# gapa
## Garo
### Etymology

From gap- + -a.

### Verb

gapa (intransitive)
* to be full (of any container)

#### Related terms

* gapeta (“to fill, cause to be full”)

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse gapa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaːpa/
    Rhymes: -aːpa

### Verb

gapa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gapti, supine gapað)
* to gape

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Northern Paiute
### Etymology

Compare Cahuilla kúpvel

### Noun

gapa
* bed

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* gapte (simple past)
* gapt (past participle)

### Verb

gapa
* inflection of gape:
** simple past
** past participle

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gapōną (“to gaze, observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, be wide open”).

### Verb

gapa (singular past indicative gapti, plural past indicative gǫptu, past participle gapat)
* to gape, open the mouth wide

#### Descendants

* → Middle English: gapen
** English: gape
* Icelandic: gapa
* Norwegian:
** Norwegian Bokmål: gape
** Norwegian Nynorsk: gapa, gape
* Swedish: gapa

### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “gap”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gapa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡa.pa/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Kociewie) IPA: /ˈɡa.pa/
** (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA: /ˈɡa.pa/
** (Kuyavia) IPA: /ˈɡa.pa/
* (Masovia):
** (Far Masovian) IPA: /ˈɡa.pa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -apa
* Syllabification: ga‧pa
* Homophone: Gapa

### Noun

gapa f
* (colloquial or dialectal, Far Masovian) booby (person)
* (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Kuyavia) Alternative form of gap
* (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Kuyavia) saddle made of calfskin or foal leather without stirrups
* (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Kuyavia, Kociewie, Far Masovian, Malbork) hooded crow (Corvus cornix)
    Synonym: wrona

#### Derived terms

* gapowaty

### Further reading

* gapa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* gapa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Józef Bliziński (1860) “gapa”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 622
* Oskar Kolberg (1867) “gapa”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 270
* Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “gapa”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 302
* Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “gapa”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 108
* Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “gapa”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 744
* Władysław Matlakowski (1892) “gapa”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 5

## Rotokas
### Etymology

ga (“pry open”) +‎ -pa

### Noun

gapa
* wedge

### References

* Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English‎, Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 18

## Sakizaya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.ˈpa/, [ɡa.ˈpa]

### Noun

gapa
* canvas

## Swedish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish gapa or gap +‎ -a

### Verb

gapa (present gapar, preterite gapade, supine gapat, imperative gapa)
* to open one's mouth; keep one's mouth open
* to talk very loudly or shout
* to gape (be wide open)
    en gapande avgrunda gaping abyss
* to be (conspicuously) empty
    Läktarna gapade tommaThe bleachers were empty
    Butikshyllorna gapade tommaThe store shelves were empty

#### Derived terms

* gaphals (“someone who screams and shouts”)

### References

* gapa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* gapa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* gapa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)