun

lipa f

linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

Declension

Declension of lipa (feminine hard stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lipa	lipje	lipy
genitive	lipy	lipow	lipow
dative	lipje	lipomaj	lipam
accusative	lipu	lipje	lipy
instrumental	lipu	lipomaj	lipami
locative	lipje	lipomaj	lipach
vocative	lipa	lipje	lipy

Yao (Africa)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀pa (“to pay - region P”).

Verb

-lipa (infinitive kulipa)

to recompense (pay a fine as punishment for a crime or offence)

Derived terms

-lipila (“to pay”)

References

Ciyawo - English Dictionary: Dikishonale ja Ŵakulijiganya

[1] “lipa”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

[2] “lipa”, in Collins English Dictionary.

[3] “lipa”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

[4] “lipa”, in Oxford Languages, Oxford University Press, via Google Dictionary, 18 August 2025 (last accessed).

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English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Anagrams

Chichewa

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Derived terms

References

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Anagrams

Lingala

Etymology

Noun

Lithuanian

Verb

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Verb

Alternative forms

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Interjection

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Slovene

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

Verb

Usage notes

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

References

Tagalog