# japa
## English
### Alternative forms

* JP (abbreviated)
* jakpa

### Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba jápa and Nigerian Pidgin japa.

### Pronunciation

* (Nigeria) IPA: /d͡ʒá.k͡pā/

### Verb

japa (third-person singular simple present japas, present participle japaing, simple past and past participle japaed or japa'd)
* (Nigeria, colloquial) to emigrate from a country for better pay or working conditions.
** 2023 February 27, Larry Madowo, Bethlehem Feleke, Fridah Okutoyi, “Nigeria's 'japa' trend: Halting exodus of talented Nigerians is a task for the next president.”, in CNN.com, retrieved 25 March 2023:
*** "I am japa-ing, leaving the country because of the opportunities that are available to me abroad."

### Noun

japa (uncountable)
* (Nigeria, colloquial) the emigration of Nigerians, usually for economic opportunities.

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

From Yoruba jápa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒá.k͡pā/

### Verb

japa
* to relocate; to emigrate

## Polish
### Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from German jappen, from German Low German gapen, from Middle Low German gāpen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈja.pa/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA: /ˈja.pa/
* (Masovia):
** (Far Masovian) IPA: /ˈja.pa/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Kielce) IPA: /ˈja.pa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -apa
* Syllabification: ja‧pa

### Noun

japa f
* (colloquial, derogatory) human face
* (colloquial or dialectal, Far Masovian, Kielce, derogatory) human mouth
** (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, humorous) open mouth

#### Declension
### Interjection

japa
* (derogatory) shut up!

### Further reading

* japa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* japa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “japa”, 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 303
* Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “japa”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 109
* Władysław Siarkowski (1878) “japa”, in “Materiały do etnografii ludu polskiego z okolic Kielc”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowej (in Polish), volume 2, chapter 3, Krakow: Komisyja Antropologiczna Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, page 247

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From japonês (“Japanese”) or Japão (“Japan”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʒa.pɐ/
* Hyphenation: ja‧pa

### Noun

japa m or f by sense (plural japas)
* (Brazil, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) a person from Japan or of Japanese descent

### Adjective

japa m or f (plural japas)
* (Brazil, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) from Japan or of Japanese descent

### Derived terms

* japinha (two-gender diminutive)
* japona (feminine augmentative)

## Spanish
### Noun

japa f (plural japas)
* female equivalent of japo

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* já pa

### Etymology

From já (“to dart, dash”) +‎ pa (“intensifier”). Slang term likely popularised by Naira Marley’s 2018 song, Japa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒá.k͡pā/

### Verb

jápa
* to run away, to flee
    Synonyms: sá lọ, júbà ehoro, họ, na pápá bora, fẹsẹ̀ fẹ́ẹ, sá
** 2018, Naira Marley (lyrics and music), “Japa”‎, 0:52–1:08:Jápa jápa, jápa lọ London // Jápa jápa, já wọ Canada // Jápa jápa, já wọ Chicago // Jápa jápa, já lọ sí AfricaJapa japa, japa to London // Japa japa, flee to Canada // Japa japa, flee to Chicago // Japa japa, flee to Africa.
* (colloquial) to japa; to emigrate from a country, typically for better pay or working conditions. [from late 2010s]
    Wọ́n fẹ́ jápa. ― They want to relocate.
** 2022 November 29, “Ẹ̀yin tí ẹ̀ ń jápa ẹ ṣọ́ra kí wọ́n má baà jà yín ní olè – Lai Mohammed [You who are emigrating, be careful to not get robbed - Lai Mohammed]”, in BBC Yorùbá‎:

#### Descendants

* → English: japa
* → Nigerian Pidgin: japa