repa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "repa"

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French repas (“meal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣepa/

Noun

repa

1. meal (food that is prepared and eaten)

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French repas.

Noun

repa

1. meal (food that is prepared and eaten)

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 273
• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 905

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rěpa.

Alternative forms

• rijepa, ripa

Noun

rȅpa f (Cyrillic spelling ре̏па, diminutive rȅpica)

1. turnip
2. beet
3. (colloquial) money

Declension

Declension of repa

	singular	plural
nominative	rȅpa	repe
genitive	repe	rȇpā
dative	repi	repama
accusative	repu	repe
vocative	repo	repe
locative	repi	repama
instrumental	repom	repama

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

repa (Cyrillic spelling репа)

1. genitive singular of rep

Slovene

Noun

repa

1. inflection of rep:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

Swahili

Etymology

Etymology tree

English rap

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

▲

Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English rapperbor.

Swahili repa

Borrowed from English rapper.

Noun

repa class IX (plural repa class X)

1. rapper

Swedish

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to the source of riva (“to rip up, tear”).

Noun

repa c

1. a scratch
2. (slang) a short trip (downtown in a car)

Declension

Declension of repa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	repa	repas
	definite	repan	repans
plural	indefinite	repor	repors
	definite	reporna	repornas

Verb

repa (present repar, preterite repade, supine repat, imperative repa)

1. to scratch; to make a visible scratch on
2. to unravel, to untie (repa upp)
3. to strip the leaves of fresh herbs from the stem
4. (colloquial) to rehearse; to practice prior to a public representation (short for repetera)

Conjugation

Conjugation of repa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	repa		repas
supine	repat		repats
imperative	repa		—
imper. plural1	repen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	repar	repade	repas	repades
ind. plural1	repa	repade	repas	repades
subjunctive2	repe	repade	repes	repades
present participle		repande
past participle		repad

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

Derived terms

• repa upp
• upprepa

Related terms

• rep
• repetition

Further reading

• “repa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Tagalog

Etymology

Syllabic back slang from pare.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɾepa/ [ˈɾɛː.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -epa
• Syllabification: re‧pa

Noun

repa (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜉ) (slang, back slang)

1. pal; buddy

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:kaibigan

Derived terms

• repapips

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾe.pa]

Verb

repa

1. (intransitive) to split, crack

Conjugation

Conjugation of repa

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		torepa	forepa	mirepa
2nd person		norepa	nirepa
3rd person	masculine	orepa	irepa yorepa (archaic)
	feminine	morepa
	neuter	irepa

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh