different between yamp vs lamp

English

Etymology

Probably related to yampah, from Shoshone.

Noun

yamp (uncountable)

1. An umbelliferous plant, Perideridia gairdneri, native to California, whose tubers were used as food by Native Americans.

See also

• yampah

English

Etymology

From Middle English laumpe, lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas (“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *l?p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lóp? (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Replaced Middle English leohtfet, lihtfat (“lamp, sconce, candlestick”), from Old English l?ohtfæt (“lamp, lantern, torch, light”, literally “light-vat, light-vessel”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: l?mp, IPA^(key): /læmp/
• Rhymes: -æmp

Noun

lamp (plural lamps)

1. A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
2. A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
3. A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:light source

Derived terms

• Davy lamp
• lamp post, lamppost
• table lamp

Descendants

• Tok Pisin: lam
• ? Korean: ?? (raempeu)

Translations

Verb

lamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lamping, simple past and past participle lamped)

1. (slang) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
2. To hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping.
3. (slang) To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
4. To make into a table lamp, said of a vase or urn, etc.

References

• lamp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• MPLA, Palm, palm

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lamp, from Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from ????? (lámp?, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh?p- (“glow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lamp/

Noun

lamp (plural lampe, diminutive lampje)

1. lamp

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German lamp, from Old High German lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz. Cognate with German Lamm, Dutch lam, English lamb, Icelandic lamb.

Noun

lamp n (plural lémper, diminutive lèmple)

1. (Sette Comuni) lamb

References

• “lamp” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from ????? (lámp?, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh?p- (“glow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?mp/
• Hyphenation: lamp
• Rhymes: -?mp

Noun

lamp f (plural lampen, diminutive lampje n)

1. lamp
2. (electronics, informal) vacuum tube, thermionic valve

   Synonyms: radiolamp, buis, elektronenbuis, radiobuis

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: lamp
• ? Japanese: ??? (ranpu)
• ? Malay: lampu
  • Indonesian: lampu

Anagrams

• palm

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German lampe or German Lampe.

Noun

lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)

1. lamp

Declension

Adjective

lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)

1. (colloquial) random

   See on mingi lamp vend.

   He's some random dude.

Declension

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Compare lame (“flat”), lamama (“to lay down”).

Adjective

lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)

1. flat (as in flat-footed)

   Joosepil on lampis jalad.

   Joosep has flat feet.

Declension

Usage notes

Mostly used in the context of flat feet.

Middle English

Noun

lamp

1. Alternative form of laumpe

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?mp/

Verb

lamp

1. first/third-person singular present of limpan

Polish

Noun

lamp

1. genitive plural of lampa

Scots

Verb

lamp (third-person singular present lamps, present participle lampin, past lampt, past participle lampt)

1. (intransitive) To run wild; to scamper.
2. (intransitive) To go jauntily.

Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

lamp

1. lamp

Inflection

Derived terms

• avtolamp
• jauglamp
• lagilamp
• seinlamp
• lampankatuz

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????, ??????????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Etymology

English lamp

Noun

lamp f (plural lampau, not mutable)

1. lamp

Synonyms

• llusern