lipa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lipa"

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English

A 50 lipa coin from 1993.

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian lipa (“linden/lime tree”), named for its design of linden flowers and leaves.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlipə/, /ˈliːˌpɑː/, /ˌliːˈpɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːpə, -iːpɑ, -ɑː

Noun

lipa (plural lipa or lipas or lipe)

1. A former subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Croatian kuna.

Anagrams

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

Chichewa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɽi.pa/

Verb

-lipa (infinitive kulípa)

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

Derived terms

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

• Nominal derivations:
  • lipiro (“salary”)

References

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

Finnish

Etymology

Back-formation from lipoa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lipa (rare)

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

Declension

Inflection of lipa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p–v gradation)
nominative		lipa	livat
genitive		livan	lipojen
partitive		lipaa	lipoja
illative		lipaan	lipoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lipa	livat
accusative	nom.	lipa	livat
	gen.	livan
genitive		livan	lipojen lipain rare
partitive		lipaa	lipoja
inessive		livassa	livoissa
elative		livasta	livoista
illative		lipaan	lipoihin
adessive		livalla	livoilla
ablative		livalta	livoilta
allative		livalle	livoille
essive		lipana	lipoina
translative		livaksi	livoiksi
abessive		livatta	livoitta
instructive		—	livoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of lipa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p–v gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lipani lipani accusative nom. lipani lipani gen. lipani genitive lipani lipojeni lipaini rare partitive lipaani lipojani inessive livassani livoissani elative livastani livoistani illative lipaani lipoihini adessive livallani livoillani ablative livaltani livoiltani allative livalleni livoilleni essive lipanani lipoinani translative livakseni livoikseni abessive livattani livoittani instructive — — comitative — lipoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lipasi lipasi accusative nom. lipasi lipasi gen. lipasi genitive lipasi lipojesi lipaisi rare partitive lipaasi lipojasi inessive livassasi livoissasi elative livastasi livoistasi illative lipaasi lipoihisi adessive livallasi livoillasi ablative livaltasi livoiltasi allative livallesi livoillesi essive lipanasi lipoinasi translative livaksesi livoiksesi abessive livattasi livoittasi instructive — — comitative — lipoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lipamme lipamme accusative nom. lipamme lipamme gen. lipamme genitive lipamme lipojemme lipaimme rare partitive lipaamme lipojamme inessive livassamme livoissamme elative livastamme livoistamme illative lipaamme lipoihimme adessive livallamme livoillamme ablative livaltamme livoiltamme allative livallemme livoillemme essive lipanamme lipoinamme translative livaksemme livoiksemme abessive livattamme livoittamme instructive — — comitative — lipoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lipanne lipanne accusative nom. lipanne lipanne gen. lipanne genitive lipanne lipojenne lipainne rare partitive lipaanne lipojanne inessive livassanne livoissanne elative livastanne livoistanne illative lipaanne lipoihinne adessive livallanne livoillanne ablative livaltanne livoiltanne allative livallenne livoillenne essive lipananne lipoinanne translative livaksenne livoiksenne abessive livattanne livoittanne instructive — — comitative — lipoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative lipansa lipansa accusative nom. lipansa lipansa gen. lipansa genitive lipansa lipojensa lipainsa rare partitive lipaansa lipojaan lipojansa inessive livassaan livassansa livoissaan livoissansa elative livastaan livastansa livoistaan livoistansa illative lipaansa lipoihinsa adessive livallaan livallansa livoillaan livoillansa ablative livaltaan livaltansa livoiltaan livoiltansa allative livalleen livallensa livoilleen livoillensa essive lipanaan lipanansa lipoinaan lipoinansa translative livakseen livaksensa livoikseen livoiksensa abessive livattaan livattansa livoittaan livoittansa instructive — — comitative — lipoineen lipoinensa

Related terms

• lipaista
• lipoa

Anagrams

• Alpi, alpi, pila

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from French pain.

Noun

lipa

1. bread

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲɪpɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɪpɐ
• Syllabification: li̇̀‧pa

Verb

li̇̀pa

1. third-person present of li̇̀pti

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlipa/, [ˈlʲipa]

Etymology 1

lipa

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).

