trippa

Icelandic

Noun

trippa

1. indefinite genitive plural of trippi

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Arabic تَرْب (tarb, “bowels”), or from a Celtic root connected with Old Irish tarpán (“bunch of grapes”). Compare Spanish tripa and Portuguese tripa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrip.pa/
• Rhymes: -ippa
• Hyphenation: trìp‧pa

Noun

trippa f (plural trippe)

1. tripe (food)

   Synonym: (regional) busecca

2. (informal, humorous) paunch, belly

Derived terms

• non c'è trippa per gatti
• strippare
• strippata
• strippone
• trippaio
• trippaiolo
• trippato
• tripperia
• trippettino
• trippino
• trippone

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• trippe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²trɪpːɑ/

Etymology 1

Compare Swedish trippa.

Verb

trippa (present tense trippar, past tense trippa, past participle trippa, passive infinitive trippast, present participle trippande, imperative trippa/tripp)

1. to walk with short, light footsteps
   • 1878, John Lie, Vaarsaang:

     Naa trippar Erla i Toni gla, Aa Rei seg byggjer av Straa og Bla.

     Now the wagtail walks with happy sound, building its nest of straw and leaf.

Etymology 2

From English trip.

Verb

trippa (present tense trippar, past tense trippa, past participle trippa, passive infinitive trippast, present participle trippande, imperative trippa/tripp)

1. (slang) to trip (e.g. on LSD)

References

• “trippa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology 1

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk trippa

Verb

trippa (present trippar, preterite trippade, supine trippat, imperative trippa)

1. to walk with short, light footsteps

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English trip

Verb

trippa (present trippar, preterite trippade, supine trippat, imperative trippa)

1. (colloquial) to trip (on psychoactive drugs)

Conjugation

Conjugation of trippa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	trippa		trippas
supine	trippat		trippats
imperative	trippa		—
imper. plural1	trippen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	trippar	trippade	trippas	trippades
ind. plural1	trippa	trippade	trippas	trippades
subjunctive2	trippe	trippade	trippes	trippades
present participle		trippande
past participle		trippad

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

Related terms

• tripp

References

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