lappa

See also: läppä and Lappa

English

Etymology 1

From English lap (“a stroke somewhere between a pull and a sweep”).

Noun

lappa (plural lappas)

1. (cricket, India) A cross-batted swipe.
   • 2010, Mukul Kesavan, Keshwani Mukul, Men in White, page 12:

     When the ball bounced, the open stance was a good preliminary position from which to play the cross-batted swipe or lappa.

Etymology 2

Noun

lappa (plural lappas)

1. An African waist scarf.
   • 1982, Claire Polakoff, African Textiles and Dyeing Techniques, Routledge, →ISBN, page 224:

     Asi clutched her child to her, then wrapped the lifeless body in the lappa which was her own skirt.

   • 1997, Nana Akua Kyerewaa Opokuwaa, Akan Protocol: Remembering the Traditions of Our Ancestors, iUniverse edition [self-published], published 2005, →ISBN, page 69:

     In the colder climates of the Diaspora, women wear leotards, tights or exercise pants under the slip lappa to keep the body warm.

   • 1998, Love P. Maya, Off the Village Mat: A Novel, 2003 WRITERSWORLD edition [self-published?], →ISBN, page 56,

     The lappa was tied over a white short-sleeved lace blouse.

Anagrams

• appal, papal

Buginese

Noun

lappa (Lontara spelling ᨒᨄ)

1. joint

Icelandic

Verb

lappa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lappaði, supine lappað)

1. to patch, to mend

Conjugation

lappa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að lappa
supine sagnbót		lappað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		lappandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	lappa	lappaði		lappi	lappaði
	þú	lappar	lappaðir		lappir	lappaðir
	hann, hún, það	lappar	lappaði		lappi	lappaði
plural	við	löppum	löppuðum		löppum	löppuðum
	þið	lappið	löppuðuð		lappið	löppuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	lappa	löppuðu		lappi	löppuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	lappa (þú), lappaðu
plural	þið	lappið (þið), lappiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

lappast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að lappast
supine sagnbót		lappast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		lappandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	lappast	lappaðist		lappist	lappaðist
	þú	lappast	lappaðist		lappist	lappaðist
	hann, hún, það	lappast	lappaðist		lappist	lappaðist
plural	við	löppumst	löppuðumst		löppumst	löppuðumst
	þið	lappist	löppuðust		lappist	löppuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	lappast	löppuðust		lappist	löppuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	lappast (þú), lappastu
plural	þið	lappist (þið), lappisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

lappaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	lappaður	löppuð	lappað	lappaðir	lappaðar	löppuð
accusative (þolfall)	lappaðan	lappaða	lappað	lappaða	lappaðar	löppuð
dative (þágufall)	löppuðum	lappaðri	löppuðu	löppuðum	löppuðum	löppuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	lappaðs	lappaðrar	lappaðs	lappaðra	lappaðra	lappaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	lappaði	lappaða	lappaða	löppuðu	löppuðu	löppuðu
accusative (þolfall)	lappaða	löppuðu	lappaða	löppuðu	löppuðu	löppuðu
dative (þágufall)	lappaða	löppuðu	lappaða	löppuðu	löppuðu	löppuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	lappaða	löppuðu	lappaða	löppuðu	löppuðu	löppuðu

Ingrian

Lappa (1).

Lappa (2).

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lappa. Cognates include Finnish lappa and Karelian lappa.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpːɑ/, [ˈɫɑpː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpːɑ/, [ˈɫɑpːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpː, -ɑpːɑ
• Hyphenation: lap‧pa

Noun

lappa

1. belt
2. collar

Declension

Declension of lappa (type 3/kana, pp-p gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	lappa	lapat
genitive	lapan	lappoin
partitive	lappaa	lappoja
illative	lappaa	lappoi
inessive	lapas	lapois
elative	lapast	lapoist
allative	lapalle	lapoille
adessive	lapal	lapoil
ablative	lapalt	lapoilt
translative	lapaks	lapoiks
essive	lappanna, lappaan	lappoinna, lappoin
exessive1)	lappant	lappoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• (belt): vöö

Derived terms

• hoppialappa
• kultalappa
• lappasooli
• nahkalappa

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 248

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlap.pa/
• Rhymes: -appa
• Hyphenation: làp‧pa

Etymology 1

From Latin lappa.

Noun

lappa f (plural lappe)

1. burdock

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lappa

1. inflection of lappare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “Arctium lappa L.”, in Portale della Flora d'Italia / Portal to the Flora of Italy‎^[1] (in Italian), 2025

Anagrams

• palpa

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”) – to which labium and lambō –, Proto-Slavic *lopěnъ (“burdock”) is also suggestive.

Noun

lappa f (genitive lappae); first declension

1. burdock

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lappa	lappae
genitive	lappae	lappārum
dative	lappae	lappīs
accusative	lappam	lappās
ablative	lappā	lappīs
vocative	lappa	lappae

Derived terms

• lappāceus

References

• “lappa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lappa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "lappa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “lappa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “lappa” in volume 7, part 2, column 953, line 45 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Swedish

Etymology

lapp +‎ -a

Verb

lappa (present lappar, preterite lappade, supine lappat, imperative lappa)

1. to patch (mend with one or more patches)

   lappa hålet i ärmen

   patch the hole in the sleeve

   en luffare i lappad kostym

   a tramp in a patched suit

2. (figuratively, usually with ihop (“together”)) to patch up, to mend (more generally, or figuratively)

   lappa ihop taket

   patch up the roof

   försöka lappa ihop ett trasigt förhållande

   try to patch up a broken relationship

   lappa ihop relationen med Liechtenstein

   mend the relationship with Liechtenstein

3. (colloquial) to ticket (a car)

   När vi kom tillbaka hade bilen blivit lappad

   When we came back, the car had been ticketed

Usage notes

Often with ihop (“together”).

Conjugation

Conjugation of lappa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	lappa		lappas
supine	lappat		lappats
imperative	lappa		—
imper. plural1	lappen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	lappar	lappade	lappas	lappades
ind. plural1	lappa	lappade	lappas	lappades
subjunctive2	lappe	lappade	lappes	lappades
present participle		lappande
past participle		lappad

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

See also

• märke

References

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