different between lapp vs lappish

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?p?]
• Hyphenation: lapp
• Rhymes: -?p?

Adjective

lapp (not comparable)

1. Lappish, Lapp (of, or pertaining to the Lapps, their language, or Lapland)

   Synonym: (endonym) számi

Declension

Noun

lapp (plural lappok)

1. Lapp (person)

   Synonym: (endonym) számi

2. Lapp, Lappish (language)

   Synonym: (endonym) számi

Declension

Derived terms

• Lappföld

Further reading

• lapp in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l?p]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leppr. Compare Icelandic leppur and Danish lap

Noun

lapp m (definite singular lappen, indefinite plural lapper, definite plural lappene)

1. a patch
2. a note, small piece of paper
3. a driver's license
4. a type of small, thick pancake

Derived terms

• lappeteppe

Etymology 2

Possibly from a finnic or samic language. Compare Finnish Lappi

Noun

lapp m (definite singular lappen, indefinite plural lapper, definite plural lappene)

1. a Lapp, Sami person; person of the Sami people

Synonyms

• same

References

• “lapp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l?p]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leppr.

Noun

lapp m (definite singular lappen, indefinite plural lappar, definite plural lappane)

1. patch

2. a note, small piece of paper

3. a driver's license
4. a type of small, thick pancake

Derived terms

• lappeteppe
• åkerlapp

Etymology 2

Possibly from a finnic or samic language. Compare Finnish Lappi

Noun

lapp m (definite singular lappen, indefinite plural lappar, definite plural lappane)

1. a Lapp, Sami person; person of the Sami people

Synonyms

• same

References

• “lapp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leppr, from Proto-Germanic *lappa-, *lappô (“rag, cloth”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”).

Compare Icelandic leppur, Danish lap, Middle Dutch lappe, Old High German lappa, German Lappen (“patch”), Lithuanian lopas (“patch, piece”) and Latvian lupata (“rag, cloth”).

Noun

lapp c

1. a patch, a piece of any flexible material, used to cover a hole in something; such as a piece of fabric used over a hole in a piece of clothing
2. a small piece of paper; a note; often used as slang for körkort (driver's licence)

Declension

Related terms

• (patch): lappa, lappning, lapptäcke
• (piece of paper): lapplisa, papperslapp

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish lapper; compare Icelandic lappir pl; probably of Finnish origin; compare Finnish lappalainen (“Lap”), after Lappi (“Lapland”), older Finnish also lapp; original meaning unknown.

Noun

lapp c

1. a Lapp, a Sami person; a person of the Sami people

Declension

Usage notes

• The word same (“a Sami person”) is recently the politically correct ethnic term. However, in everyday life lapp is currently used by both Swedes and Lapps in non-derogatory fashion.

Related terms

• lappdräkt, lappkåta, Lappland

Synonyms

• same

References