ipa

See also: IPA and 'ipa

Alabama

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *impa. Cognate to Chickasaw impa

Verb

ipa

1. to eat

   Synonym: ilpa

Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́ɪ̀pa (“to be bad - region N”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.pa/

Verb

-ipa (infinitive kuípa)

1. to be bad
2. to go bad
3. to be evil, to be wicked
4. to be sinful
5. to be malignant
6. to be rotten
7. to be lousy
8. to be subversive
9. to deteriorate
   1. (by extension) to be worse
10. to be severe
11. to be shabby
12. to be ugly, to be unattractive
13. to be unpalatable
14. to be ill
15. to be unbearable
16. to be of ill repute
17. to be degenerate
18. to be dirty

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -ipira
  • Causative: -ipitsa
  • Negative: -saipa
  • Passive: -ipidwa
  • Reduplicative: -ipaipa
  • Repetitive: -ipanso

References

• Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford University Press, page 171

Enga

Noun

ipa

1. water

Synonyms

• wámbe

References

• The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN)
• transnewguinea.org data for the Wapi and Lapalama dialects, citing Davies and Comrie (1985)

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ëppe (“father-in-law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈipɒ]
• Hyphenation: ipa
• Rhymes: -pɒ

Noun

ipa (uncountable)

1. (folksy, archaic) father-in-law

   Synonym: após

   Coordinate term: napa

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	ipa	—
accusative	ipát	—
dative	ipának	—
instrumental	ipával	—
causal-final	ipáért	—
translative	ipává	—
terminative	ipáig	—
essive-formal	ipaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ipában	—
superessive	ipán	—
adessive	ipánál	—
illative	ipába	—
sublative	ipára	—
allative	ipához	—
elative	ipából	—
delative	ipáról	—
ablative	ipától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	ipáé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	ipáéi	—

Possessive forms of ipa

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ipam	—
2nd person sing.	ipad	—
3rd person sing.	ipa	—
1st person plural	ipunk	—
2nd person plural	ipatok	—
3rd person plural	ipuk	—

or

Possessive forms of ipa

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ipám	—
2nd person sing.	ipád	—
3rd person sing.	ipája, ipaja	—
1st person plural	ipánk	—
2nd person plural	ipátok	—
3rd person plural	ipájuk, ipajuk	—

Further reading

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

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ipəaʔ]
• Hyphenation: i‧pa
• Rhymes: -pa

Verb

ipa

1. to peek

Kewa

Noun

ipa

1. water

Synonyms

• utyali (in pandanus avoidance language, literally "casuarina tree seedling")

References

• The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN)

Malawi Lomwe

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba.

Verb

-ipa (infinitive wiipa)

1. to sing

References

• Kalinde, Patrick, Ellomwe - English Vocabulary: Emihavani and Ekokholani dialects, 2018

Mpalitjanh

Noun

ipa

1. (Mpalitjanh) liver

References

• Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 411

Ometepec Nahuatl

Noun

ipa

1. skunk.

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qəpah (“rice husk, chaff”). Compare Kapampangan apa, Hanunoo upa, Hiligaynon upa, and Malay hampa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈpa/ [ʔɪˈpa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: i‧pa

Noun

ipá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉ)

1. chaff of rice grain (obtained by pounding)

See also

• darak

Further reading

• “ipa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qepah”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• api

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Adverb

ipa

1. In, on, at.

References

• Brewer, Forrest; Brewer, Jean G. (1962), Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos, segunda impresión edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, published 1971

Wayuu

Etymology

From Proto-Arawak *kʰiba.

Noun

ipa

1. stone