napa

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See also: Napa, ñapa, and nǎpà

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the regional and colloquial Japanese term 菜っ葉 (nappa, “leaves of any vegetable”).

Noun[edit]

napa (countable and uncountable, plural napas)

  1. Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *napa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- (“navel”) either through Germanic or Baltic.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑpɑ/, [ˈnɑpɑ]
  • Hyphenation: na‧pa

Noun[edit]

napa

  1. (anatomy) navel
  2. pole (as in North Pole)
  3. pivot
  4. head, e.g. in propeller head (central part of propeller)
  5. (in compounds) polar

Declension[edit]

Inflection of napa (Kotus type 9/kala, p-v gradation)
nominative napa navat
genitive navan napojen
partitive napaa napoja
illative napaan napoihin
singular plural
nominative napa navat
accusative nom. napa navat
gen. navan
genitive navan napojen
napainrare
partitive napaa napoja
inessive navassa navoissa
elative navasta navoista
illative napaan napoihin
adessive navalla navoilla
ablative navalta navoilta
allative navalle navoille
essive napana napoina
translative navaksi navoiksi
instructive — navoin
abessive navatta navoitta
comitative — napoineen

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Ingrian[edit]

Noun[edit]

napa

  1. navel

Miskito[edit]

Noun[edit]

napa

  1. tooth

Uma[edit]

Noun[edit]

napa

  1. (interrogative) what
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