yape

See also: yapé

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈʝape/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.pe] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃape/ [ˈʃa.pe] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʒape/ [ˈʒa.pe] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ape
  • Syllabification: ya‧pe

Verb

yape

  1. inflection of yapar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (weave, plait, spin).

Noun

yape ?

  1. spider

Unami

Etymology

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Noun

yape inan (plural [Term?], adjectival yapei)

  1. riverbank, streambank

References

  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “yape”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project