lipa

lipa (plural lipas or lipa or lipe)

1. (often in the plural) A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Croatian kuna (obsolete since 2023).

• ALIP, Pali, Piła, pail, pali, pali-, pial, pila

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀pa (“to pay, to compensate”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɽi.pa/

-lipa (infinitive kulípa)

1. to pay, to renumerate
   1. (by extension) to ransom
2. to give back
   1. (by extension) to compensate, to atone

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -lipira
  • Causative: -lipitsa
  • Negative: -salipa
  • Repetitive: -lipanso
  • Stative: -lipika

• Nominal derivations:
  • lipiro (“salary”)

• Steven Paas (2016) Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford University Press, page 263

Back-formation from lipoa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlipɑ/, [ˈlipɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ipɑ
• Syllabification^(key): li‧pa
• Hyphenation^(key): li‧pa

lipa (rare)

1. synonym of kieli (“tongue (organ)”)

• lipaista
• lipoa

• Alpi, alpi, pila

lipa

1. bread

• IPA^(key): /ˈlipa/, [ˈlʲipa]

From Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian lipa, Polish lipa, Czech lípa, Serbo-Croatian lȉpa, Russian ли́па (lípa)and Macedonian липа (lipa).

lipa f

1. linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lipa

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

lipa

1. third-person singular present of lipaś

• lipjo

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “lipa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “lipa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.pa/

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• Rhymes: -ipa
• Syllabification: li‧pa
• Homophone: Lipa

lipa f (diminutive lipka, related adjective lipowy)

2. linden, lime-tree, basswood (any tree of the genus Tilia)

   Synonym: lipina

4. linden, lime-tree, basswood (wood of the linden)

   Synonym: lipina

5. tea made from linden flowers
6. (colloquial) fib, hoax (lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential)

   Synonyms: bujda, fałsz, kit, nieprawda

   Antonym: prawda

7. (colloquial) something of poor quality, very often jerry-built

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:badziewie

• lipa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lipa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• lipa in PWN's encyclopedia

Onomatopoeic.

lipa

1. the sound of an animal (like a cat or a dog) slurping water

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

• IPA^(key): /lîpa/
• Hyphenation: li‧pa

lȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling ли̏па)

1. any part of a linden tree
2. tea made from linden flowers
3. linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

• lípac
• lìpan
• lȋpanj

• “lipa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʎipa]

lipa f

1. linden tree, Tilia

• lipka
• lipový
• lipovina
• lipovec

• “lipa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

From Proto-Slavic *lipa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ.

• IPA^(key): /lìːpa/

lípa f

1. linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	lípa
gen. sing.	lípe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	lípa	lípi	lípe
genitive (rodȋlnik)	lípe	líp	líp
dative (dajȃlnik)	lípi	lípama	lípam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	lípo	lípi	lípe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	lípi	lípah	lípah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	lípo	lípama	lípami

• “lipa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀pa (“to pay, to compensate”).

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-lipa (infinitive kulipa)

1. to pay

Conjugation of -lipa
Positive present -nalipa Subjunctive -lipe Negative -lipi Imperative singular lipa
Infinitives
Positive kulipa Negative kutolipa
Imperatives
Singular lipa Plural lipeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulipa Positive past positive subject concord + -lilipa Negative past negative subject concord + -kulipa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalipa) Singular Plural 1st person ninalipa/nalipa tunalipa 2nd person unalipa mnalipa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) analipa wanalipa other classes positive subject concord + -nalipa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lipi) Singular Plural 1st person silipi hatulipi 2nd person hulipi hamlipi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) halipi hawalipi other classes negative subject concord + -lipi
Positive future positive subject concord + -talipa Negative future negative subject concord + -talipa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lipe) Singular Plural 1st person nilipe tulipe 2nd person ulipe mlipe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alipe walipe other classes positive subject concord + -lipe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silipe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelipa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelipa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilipa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilipa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alipa) Singular Plural 1st person nalipa twalipa 2nd person walipa mwalipa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alipa walipa m-mi(III/IV) walipa yalipa ji-ma(V/VI) lalipa yalipa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalipa vyalipa n(IX/X) yalipa zalipa u(XI) walipa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwalipa pa(XVI) palipa mu(XVIII) mwalipa
Perfect positive subject concord + -melipa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshalipa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalipa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kilipa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipolipa Consecutive kalipa / positive subject concord + -kalipa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalipe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nilipa -tulipa 2nd person -kulipa -walipa/-kulipeni/-walipeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlipa -walipa m-mi(III/IV) -ulipa -ilipa ji-ma(V/VI) -lilipa -yalipa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilipa -vilipa n(IX/X) -ilipa -zilipa u(XI) -ulipa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kulipa pa(XVI) -palipa mu(XVIII) -mulipa Reflexive -jilipa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -lipa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -lipaye -lipao m-mi(III/IV) -lipao -lipayo ji-ma(V/VI) -lipalo -lipayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lipacho -lipavyo n(IX/X) -lipayo -lipazo u(XI) -lipao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -lipako pa(XVI) -lipapo mu(XVIII) -lipamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -lipa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yelipa -olipa m-mi(III/IV) -olipa -yolipa ji-ma(V/VI) -lolipa -yolipa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholipa -vyolipa n(IX/X) -yolipa -zolipa u(XI) -olipa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kolipa pa(XVI) -polipa mu(XVIII) -molipa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -lipia
  • Causative: -lipisha, -lipiza
  • Passive: -lipwa
  • Reciprocal: -lipana
  • Stative: -lipika

• Nominal derivations:
  • malipizi
  • malipo (“payments; revenge”)
  • mlifi (“payer”)
  • mlipa (“payer”)
  • mlipaji (“payer”)
  • ulipaji (“paying”)

Borrowed from Middle Low German lipen, from lipe (“lip”).

lipa (present lipar, preterite lipade, supine lipat, imperative lipa)

2. (colloquial) to cry (often over something relatively insignificant)

   Sluta lipa

   Stop crying

   Jag storlipade åt filmen

   I cried my eyes out at the movie

3. (regional, central Sweden) to stick one's tongue out

   Synonym: räcka ut tungan

   Ungarna lipade åt honom

   The kids stuck their tongues out at him

Often condescending when of someone else's crying in sense 1, as though implying the crier does not deserve sympathy.

• lipsill (“crybaby”)

• böla (“bawl”)

• lipa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lipa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lipa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• lipa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liˈpa/ [lɪˈpa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: li‧pa

lipá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ)

1. Dendrocnide meyeniana (a species of nettle-like plant)

   Synonyms: lipang-kalabaw, lipang-lalaki

Borrowed from Malay lepa, from Sanskrit लेप (lepa, “plaster”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlipaʔ/ [ˈliː.pɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ipaʔ
• Syllabification: li‧pa

lipà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ) (dialectal)

1. asphalt-like soil used to harden the ground floor of houses on stilts

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlipaʔ/ [ˈliː.pɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ipaʔ
• Syllabification: li‧pa

lipà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ) (obsolete)

1. dizziness while walking (leading to stumbles)

• ilap, lapi, pali, pila

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀pa.

-lipa (infinitive kulipa)

1. to pay

• William Y. Turner (1996) Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[2], Central Africana Limited, page 65

From Proto-Slavic *lipa. Cognate with Lower Sorbian lipa, Polish lipa, Czech lípa, Serbo-Croatian lȉpa, and Russian ли́па (lípa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlipa/

lipa f

1. linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)