different between naps vs napa

English

Pronunciation

• Homophone: knaps

Noun

naps

1. plural of nap

Noun

naps pl (plural only)

1. (slang) kinky or curly hair
   • 2009, Rajen Persaud, Why Black Men Love White Women, Simon and Schuster (?ISBN), page 171:

     The short “naps” of the average Sister do not sway in the wind as that of a blonde.

Verb

naps

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nap

Anagrams

• ANPs, NPAS, NSPA, PANs, PNAS, PNAs, Pans, SNAP, SPAN, pans, snap, span

Catalan

Noun

naps

1. plural of nap

Estonian

Etymology

From German Schnaps.

Noun

naps (genitive napsu, partitive napsu)

1. booze, liquor, spirits; a distilled alcoholic beverage

Declension

Finnish

Interjection

naps

1. (onomatopoeic) snap, snip
2. yoink; sound of something being snatched or grabbed
   • 1963, Yrjö A. Jäntti, Martti Haavio, Suomen sana: kansalliskirjallisuutemme valiolukemisto: Volume 1

     Vinski laski kätensä varovaisesti veteen, lähestyi sormet harallaan nahkiaista ja naps!

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