napa

See also: Napa, ñapa, and nǎpà

English

Etymology

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

Noun

napa (countable and uncountable, plural napas)

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

Synonyms

• celery cabbage

Anagrams

• APAn, Pana, apan, paan

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Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑpɑ/, [ˈnɑpɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
• Syllabification: na‧pa

Noun

napa

1. (anatomy) navel
2. pole (extreme of an axis; magnetic or electrical pole)
3. pivot (that on which something turns)
4. head (central part of propeller)
5. (in compounds) polar

Declension

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

Possessive forms of napa (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	napani	napamme
2nd person	napasi	napanne
3rd person	napansa

Synonyms

• keskipiste

Derived terms

• etelänapa
• maailman napa
• napaisuus
• napakelkka
• napakettu
• napanuora
• napapiiri
• napatähti
• pohjoisnapa
• taivaannapa

 

Anagrams

• apan

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Garo

Etymology

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Verb

napa (intransitive)

1. enter, go in, come in
2. set (of the sun and moon)

See also

• -nap-

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Ingrian

Noun

napa

1. navel

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Miskito

Noun

napa

1. tooth

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Uma

Noun

napa

1. (interrogative) what