nipa

See also: Nipa, NIPA, and nípa

English

Alternative forms

• nipah

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay nipah.

nipa (Nypa fruticans) palms growing along a river in Vietnam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːpə/, /ˈnaɪpə/

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• Hyphenation: ni‧pa
• Rhymes: -iːpə, -aɪpə

Noun

nipa (countable and uncountable, plural nipas)

1. A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.
2. A liquor made from the sap of nipa palms.
3. The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses.
   • 1914, Helen Herron Taft, “IX. The Wild Men's Country”, in Recollections of Full Years, page 187:

     It was a fine afternoon for a siesta because it rained in torrents for the rest of the day and the patter of rain on nipa thatch is a soothing sound.

Translations

tree of the species Nypa fruticans

• Agta:

  Dupaningan Agta: nipa

• Bajau:

  West Coast Bajau: tuug

• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: nipa (bcl)

• Burmese: ဓနိ (my) (dha.ni.)
• Cebuano: nipa
• Hiligaynon: nipa
• Iban: apong
• Ilocano: nipa
• Indonesian: nipah (id)
• Japanese: ニッパヤシ (nippa-yashi)
• Malay: nipah
• Maranao: nipa
• Melanau:

  Central Melanau: nyipak

• Mon: ကၞိ (mnw) (kni)
• Portuguese: nipa f
• Tagalog: nipa, sasa, pawid
• Ternate: bobo
• Thai: จาก (th) (jàak)
• Vietnamese: dừa nước (vi)
• Waray-Waray: nipa

References

• “nipa, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2003.
• Nypa fruticans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Etymology 2

From Cocopa ɲipa.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈniːpɑ/, /ˈniːpə/
• Hyphenation: ni‧pa
• Rhymes: -iːpɑ, -iːpə

Noun

nipa (uncountable)

1. Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, Palmer's grass.

   Synonym: nipa grass

   • 2012, S.L. Pearlsteina, R.S. Felgera, E.P. Glenna, J. Harringtond, K.A. Al-Ghaneme, S.G. Nelson, “Nipa (Distichlis palmeri): A perennial grain crop for saltwater irrigation”, in Journal of Arid Environments, →DOI, page 60:

     The perennial saltgrass nipa (Distichlis palmeri, Poaceae) is endemic to northern Gulf of California tidal marshes flooded with hypersaline seawater.

   • 2013 April 17, Eric Toensmeier, “Perennial Cereal Grains: A Promise Requiring Patience and Prioritization”, in Perennial Solutions‎^[1]:

     Once a staple of the Cocopa people, wild populations of nipa have been greatly reduced due to dams and other watershed disruptions.

References

• Nipa grass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Distichlis palmeri on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

See also

• nipa hut

Anagrams

• APNI, PAIN, PANI, Pain, pain, pian, pina, piña

Akan

Alternative forms

• onipa

Noun

nipa

1. human being

References

• LearnAkan (2018–present), “human”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnipaʔ/ [ˈn̪i.pɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: ni‧pa

Noun

nipà (Badlit spelling ᜈᜒᜉ)

1. a palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans
2. the leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:nipa.

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnipa/ [ˈn̪i.pa]
• Hyphenation: ni‧pa

Noun

nipà (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜉ)

1. nipa palm (Nypa fruticans)

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).

Noun

nipa

1. nipa palm

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnipa/ [ˈni.pa]
• Hyphenation: ni‧pa

Noun

nípa

1. nipa palm

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnipaʔ/ [ˈni.pɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: ni‧pa

Noun

nipà (Kur-itan spelling ᜈᜒᜉ)

1. nipa palm

Maranao

Noun

nipa

1. nipa palm

Old Irish

Verb

nipa

1. alternative form of níba

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• nypa fruticans, nypa
• palmeira nipa, palmeira de mangue

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay nipah.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈni.pɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈni.pɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈni.pa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈni.pɐ/

Noun

nipa f (plural nipas)

1. nipa, a palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans

Further reading

• “nipa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”). Alternatively, borrowed from Philippine Spanish nipa, from Malay nipah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnipa/ [ˈn̪iː.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -ipa
• Syllabification: ni‧pa

Noun

nipa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜉ)

1. nipa palm

   Synonyms: sasa, pawid

Further reading

• “nipa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “nipa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*nipaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• pain, pa- -in

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnipaʔ/, [ˈni.paʔ]
• Hyphenation: ni‧pa

Noun

nipà

1. nipa palm

Yogad

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).

Noun

nipa

1. nipa palm