yap

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yap"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Yapese.

Symbol

yap

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Yapese.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Yapese terms

English

Etymology

Probably of imitative origin. Alternatively, from dialectal yap, yaup, yalp (“to yap, yelp”), from Middle English ȝælpen, variant of yelpen (“to yelp”). More at yelp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæp/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -æp

Noun

yap (countable and uncountable, plural yaps)

1. (countable) The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar.
2. (uncountable, slang) Casual talk; chatter.
   • 1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 59:

     Had I taken his accusations seriously I might have recommended a change in my under-managership, but I never could translate our jammy products into gas or explosives or even poison. Still yap, at least as concerned Beldite's.

   • 1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 190:

     They couldn’t rise above their calls for peace. Those who weren’t “defenders of the fatherland” were incapable of anything except yap and blather about “stopping the war.”

3. (countable, slang, derogatory) The mouth, which produces speech.

   Shut your yap!

4. (countable, Geordie) A badly behaved person, especially a child.
5. (dated, slang) A fool.

Translations

high-pitched bark

• Bulgarian: джавкане (bg) n (džavkane)
• Czech: štěknutí n, ňafnutí n
• Dutch: gekef (nl) n
• Esperanto: jelpo
• Finnish: räksytys (fi), räkytys (fi)
• French: japper (fr)
• Georgian: წკავწკავი (c̣ḳavc̣ḳavi), ყეფა (q̇epa)
• German: Japsen (de) n, Kläffen n, Gekläffe (de) n
• Irish: sceamh f
• Russian: тяв-тя́в n (tjav-tjáv), тя́вканье (ru) n (tjávkanʹje)
• Spanish: ladrido (es) m, gañido (es) m, trino (es) m, quejido (es) m
• Swedish: gläfs (sv) n

References

• Frank Graham, editor (1987), “YAP”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN.

Verb

yap (third-person singular simple present yaps, present participle yapping, simple past and past participle yapped)

1. (intransitive) Of a small dog, to bark.
2. (intransitive, slang) To talk, especially excessively; to chatter.

   You’re always yapping, I wish you’d shut up.

3. (transitive, slang) To rob or steal from (someone).
   • 2000, M.O.P., Ante Up:

     Ante up! Yap that fool!

Derived terms

• yapaholic
• Yapanese
• yappatron
• yapper
• yappily
• yappuccino
• yappy

Translations

of a small dog, to bark

• Bulgarian: джавкам (bg) (džavkam)
• Czech: ňafat impf, štěkat (cs) impf
• Dutch: keffen (nl)
• Esperanto: jelpi
• Finnish: räksyttää (fi)
• French: japper (fr)
• German: kläffen (de)
• Irish: sceamh
• Japanese: きゃんきゃんほえる (kyankyan hoeru)
• Russian: тя́вкать (ru) impf (tjávkatʹ), тя́вкнуть (ru) pf (tjávknutʹ)
• Spanish: ladrar (es), gañir (es)
• Swedish: bjäbba (sv), bjäfsa, småskälla, gläfsa (sv)

slang: to talk, especially excessively — see also run off at the mouth,‎ chatter

• Azerbaijani: çənə döymək
• Bulgarian: дърдоря (bg) (dǎrdorja)
• Czech: žvanit (cs) impf, kecat (cs) impf
• Esperanto: vortmueli, blablai
• Finnish: lätistä (fi), pölistä (fi)
• French: jacasser (fr)
• Georgian: ლაყბობა (laq̇boba), ყბედობა (q̇bedoba)
• Italian: blaterare (it)
• Japanese: ぺちゃくちゃしゃべる (ja) (pechakucha shaberu)
• Maori: kapetau
• Marathi: बकणे (bakṇe)
• Portuguese: tagarelar (pt), parolar (pt), palrar (pt)
• Russian: болта́ть (ru) impf (boltátʹ), трепа́ться (ru) impf (trepátʹsja)
• Scottish Gaelic: bleadraig
• Spanish: cotorrear (es), parlotear (es), paluchear (es), parlar (es), vanear (es), hablar por los codos (es), bachillerear (es) (disused)
• Swedish: bjäbba (sv), pladdra (sv), babbla (sv)
• Tamil: வாயாடு (ta) (vāyāṭu)
• Turkish: zırvalamak (tr), boş yapmak (tr), çene çalmak (tr), gevezelik etmek (tr)
• Vietnamese: bô bô (vi)

