# lipa
## English
### Noun

lipa (plural lipas or lipa or lipe)
* (often in the plural) A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Croatian kuna (obsolete since 2023).

### Anagrams

* ALIP, Pali, Piła, pail, pali, pali-, pial, pila

## Finnish
### Etymology

Back-formation of lipoa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlipɑ/, [ˈlipɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ipɑ
* Hyphenation: li‧pa

### Noun

lipa (rare)
* Synonym of kieli (“tongue (organ)”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of lipa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lipani
lipani
accusative
nom.
lipani
lipani
gen.
lipani
genitive
lipani
lipojeni lipaini $^{rare}$
partitive
lipaani
lipojani
inessive
livassani
livoissani
elative
livastani
livoistani
illative
lipaani
lipoihini
adessive
livallani
livoillani
ablative
livaltani
livoiltani
allative
livalleni
livoilleni
essive
lipanani
lipoinani
translative
livakseni
livoikseni
abessive
livattani
livoittani
instructive
comitative
—lipoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lipasi
lipasi
accusative
nom.
lipasi
lipasi
gen.
lipasi
genitive
lipasi
lipojesi lipaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
lipaasi
lipojasi
inessive
livassasi
livoissasi
elative
livastasi
livoistasi
illative
lipaasi
lipoihisi
adessive
livallasi
livoillasi
ablative
livaltasi
livoiltasi
allative
livallesi
livoillesi
essive
lipanasi
lipoinasi
translative
livaksesi
livoiksesi
abessive
livattasi
livoittasi
instructive
comitative
—lipoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lipamme
lipamme
accusative
nom.
lipamme
lipamme
gen.
lipamme
genitive
lipamme
lipojemme lipaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
lipaamme
lipojamme
inessive
livassamme
livoissamme
elative
livastamme
livoistamme
illative
lipaamme
lipoihimme
adessive
livallamme
livoillamme
ablative
livaltamme
livoiltamme
allative
livallemme
livoillemme
essive
lipanamme
lipoinamme
translative
livaksemme
livoiksemme
abessive
livattamme
livoittamme
instructive
comitative
—lipoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lipanne
lipanne
accusative
nom.
lipanne
lipanne
gen.
lipanne
genitive
lipanne
lipojenne lipainne $^{rare}$
partitive
lipaanne
lipojanne
inessive
livassanne
livoissanne
elative
livastanne
livoistanne
illative
lipaanne
lipoihinne
adessive
livallanne
livoillanne
ablative
livaltanne
livoiltanne
allative
livallenne
livoillenne
essive
lipananne
lipoinanne
translative
livaksenne
livoiksenne
abessive
livattanne
livoittanne
instructive
comitative
—lipoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lipansa
lipansa
accusative
nom.
lipansa
lipansa
gen.
lipansa
genitive
lipansa
lipojensa lipainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
lipaansa
lipojaan lipojansa
inessive
livassaan livassansa
livoissaan livoissansa
elative
livastaan livastansa
livoistaan livoistansa
illative
lipaansa
lipoihinsa
adessive
livallaan livallansa
livoillaan livoillansa
ablative
livaltaan livaltansa
livoiltaan livoiltansa
allative
livalleen livallensa
livoilleen livoillensa
essive
lipanaan lipanansa
lipoinaan lipoinansa
translative
livakseen livaksensa
livoikseen livoiksensa
abessive
livattaan livattansa
livoittaan livoittansa
instructive
comitative
—lipoineen lipoinensa :

#### Related terms

* lipaista
* lipoa

### Anagrams

* Alpi, alpi, pila

## Lingala
### Noun

lipa
* bread

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlipa/, [ˈlʲipa]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian lipa, Polish lipa, Czech lípa, Serbo-Croatian lȉpa, Russian ли́па (lípa)and Macedonian липа (lipa).

