napa-
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "napa"
English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From the regional and colloquial Japanese term 菜っ葉 (nappa, “leaves of any vegetable”).
Pronunciation
Noun
napa (countable and uncountable, plural napas)
- Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Napa, California, where the process of making napa leather was created.
Noun
napa (countable and uncountable, plural napas)
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *napa, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?], or alternatively and less likely from Proto-Germanic *nabō, but in either case ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- (“navel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
napa
- (anatomy) navel, belly button/bellybutton
- pole (extreme of an axis; magnetic or electrical pole)
- pivot (that on which something turns)
- Synonym: keskipiste
- head (central part of propeller)
- Synonym: keskiö
- (in compounds) polar
Declension
| Inflection of napa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | napa | navat | |
| genitive | navan | napojen | |
| partitive | napaa | napoja | |
| illative | napaan | napoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | napa | navat | |
| accusative | nom. | napa | navat |
| gen. | navan | ||
| genitive | navan | napojen napain rare | |
| partitive | napaa | napoja | |
| inessive | navassa | navoissa | |
| elative | navasta | navoista | |
| illative | napaan | napoihin | |
| adessive | navalla | navoilla | |
| ablative | navalta | navoilta | |
| allative | navalle | navoille | |
| essive | napana | napoina | |
| translative | navaksi | navoiksi | |
| abessive | navatta | navoitta | |
| instructive | — | navoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
- etelänapa
- Kivennapa
- kylmyysnapa
- maailman napa
- maannapa
- magneettinapa
- miinusnapa
- napa-akseli
- napa-alue
- napadynamo
- -napainen
- napajäkälä
- napajänis
- napajännite
- napajää
- napajäätikkö
- napakaira
- napakelkka
- napakenkä
- napakettu
- napakoordinaatisto
- napakoordinaatit
- napakorkeus
- napakoru
- napakotilo
- napakymppi
- napalakki
- napalanko
- napalaskimo
- napaluku
- napamies
- napamoottori
- napanuora
- napanöyhtä
- napapaita
- napapaju
- napapiiri
- napapilkku
- napapiste
- napapohjoinen
- napapyörre
- naparetkeilijä
- naparetki
- naparetkikunta
- napaseutu
- napasiiseli
- napasika
- napataatta
- napatanssi
- napatanssija
- napatutkija
- napatutkimusasema
- napatyrä
- napatähti
- napavaltimo
- napavirta
- navallinen
- navanympärystähti
- plusnapa
- pohjoisnapa
- pyörännapa
- sulkunapamoottori
- taivaannapa
- talvennapa
Further reading
- “napa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Garo
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nup ~ nip. Cognate with Tibetan ནུབ (nub, “to fall (gradually), sink, to set; to decay, to decline”) and Chinese 入 (rù, “to enter”).
Verb
napa (intransitive)
See also
Hungarian
Ingrian
Miskito
Portuguese
Spanish
Uma
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