# napa
## English
### Alternative forms

* nappa

### Etymology 1

From the regional and colloquial Japanese term 菜っ葉 (nappa, “leaves of any vegetable”).

#### Pronunciation

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#### Noun

napa (countable and uncountable, plural napas)
* Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.

##### Synonyms

* celery cabbage
* napa cabbage

### Etymology 2

From Napa, California, where the process of making napa leather was created.

#### Noun

napa (countable and uncountable, plural napas)
* napa leather

### Anagrams

* APAn, Pana, apan, paan

## 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

* IPA: /ˈnɑpɑ/, [ˈnɑ̝pɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
* Hyphenation: na‧pa

### 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

Possessive forms of napa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
napani
napani
accusative
nom.
napani
napani
gen.
napani
genitive
napani
napojeni napaini $^{rare}$
partitive
napaani
napojani
inessive
navassani
navoissani
elative
navastani
navoistani
illative
napaani
napoihini
adessive
navallani
navoillani
ablative
navaltani
navoiltani
allative
navalleni
navoilleni
essive
napanani
napoinani
translative
navakseni
navoikseni
abessive
navattani
navoittani
instructive
comitative
—napoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
napasi
napasi
accusative
nom.
napasi
napasi
gen.
napasi
genitive
napasi
napojesi napaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
napaasi
napojasi
inessive
navassasi
navoissasi
elative
navastasi
navoistasi
illative
napaasi
napoihisi
adessive
navallasi
navoillasi
ablative
navaltasi
navoiltasi
allative
navallesi
navoillesi
essive
napanasi
napoinasi
translative
navaksesi
navoiksesi
abessive
navattasi
navoittasi
instructive
comitative
—napoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
napamme
napamme
accusative
nom.
napamme
napamme
gen.
napamme
genitive
napamme
napojemme napaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
napaamme
napojamme
inessive
navassamme
navoissamme
elative
navastamme
navoistamme
illative
napaamme
napoihimme
adessive
navallamme
navoillamme
ablative
navaltamme
navoiltamme
allative
navallemme
navoillemme
essive
napanamme
napoinamme
translative
navaksemme
navoiksemme
abessive
navattamme
navoittamme
instructive
comitative
—napoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
napanne
napanne
accusative
nom.
napanne
napanne
gen.
napanne
genitive
napanne
napojenne napainne $^{rare}$
partitive
napaanne
napojanne
inessive
navassanne
navoissanne
elative
navastanne
navoistanne
illative
napaanne
napoihinne
adessive
navallanne
navoillanne
ablative
navaltanne
navoiltanne
allative
navallenne
navoillenne
essive
napananne
napoinanne
translative
navaksenne
navoiksenne
abessive
navattanne
navoittanne
instructive
comitative
—napoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
napansa
napansa
accusative
nom.
napansa
napansa
gen.
napansa
genitive
napansa
napojensa napainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
napaansa
napojaan napojansa
inessive
navassaan navassansa
navoissaan navoissansa
elative
navastaan navastansa
navoistaan navoistansa
illative
napaansa
napoihinsa
adessive
navallaan navallansa
navoillaan navoillansa
ablative
navaltaan navaltansa
navoiltaan navoiltansa
allative
navalleen navallensa
navoilleen navoillensa
essive
napanaan napanansa
napoinaan napoinansa
translative
navakseen navaksensa
navoikseen navoiksensa
abessive
navattaan navattansa
navoittaan navoittansa
instructive
comitative
—napoineen napoinensa :

#### 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

* apan, paan

## 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)
* enter, go in, come in
* set (of the sun and moon)

### See also

* -nap-

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric or Proto-Uralic *anɜ (anɜppɜ) (“mother-in-law”); later also attested as nap (now obsolete; unrelated to Hungarian nap (“sun; day”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɒpɒ]
* Hyphenation: na‧pa
* Rhymes: -pɒ

### Noun

napa (uncountable)
* (folksy, archaic) mother-in-law
    Synonym: anyós
    Coordinate term: ipa

#### Declension

or

### References

* ↑ napa in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
* ↑ Entry #code in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

### Further reading

* napa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* napa in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (“A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *napa. Cognates include Finnish napa and Estonian naba.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈnɑpɑ/, [ˈnɑpɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈnɑpɑ/, [ˈnɑb̥ɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑpɑ
* Hyphenation: na‧pa

### Noun

napa
* navel
* Short for napapuu.

#### Derived terms

* napanoora
* napapuu

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 331

## Miskito
### Noun

napa
* tooth

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From English napa leather, from Napa, a city in California where the process of making this type of leather was created.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈna.pɐ/
* Rhymes: -apɐ
* Hyphenation: na‧pa

### Noun

napa f (plural napas)
* napa leather

### Further reading

* “napa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnapa/ [ˈna.pa]
* Rhymes: -apa
* Syllabification: na‧pa

### Noun

napa f (plural napas)
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### Noun

napa m or f by sense (plural napas)
* (Habbo, derogatory) a noob

### Further reading

* “napa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Uma
### Noun

napa
* (interrogative) what