Anagrams

• APY, Pay, pay, pya

Achang

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-r(j)əp (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /jap˧/
• (Lianghe) [ʑɯk⁵⁵]
• (Longchuan) [ʑap⁵⁵]
• (Luxi) [liap³¹]
• (Xiandao) [jap⁵⁵]

Verb

yap

1. to stand

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[1], Payap University, page 142

Catawba

Noun

yap

1. tree; wood

Usage notes

The word is also represented ya, yop, ya’p, yo’p.

Descendants

• English: yaupon

Finnish

Etymology

< Yap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑp/, [ˈjɑ̝p]
• Rhymes: -ɑp

Noun

yap

1. Yapese (Austronesian language spoken in the Federated States of Micronesia, especially by the inhabitants of Yap)

Declension

Inflection of yap (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		yap	—
genitive		yapin	—
partitive		yapia	—
illative		yapiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		yap	—
accusative	nom.	yap	—
	gen.	yapin
genitive		yapin	—
partitive		yapia	—
inessive		yapissa	—
elative		yapista	—
illative		yapiin	—
adessive		yapilla	—
ablative		yapilta	—
allative		yapille	—
essive		yapina	—
translative		yapiksi	—
abessive		yapitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of yap (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative yapini — accusative nom. yapini — gen. yapini genitive yapini — partitive yapiani — inessive yapissani — elative yapistani — illative yapiini — adessive yapillani — ablative yapiltani — allative yapilleni — essive yapinani — translative yapikseni — abessive yapittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative yapisi — accusative nom. yapisi — gen. yapisi genitive yapisi — partitive yapiasi — inessive yapissasi — elative yapistasi — illative yapiisi — adessive yapillasi — ablative yapiltasi — allative yapillesi — essive yapinasi — translative yapiksesi — abessive yapittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative yapimme — accusative nom. yapimme — gen. yapimme genitive yapimme — partitive yapiamme — inessive yapissamme — elative yapistamme — illative yapiimme — adessive yapillamme — ablative yapiltamme — allative yapillemme — essive yapinamme — translative yapiksemme — abessive yapittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative yapinne — accusative nom. yapinne — gen. yapinne genitive yapinne — partitive yapianne — inessive yapissanne — elative yapistanne — illative yapiinne — adessive yapillanne — ablative yapiltanne — allative yapillenne — essive yapinanne — translative yapiksenne — abessive yapittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative yapinsa — accusative nom. yapinsa — gen. yapinsa genitive yapinsa — partitive yapiaan yapiansa — inessive yapissaan yapissansa — elative yapistaan yapistansa — illative yapiinsa — adessive yapillaan yapillansa — ablative yapiltaan yapiltansa — allative yapilleen yapillensa — essive yapinaan yapinansa — translative yapikseen yapiksensa — abessive yapittaan yapittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• yapin kieli

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English yup.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈjap/ [ˈjap̚]
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: yap

Particle

yap

1. (colloquial) yes (affirmative answer)

   Synonym: ya

Further reading

• “yap”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *ja:p. Cognate with Khasi ïap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jap/

Verb

yap

1. to die

Rade

Verb

yap

1. to count, tell, reckon or calculate

   Klei Yap

   Numbers

   (literally, “the Accounting”)

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yéw-o-m, from *yéwos, from *yew-, *yewh₁- (“to ripen, mature”), whence yu-. Compare Sanskrit यव (yáva, “barley”).

Noun

yap m sg

1. millet

   Synonym: lyekṣye

Derived terms

• ypiye (“pertaining to millet”)

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

yap

1. second-person singular imperative of yapmak