different between jap vs japan

English

Alternative forms

• Jap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??æp/
• Rhymes: -æp

Etymology

Shortening of Japanese, in reference to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

Verb

jap (third-person singular simple present japs, present participle japping, simple past and past participle japped)

1. (Canada, US, ethnic slur, slang, transitive) To carry out a sneak attack upon (something or somebody).

Anagrams

• AJP, JPA, PJA, paj

Albanian

Alternative forms

• ap (Gheg)

Etymology

Variant of dialectal ap, from Proto-Albanian *apa, from Proto-Indo-European *h?op-eio/e-, from *h?ep- (“to take”). The verb is suppletive with past dhashë and participle dhënë from Proto-Indo-European *deh?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja?p/

Verb

jap (first-person singular past tense dhashë, participle dhënë) (Tosk)

1. I give

Conjugation

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?p/
• Hyphenation: jap
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

jap m (plural jappen)

1. (official spelling) Alternative letter-case form of Jap.

German

Interjection

jap

1. (colloquial) yep; yup; yop

Rayón Zoque

Noun

jap

1. ash
2. lime (calcium-containing material)

References

• Harrison, Roy; B. de Harrison, Margaret; López Juárez, Francisco; Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)?^[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 9

English

Etymology

From Japan, due to this varnishing process being an imitation of East Asian processes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???pæn/
• Rhymes: -æn

Noun

japan (countable and uncountable, plural japans)

1. A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.
2. Lacquerware.

Verb

japan (third-person singular simple present japans, present participle japanning, simple past and past participle japanned)

1. (transitive) To varnish with japan.

Translations

Swedish

Etymology

Japan +? -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja?p??n/

Noun

japan c

1. A person from Japan.

Declension

Related terms

• japanska