Noun

lipa f

1. linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

Declension

Declension of lipa

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	lipa	lipje	lipy
Genitive	lipy	lipowu	lipow
Dative	lipje	lipoma	lipam
Accusative	lipu	lipje	lipy
Instrumental	lipu	lipoma	lipami
Locative	lipje	lipoma	lipach

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lipa

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

Verb

lipa

1. third-person singular present of lipaś

Alternative forms

• lipjo

Further reading

• 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

Polish

lipa sense 1

lipa sense 2

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ

Proto-Slavic *lipa

Polish lipa

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lipa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.pa/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of lipa

	singular	plural
nominative	lipa	lipy
genitive	lipy	lip
dative	lipie	lipom
accusative	lipę	lipy
instrumental	lipą	lipami
locative	lipie	lipach
vocative	lipo	lipy

Derived terms

adjectives

• lipny
• lipowaty

adverbs

• na lipę

nouns

• lipina

Related terms

adverbs

• lipnie

nouns

• lipność

Further reading

• “lipa”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “lipa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• lipa in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

lipa

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lȉpa f (Cyrillic spelling ли̏па)

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

Declension

Declension of lipa

	singular	plural
nominative	lȉpa	lipe
genitive	lipe	lȋpā
dative	lipi	lipama
accusative	lipu	lipe
vocative	lipo	lipe
locative	lipom	lipama
instrumental	lipi	lipama

Derived terms

• lípac
• lìpan
• lȋpanj

Further reading

• “lipa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

balíček cigariet značky Lipa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎipa/, (high register) [ˈʎipa], (common) [ˈlipa]
• Rhymes: -ipa
• Hyphenation: li‧pa

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Balto-Slavic *léiˀpāˀ

Proto-Slavic *lipa

Slovak lipa

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

Noun

lipa f (relational adjective lipový, diminutive lipka, augmentative lipisko)

1. linden tree, Tilia

Declension

Declension of lipa
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	lipa	lipy
genitive	lipy	líp
dative	lipe	lipám
accusative	lipu	lipy
locative	lipe	lipách
instrumental	lipou	lipami

Derived terms

• lipovina
• lipovec

Etymology 2

From Lipa, a defunct Czechoslovak cigarette brand.

Noun

lipa f

1. (colloquial) A cigarette, made by Lipa brand

Further reading

• “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, 2003–2026

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lìːpa/

Noun

lípa f

1. linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

Declension

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

Further reading

• “lipa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Swahili

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-lipa (infinitive kulipa)

1. to pay

Conjugation

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.

Derived terms

• 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”)

Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of lipa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	lipa		lipas
supine	lipat		lipats
imperative	lipa		—
imper. plural1	lipen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	lipar	lipade	lipas	lipades
ind. plural1	lipa	lipade	lipas	lipades
subjunctive2	lipe	lipade	lipes	lipades
present participle		lipande
past participle		—

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

Derived terms

• lipsill (“crybaby”)

See also

• böla (“bawl”)

References

• “lipa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “lipa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “lipa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• lipa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lipá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ)

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

   Synonyms: lipang-kalabaw, lipang-lalaki

Derived terms

• kalipahan
• Lipa
• lipang-aso
• lipang-kalabaw
• lipang-kastila
• lipang-lalaki

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lipà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ) (dialectal)

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lipà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ) (obsolete)

1. dizziness while walking (leading to stumbles)

Derived terms

• ilipa
• lipaan
• maglipa
• maglipaan

Anagrams

• ilap, lapi, pali, pila

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀pa.

Verb

-lipa (infinitive kulipa)

1. to pay

References

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[4], Central Africana Limited, page 65

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

lipa

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlipa/

Noun

lipa f

1. linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

Declension

Declension of lipa (feminine hard stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lipa	lipje	lipy
genitive	lipy	lipow	lipow
dative	lipje	lipomaj	lipam
accusative	lipu	lipje	lipy
instrumental	lipu	lipomaj	lipami
locative	lipje	lipomaj	lipach
vocative	lipa	lipje	lipy

Yao (Africa)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀pa (“to pay - region P”).

Verb

-lipa (infinitive kulipa)

1. to recompense (pay a fine as punishment for a crime or offence)

Derived terms

• -lipila (“to pay”)

References

• Ciyawo - English Dictionary: Dikishonale ja Ŵakulijiganya