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

• Pana, paan

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nabō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nobʰ- (“navel”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: na‧pa
• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑpɑ/

Noun

napa

1. (anatomy) navel
2. pole (as in South Pole)
3. pivot
4. head, e.g. in propeller 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

Synonyms

• keskipiste

Derived terms

Derived terms

• etelänapa
• napaisuus
• napanuora

• napapiiri
• pohjoisnapa

Anagrams

• apan

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Miskito

Noun

napa

1. tooth

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Uma

Noun

napa

1. (interrogative) what