#### Noun

lipa f
* linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

lipa
* inflection of lip:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative dual

#### Verb

lipa
* third-person singular present of lipaś

##### Alternative forms

* lipjo

### Further reading

* Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “lipa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
* Starosta, Manfred (1999) “lipa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.pa/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Rhymes: -ipa
* Syllabification: li‧pa
* Homophone: Lipa

### Noun

lipa f (diminutive lipka, related adjective lipowy)
* linden, lime-tree, basswood (any tree of the genus Tilia)
    Synonym: lipina
* linden, lime-tree, basswood (wood of the linden)
    Synonym: lipina
* tea made from linden flowers
* (colloquial) fib, hoax (lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential)
    Synonyms: bujda, fałsz, kit, nieprawda
    Antonym: prawda
* (colloquial) something of poor quality, very often jerry-built
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:badziewie

#### Derived terms

* lipny
* lipowaty
* na lipę
* lipina

#### Related terms

* lipnie
* lipność

### Further reading

* lipa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* lipa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* lipa in PWN's encyclopedia

## Romanian
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Interjection

lipa
* the sound of an animal (like a cat or a dog) slurping water

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lîpa/
* Hyphenation: li‧pa

### Noun

lȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling ли̏па)
* any part of a linden tree
* tea made from linden flowers
* linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

#### Derived terms

* lípac
* lìpan
* lȋpanj

### Further reading

* “lipa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʎipa]

### Noun

lipa f
* linden tree, Tilia

#### Derived terms

* lipka
* lipový
* lipovina
* lipovec

### Further reading

* “lipa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lìːpa/

### Noun

lípa f
* linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “lipa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-lipa (infinitive kulipa)
* to pay

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -lipa :
| Positive present | -nalipa |
| Subjunctive | -lipe |
| Negative | -lipi |
| Imperative singular | lipa |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kulipa |
| Negative | kutolipa |
Imperatives :
| Singular | lipa |
| Plural | lipeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hulipa |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lilipa |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kulipa |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -talipa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -talipa |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -silipe |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngelipa |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singelipa |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalilipa |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalilipa |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -melipa |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshalipa |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jalipa |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kilipa |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipolipa |
| Consecutive | kalipa / positive subject concord + -kalipa |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kalipe |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -lipia
** Causative: -lipisha, -lipiza
** Passive: -lipwa
** Reciprocal: -lipana
** Stative: -lipika
* Nominal derivations:
** malipizi
** malipo (“payments; revenge”)
** mlipaji (“payer”)
** ulipaji (“paying”)

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German lipen, from lipe (“lip”).

### Verb

lipa (present lipar, preterite lipade, supine lipat, imperative lipa)
* (colloquial) to cry (often over something relatively insignificant)
    Sluta lipaStop crying
    Jag storlipade åt filmenI cried my eyes out at the movie
* (regional, central Sweden) to stick one's tongue out
    Synonym: räcka ut tungan
    Ungarna lipade åt honomThe kids stuck their tongues out at him

#### Usage notes

Often condescending when of someone else's crying in sense 1, as though implying the crier does not deserve sympathy.

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Derived terms

* lipsill (“crybaby”)

#### See also

* böla (“bawl”)

### References

* lipa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* lipa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* lipa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* lipa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /liˈpa/ [lɪˈpa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: li‧pa

#### Noun

lipá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ)
* Dendrocnide meyeniana (a species of nettle-like plant)
    Synonyms: lipang-kalabaw, lipang-lalaki

##### Derived terms

* kalipahan
* Lipa
* lipang-aso
* lipang-kalabaw
* lipang-kastila
* lipang-lalaki

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay lepa, from Sanskrit लेप (lepa, “plaster”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlipaʔ/ [ˈliː.pɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -ipaʔ
* Syllabification: li‧pa

#### Noun

lipà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ) (dialectal)
* asphalt-like soil used to harden the ground floor of houses on stilts

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlipaʔ/ [ˈliː.pɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -ipaʔ
* Syllabification: li‧pa

#### Noun

lipà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ) (obsolete)
* dizziness while walking (leading to stumbles)

##### Derived terms

* ilipa
* lipaan
* maglipa
* maglipaan

### Anagrams

* ilap, lapi, pali, pila

## Upper Sorbian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lipa. Cognate with Lower Sorbian lipa, Polish lipa, Czech lípa, Serbo-Croatian lȉpa, and Russian ли́па (lípa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlipa/

### Noun

lipa f
* linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)