different between catnap vs napa

English

Etymology 1

cat +? nap

Noun

catnap (plural catnaps)

1. A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime. [from 1820s]

Alternative forms

• cat nap
• cat-nap

Translations

Verb

catnap (third-person singular simple present catnaps, present participle catnapping, simple past and past participle catnapped)

1. (intransitive) To take a catnap, to take a short sleep or nap. [from 1850s]

Translations

See also

• nap
• shuteye
• snooze

Etymology 2

cat +? -nap

Verb

catnap (third-person singular simple present catnaps, present participle catnapping, simple past and past participle catnapped)

1. (transitive) To kidnap a cat.

Derived terms

• catnapper

Anagrams

• captan

English

Etymology

From the regional and colloquial Japanese term ??? (nappa, “leaves of any vegetable”).

Noun

napa (countable and uncountable, plural napas)

1. Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.

Synonyms

• celery cabbage

Anagrams

• APAn, Pana, apan, paan

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *napa, from Proto-Indo-European *h?neb?- (“navel”) either through Germanic or Baltic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?p?/, [?n?p?]
• Rhymes: -?p?
• Syllabification: na?pa

Noun

napa

1. (anatomy) navel
2. pole (extreme of an axis; magnetic or electrical pole)
3. pivot (that on which something turns)
4. head (central part of propeller)
5. (in compounds) polar

Declension

Synonyms

• keskipiste

Derived terms

Anagrams

• apan

Garo

Etymology

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Verb

napa (intransitive)

1. enter, go in, come in
2. set (of the sun and moon)

See also

• -nap-

Ingrian

Noun

napa

1. navel

Miskito

Noun

napa

1. tooth

Uma

Noun

napa

1. (interrogative) what