lepa

See also: Lepa, lepá, lëpa, lepą, and lępa

Estonian

Noun

lepa

1. genitive singular of lepp

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.pa/, [ˈlɛ.pə]

Noun

lepa

1. flag

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit लेप (lepa, “plaster”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear; fatty substance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛpa]
• Hyphenation: lè‧pa

Noun

lèpa (first-person possessive lepaku, second-person possessive lepamu, third-person possessive lepanya)

1. plaster.

Further reading

• “lepa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Alternative forms

• alpa

Etymology

From Sanskrit लेप (lepa, “plaster”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ləpə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ləpa/
• Rhymes: -əpə, -pə, -ə

Adjective

lepa

1. Alternative form of alpa

Synonyms

• cuai
• lalai

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.pa/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.pa/

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• Rhymes: -ɛpa
• Syllabification: le‧pa
• Homophone: Lepa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěpa.

Noun

lepa f

1. slush (half-melted snow)
2. oaf (someone who is inept or clumsy)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:niezdara

3. (colloquial) smack on the nape of the neck

   Synonym: karczycho

Declension

Declension of lepa

	singular	plural
nominative	lepa	lepy
genitive	lepy	lep
dative	lepie	lepom
accusative	lepę	lepy
instrumental	lepą	lepami
locative	lepie	lepach
vocative	lepo	lepy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Lippe.

Noun

lepa f

1. (Far Masovian) Synonym of warga

   Lepy prec ludziom po wsi popuchły. ― Lips of the people around the village swole up.

Further reading

• lepa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “lepa”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 112

Sardinian

Noun

lepa f (plural lepas)

1. knife

   Synonyms: gurteddu, rasogia, brotzu, istuzone

Usage notes

This term refers specifically to a kind of knife historically made in Sardinia, with a hilt typically made from an animals horn, or sometimes wood.

Derived terms

• lepedha
• leputza
• leputzedha

Further reading

• Le Lame D’acciao delle Leppe Sarde - Tottus in Pari
• Le origini del coltello sardo – Prima parte - Ars Venandi

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

lepa

1. inflection of lep:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Tok Pisin

Noun

lepa

1. leper