different between waist vs lappa

English

Alternative forms

• waste, wast (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English waste, wast (“stature, waist”), from Old English w?st, *w?xt, from Proto-Germanic *wahstuz (“growth, development, stature, build”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?weg-s- (“to multiply, increase”). Cognate with Middle High German wahst (“growth”), Danish vækst (“growth”), Swedish växt (“growth, development, size”), Icelandic vöxtur (“growth”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (wahstus, “growth”). Related to Old English weaxan (“to grow, increase”). More at wax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /we?st/
• Rhymes: -e?st
• Homophone: waste

Noun

waist (plural waists)

1. The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
2. A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
3. The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
4. The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
5. (nautical) That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 18

     There he stood, very quietly overlooking some sailmakers who were mending a top-sail in the waist.

6. (obsolete) The middle part of anything.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (uesuto)

Translations

Further reading

• Waist in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Waist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Swati, Waits, waits

Gothic

Romanization

waist

1. Romanization of ????????????????????

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /west/
• (Mid Northern Scots) IPA^(key): /w?ist/

Noun

waist (plural waists)

1. waist

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