different between napa vs hapa

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

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

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

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hawaiian hapa, from English half.

Noun

hapa (plural hapas)

1. (Hawaii, California) A person of mixed ethnic heritage, especially half East or Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander and half white.

See also

• Amerasian

Etymology 2

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

Noun

hapa (plural hapas)

1. A mesh cage-like structure placed in the water to hold fish.

Hawaiian

Etymology

Borrowed from English half.

Noun

hapa

1. half of something
2. someone who has Hawaiian ancestry mixed with another ethnicity

Descendants

• ? English: hapa

Maori

Etymology

Borrowed from English supper.

Noun

hapa

1. tea (meal)

Sotho

Verb

hapa

1. to win

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

hapa

1. Pa class inflected form of hii.

Adverb

hapa

1. here