# lappa
## English
### Etymology 1

From English lap (“a stroke somewhere between a pull and a sweep”).

#### Noun

lappa (plural lappas)
* (cricket, India) A cross-batted swipe.
** 2010, Mukul Kesavan, Keshwani Mukul, Men in White (page 12)
    When the ball bounced, the open stance was a good preliminary position from which to play the cross-batted swipe or lappa.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

lappa (plural lappas)
* An African waist scarf.
** 1982, Claire Polakoff, African Textiles and Dyeing Techniques, Routledge, →ISBN, page 224:Asi clutched her child to her, then wrapped the lifeless body in the lappa which was her own skirt.
** 1997, Nana Akua Kyerewaa Opokuwaa, Akan Protocol: Remembering the Traditions of Our Ancestors, iUniverse edition [self-published], published 2005, →ISBN, page 69:In the colder climates of the Diaspora, women wear leotards, tights or exercise pants under the slip lappa to keep the body warm.
** 1998, Love P. Maya, Off the Village Mat: A Novel, 2003 WRITERSWORLD edition [self-published?], →ISBN, page 56,
    The lappa was tied over a white short-sleeved lace blouse.

### Anagrams

* appal, papal

## Buginese
### Noun

lappa (Lontara spelling ᨒᨄ)
* joint

## Icelandic
### Verb

lappa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lappaði, supine lappað)
* to patch, to mend

#### Conjugation
## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lappa. Cognates include Finnish lappa and Karelian lappa.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈlɑpːɑ/, [ˈɫɑpː]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈlɑpːɑ/, [ˈɫɑpːɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑpː, -ɑpːɑ
* Hyphenation: lap‧pa

### Noun

lappa
* belt
* collar

#### Synonyms

* (belt): vöö

#### Derived terms

* hoppialappa
* kultalappa
* lappasooli
* nahkalappa

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 248

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlap.pa/
* Rhymes: -appa
* Hyphenation: làp‧pa

### Etymology 1

From Latin lappa.

#### Noun

lappa f (plural lappe)
* burdock

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

lappa
* inflection of lappare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “Arctium lappa L.”, in Portale della Flora d'Italia / Portal to the Flora of Italy‎ (in Italian), 2025

### Anagrams

* palpa

## Latin
### Etymology

Unknown, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”) – to which labium and lambō –, Proto-Slavic *lopěnъ (“burdock”) is also suggestive.

### Noun

lappa f (genitive lappae); first declension
* burdock

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* lappāceus

### References

* “lappa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “lappa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "lappa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* “lappa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
* “lappa” in volume 7, part 2, column 953, line 45 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

## Swedish
### Etymology

lapp +‎ -a

### Verb

lappa (present lappar, preterite lappade, supine lappat, imperative lappa)
* to patch (mend with one or more patches)
    lappa hålet i ärmenpatch the hole in the sleeve
    en luffare i lappad kostyma tramp in a patched suit
* (figuratively, usually with ihop (“together”)) to patch up, to mend (more generally, or figuratively)
    lappa ihop taketpatch up the roof
    försöka lappa ihop ett trasigt förhållandetry to patch up a broken relationship
    lappa ihop relationen med Liechtensteinmend the relationship with Liechtenstein
* (colloquial) to ticket (a car)
    När vi kom tillbaka hade bilen blivit lappadWhen we came back, the car had been ticketed

#### Usage notes

Often with ihop (“together”).

#### Conjugation

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

#### See also

* märke

### References

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