yap

yap

See also: Yap

Translingual

Symbol

yap

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Yapese.

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English

Etymology

Probably of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæp/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -æp

Noun

yap (countable and uncountable, plural yaps)

1. (countable) The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar.
2. (uncountable, slang) Casual talk; chatter.
   • 1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 59:

     Had I taken his accusations seriously I might have recommended a change in my under-managership, but I never could translate our jammy products into gas or explosives or even poison. Still yap, at least as concerned Beldite's.

   • 1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, H. T. Willetts, transl., August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 190:

     They couldn’t rise above their calls for peace. Those who weren’t “defenders of the fatherland” were incapable of anything except yap and blather about “stopping the war.”

3. (countable, slang, derogatory) The mouth, which produces speech.

   Shut your yap!

4. (countable, Tyneside) A badly behaved child; a brat.

Translations

high-pitched bark

Bulgarian: джавкане (bg) n (džavkane) Czech: štěknutí n, ňafnutí n Esperanto: jelpo Finnish: räksytys (fi), räkytys (fi) Georgian: წკავწკავი (c̣ḳavc̣ḳavi), ყეფა (q̇epa) German: Japsen (de) n, Kläffen n, Gekläffe (de) n Russian: тяв-тя́в n (tjav-tjáv), тя́вканье (ru) n (tjávkanʹje) Spanish: ladrido (es) m, gañido (es) m, trino (es) m, quejido (es) m Swedish: gläfs (sv) n

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN

Verb

yap (third-person singular simple present yaps, present participle yapping, simple past and past participle yapped)

1. (intransitive) Of a small dog, to bark.
2. (intransitive, slang) To talk, especially excessively; to chatter.

   You’re always yapping, I wish you’d shut up.

3. (transitive, slang) To rob or steal from (someone).
   • 2000, M.O.P., Ante Up:

     Ante up! Yap that fool!

Translations

of a small dog, to bark

Bulgarian: джавкам (bg) (džavkam) Czech: ňafat impf, štěkat (cs) impf Dutch: keffen (nl) Esperanto: jelpi Finnish: räksyttää (fi) French: japper (fr) German: kläffen (de) Irish: sceamh Japanese: きゃんきゃんほえる (kyankyan hoeru) Russian: тя́вкать (ru) impf (tjávkatʹ), тя́вкнуть (ru) pf (tjávknutʹ) Spanish: ladrar (es), gañir (es) Swedish: bjäbba (sv), bjäfsa, småskälla, gläfsa (sv)

slang: to talk, especially excessively

Bulgarian: дърдоря (bg) (dǎrdorja) Czech: žvanit (cs) impf, kecat (cs) impf Esperanto: vortmueli, blablai Finnish: lätistä (fi), pölistä (fi) French: jacasser (fr) Georgian: ლაყბობა (laq̇boba), ყბედობა (q̇bedoba) Japanese: ぺちゃくちゃしゃべる (pechakucha shaberu) Russian: болта́ть (ru) impf (boltátʹ), трепа́ться (ru) impf (trepátʹsja) Scottish Gaelic: bleadraig Spanish: cotorrear (es), parlotear (es) Swedish: bjäbba (sv), pladdra (sv) Vietnamese: bô bô (vi)

Anagrams

• APY, Pay, pay, pya

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Catawba

Noun

yap

1. tree; wood

Usage notes

The word is also represented ya, yop, ya’p, yo’p.

Descendants

• English: yaupon

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Finnish

Etymology

< Yap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑp/, [ˈjɑp]

Noun

yap

1. Yapese (Austronesian language spoken in the Federated States of Micronesia, especially by the inhabitants of Yap)

Declension

Inflection of yap (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		yap	—
genitive		yapin	—
partitive		yapia	—
illative		yapiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		yap	—
accusative	nom.	yap	—
	gen.	yapin
genitive		yapin	—
partitive		yapia	—
inessive		yapissa	—
elative		yapista	—
illative		yapiin	—
adessive		yapilla	—
ablative		yapilta	—
allative		yapille	—
essive		yapina	—
translative		yapiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		yapitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of yap (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	yapini	yapimme
2nd person	yapisi	yapinne
3rd person	yapinsa

Synonyms

• yapin kieli

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Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jap/

Verb

yap

1. to stand

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

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Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *ja:p. Cognate with Khasi ïap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jap/

Verb

yap

1. to die

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Tocharian B

Noun

yap m

1. millet

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Turkish

Verb

yap

1. second-person singular imperative of yapmak