napa
See also: Napa, ñapa, and nǎpà
English
Etymology
From the regional and colloquial Japanese term 菜っ葉 (nappa, “leaves of any vegetable”).
Noun
napa (countable and uncountable, plural napas)
- Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.
Synonyms
- celery cabbage
Anagrams
- APAn, Pana, apan, paan
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *napa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- (“navel”) either through Germanic or Baltic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɑpɑ/, [ˈnɑpɑ]
- Hyphenation: na‧pa
Noun
napa
- (anatomy) navel
- pole (as in North Pole)
- pivot
- head, e.g. in propeller head (central part of propeller)
- (in compounds) polar
Declension
| Inflection of napa (Kotus type 9/kala, p-v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | napa | navat | |
| genitive | navan | napojen | |
| partitive | napaa | napoja | |
| illative | napaan | napoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | napa | navat | |
| accusative | nom. | napa | navat |
| gen. | navan | ||
| genitive | navan | napojen napainrare | |
| partitive | napaa | napoja | |
| inessive | navassa | navoissa | |
| elative | navasta | navoista | |
| illative | napaan | napoihin | |
| adessive | navalla | navoilla | |
| ablative | navalta | navoilta | |
| allative | navalle | navoille | |
| essive | napana | napoina | |
| translative | navaksi | navoiksi | |
| instructive | — | navoin | |
| abessive | navatta | navoitta | |
| comitative | — | napoineen | |
Synonyms
- keskipiste
Derived terms
- etelänapa
- maailman napa
- napaisuus
- napakelkka
- napakettu
- napanuora
- napapiiri
- napatähti
- pohjoisnapa
- taivaannapa
Anagrams
- apan
Ingrian
Noun
napa
- navel
Miskito
Noun
napa
- tooth
Uma
Noun
napa
- (interrogative) what