gapa

See also: Gapa, gâpa, gapą, Gapą, Ga-Pa, gå på, and Gápa

Garo

Etymology

From gap- + -a.

Verb

gapa (intransitive)

1. to be full (of any container)

Related terms

• gapeta (“to fill, cause to be full”)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gapa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːpa/

  Rhymes: -aːpa

Verb

gapa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gapti, supine gapað)

1. to gape

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Northern Paiute

Etymology

Compare Cahuilla kúpvel

Noun

gapa

1. bed

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• gapte (simple past)
• gapt (past participle)

Verb

gapa

1. inflection of gape:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gapōną (“to gaze, observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, be wide open”).

Verb

gapa (singular past indicative gapti, plural past indicative gǫptu, past participle gapat)

1. to gape, open the mouth wide

Conjugation

Conjugation of gapa — active (weak class 3)

infinitive	gapa
present participle	gapandi
past participle	gapaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	gapi	gapta
2nd-person singular	gapir	gaptir
3rd-person singular	gapir	gapti
1st-person plural	gapum	gǫptum
2nd-person plural	gapið	gǫptuð
3rd-person plural	gapa	gǫptu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gapa	gepta
2nd-person singular	gapir	geptir
3rd-person singular	gapi	gepti
1st-person plural	gapim	geptim
2nd-person plural	gapið	geptið
3rd-person plural	gapi	gepti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	gap
1st-person plural	gapum
2nd-person plural	gapið

Conjugation of gapa — mediopassive (weak class 3)

infinitive	gapask
present participle	gapandisk
past participle	gapazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	gapumk	gǫptumk
2nd-person singular	gapisk	gaptisk
3rd-person singular	gapisk	gaptisk
1st-person plural	gapumsk	gǫptumsk
2nd-person plural	gapizk	gǫptuzk
3rd-person plural	gapask	gǫptusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gapumk	geptumk
2nd-person singular	gapisk	geptisk
3rd-person singular	gapisk	geptisk
1st-person plural	gapimsk	geptimsk
2nd-person plural	gapizk	geptizk
3rd-person plural	gapisk	geptisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	gapsk
1st-person plural	gapumsk
2nd-person plural	gapizk

Descendants

• → Middle English: gapen
  • English: gape
• Icelandic: gapa
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gape
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gapa, gape
• Swedish: gapa

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gapa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.pa/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kociewie) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.pa/
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.pa/
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.pa/
• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.pa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: ga‧pa
• Homophone: Gapa

Noun

gapa f

1. (colloquial or dialectal, Far Masovian) booby (person)
2. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Kuyavia) Alternative form of gap
3. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Kuyavia) saddle made of calfskin or foal leather without stirrups
4. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Kuyavia, Kociewie, Far Masovian, Malbork) hooded crow (Corvus cornix)

   Synonym: wrona

Declension

Declension of gapa

	singular	plural
nominative	gapa	gapy
genitive	gapy	gap
dative	gapie	gapom
accusative	gapę	gapy
instrumental	gapą	gapami
locative	gapie	gapach
vocative	gapo	gapy

Derived terms

• gapowaty

Further reading

• gapa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gapa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Józef Bliziński (1860) “gapa”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 622
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “gapa”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 270
• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “gapa”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 302
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “gapa”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 108
• Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “gapa”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 744
• Władysław Matlakowski (1892) “gapa”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 5

Rotokas

Etymology

ga (“pry open”) +‎ -pa

Noun

gapa

1. wedge

References

• Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English‎^[1], Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 18

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ˈpa/, [ɡa.ˈpa]

Noun

gapa

1. canvas

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish gapa or gap +‎ -a

Verb

gapa (present gapar, preterite gapade, supine gapat, imperative gapa)

1. to open one's mouth; keep one's mouth open
2. to talk very loudly or shout
3. to gape (be wide open)

   en gapande avgrund

   a gaping abyss

4. to be (conspicuously) empty

   Läktarna gapade tomma

   The bleachers were empty

   Butikshyllorna gapade tomma

   The store shelves were empty

Conjugation

Conjugation of gapa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	gapa		—
supine	gapat		—
imperative	gapa		—
imper. plural1	gapen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	gapar	gapade	—	—
ind. plural1	gapa	gapade	—	—
subjunctive2	gape	gapade	—	—
present participle		gapande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• gaphals (“someone who screams and shouts”)

References

• gapa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gapa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gapa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)