different between lappa vs rappa

English

Noun

lappa (plural lappas)

1. An African waist scarf.
   • 1982, Claire Polakoff, African Textiles and Dyeing Techniques, Routledge, ?ISBN, page 224,

     Asi clutched her child to her, then wrapped the lifeless body in the lappa which was her own skirt.

   • 1997, Nana Akua Kyerewaa Opokuwaa, Akan Protocol: Remembering the Traditions of Our Ancestors, 2005 iUniverse edition [self-published], ?ISBN, page 69,

     In the colder climates of the Diaspora, women wear leotards, tights or exercise pants under the slip lappa to keep the body warm.

   • 1998, Love P. Maya, Off the Village Mat: A Novel, 2003 WRITERSWORLD edition [self-published?], ?ISBN, page 56,

     The lappa was tied over a white short-sleeved lace blouse.

Anagrams

• appal, papal

Buginese

Noun

lappa (lontara ??)

1. joint

Icelandic

Verb

lappa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lappaði, supine lappað)

1. to patch, to mend

Conjugation

Ingrian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lap?a/

Noun

lappa (genitive lapan, partitive lappaa)

1. buckle

References

• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[1]

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lap.pa/
• Rhymes: -appa

Noun

lappa f (plural lappe)

1. burdock

Verb

lappa

1. third-person singular present indicative of lappare
2. second-person singular imperative of lappare

References

• “Arctium lappa L.”, in Portale della Flora d'Italia / Portal to the Flora of Italy?^[2] (in Italian), 2021

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”) – to which labium and lamb? –, Proto-Slavic *lop?n? (“burdock”) is also suggestive.

Noun

lappa f (genitive lappae); first declension

1. burdock

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• lapp?ceus

References

• lappa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lappa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lappa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lappa in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “lappa” in volume 7, part 2, column 953, line 45 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

English

Noun

rappa (plural rappas)

1. Pronunciation spelling of rapper.
   • 2001, Nzinga Regtuinah Chavis, “enter(f*#@ckin)tained” (poem), in Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera (editors), Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam, Random House, ?ISBN, page 224:

     Or like a female rappa who knows no other/way of selling work w/o her body / […]

Anagrams

• appar, appar.

Estonian

Noun

rappa

1. illative singular of raba

Icelandic

Etymology

From English rap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rahpa/
• Rhymes: -ahpa

Verb

rappa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rappaði, supine rappað)

1. to rap (to speak lyrics in the style of rap music)

Conjugation

Italian

Verb

rappa

1. third-person singular present indicative of rappare
2. second-person singular imperative of rappare

Japanese

Romanization

rappa

1. R?maji transcription of ???
2. R?maji transcription of ???

Swedish

Verb

rappa (present rappar, preterite rappade, supine rappat, imperative rappa)

1. to rap; to speak lyrics in the style of rap music

Conjugation

Related terms

• rapp
• rappare