lappa

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

lappa (plural lappas)

1. (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.

lappa (plural lappas)

1. 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.

• appal, papal

lappa (Lontara spelling ᨒᨄ)

1. joint

lappa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lappaði, supine lappað)

1. to patch, to mend

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

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

lappa

1. belt
2. collar

• (belt): vöö

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlap.pa/
• Rhymes: -appa
• Hyphenation: làp‧pa

From Latin lappa.

lappa f (plural lappe)

1. burdock

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lappa

1. inflection of lappare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “Arctium lappa L.”, in Portale della Flora d'Italia / Portal to the Flora of Italy‎^[1] (in Italian), 2025

• palpa

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

lappa f (genitive lappae); first declension

1. burdock

First-declension noun.

• lappāceus

• “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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Xunhua, Qinghai; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /lɑʰpa/
• (Hualong, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /nɑʰpa/

lappa

1. ungrown, drooping, lean, very weak

• lappalanğusı

• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992) “lappa”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 53
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “lappa”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 138
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “lappa”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 169
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “lappa”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 293

lapp +‎ -a

lappa (present lappar, preterite lappade, supine lappat, imperative lappa)

1. to patch (mend with one or more patches)

   lappa hålet i ärmen

   patch the hole in the sleeve

   en luffare i lappad kostym

   a tramp in a patched suit

2. (figuratively, usually with ihop (“together”)) to patch up, to mend (more generally, or figuratively)

   lappa ihop taket

   patch up the roof

   försöka lappa ihop ett trasigt förhållande

   try to patch up a broken relationship

   lappa ihop relationen med Liechtenstein

   mend the relationship with Liechtenstein

3. (colloquial) to ticket (a car)

   När vi kom tillbaka hade bilen blivit lappad

   When we came back, the car had been ticketed

Often with ihop (“together”).

• märke

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