ripo

See also: řípo

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Rippe, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”). Doublet of rifo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈripo]
• Rhymes: -ipo
• Hyphenation: ri‧po

Noun

ripo (accusative singular ripon, plural ripoj, accusative plural ripojn)

1. (anatomy) rib
   • 1907, Kabe, chapter 17, in La Faraono, part 1, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:

     Eĉ la piedpremataj homoj, al kiuj la ondanta amaso senkonscie rompis la ripojn kaj tordis la artikojn, havis nur unu krion: […]

     Even those who were being trampled, whose ribs the undulating mass unwittingly broke and whose joints they twisted, had only one call: […]

Galician

Tools for dressing the flax (right: a ripo)

Etymology 1

From ripar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈripo̝/

Noun

ripo m (plural ripos)

1. ripple or hackle (implement for removing the seed from flax)

   Synonym: ripanzo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ripo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ripo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ripo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

ripo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ripar

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lipo (compare with Tahitian riporipo, Hawaiian lipo and lipolipo) from Proto-Polynesian *lepu (“agitated, rough (of water)”). Doublet of riporipo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ri.po/, [ɾi.pɔ]

Noun

ripo

1. whirlpool, eddy, curl

   Synonym: āwhiowhio

Verb

ripo

1. to swirl, to eddy

   Synonym: āwhio

Related terms

• riporipo
• kōripo

Further reading

• “ripo” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Portuguese

Verb

ripo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ripar

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾi.po]

Verb

ripo

1. (intransitive) to burst

Conjugation

Conjugation of ripo

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toripo	foripo	miripo
2nd person		noripo	niripo
3rd person	masculine	oripo	iripo yoripo (archaic)
	feminine	moripo
	neuter	iripo

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh