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4-letter words (5 found)

LIPA,PAIL,PALI,PIAL,PILA,

3-letter words (6 found)

AIL,ALP,LAP,LIP,PAL,PIA,

2-letter words (6 found)

AI,AL,LA,LI,PA,PI,

You can make 17 words from lipa according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of lipa

lipa ilpa lpia plia ipla pila liap ilap laip alip ialp ailp lpai plai lapi alpi pali apli ipal pial iapl aipl pail apil

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Definitions and meaning of lipa

lipa

Noun

lipa (plural lipas or lipa)

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

Anagrams

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

Finnish

Etymology

Back-formation from lipoa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lipa (rare)

  1. Synonym of kieli (tongue (organ)).

Declension

Related terms

  • lipaista
  • lipoa

Anagrams

  • Alpi, alpi, pila

Lingala

Noun

lipa

  1. bread

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlipa/, [ˈlʲipa]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

lipa f inan

  1. linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)
Declension

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.pa/
  • Rhymes: -ipa
  • Syllabification: li‧pa

Noun

lipa f (diminutive lipka)

  1. linden, lime-tree, basswood (any tree of the genus Tilia)
  2. tea made from linden flowers
  3. (colloquial) a lie
  4. (colloquial) something of poor quality, very often jerry-built
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:badziewie

Declension

Further reading

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

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

Derived terms

  • lípac
  • lìpan
  • lȋpanj

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlipa]

Noun

lipa f

  1. linden tree, Tilia

Derived terms

  • lipka
  • lipový
  • lipovina
  • lipovec

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, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lìːpa/

Noun

lípa f

  1. linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

Inflection

Further reading

  • “lipa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-lipa (infinitive kulipa)

  1. to pay

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Verbal derivations:
    • Applicative: -lipia
    • Causative: -lipisha, -lipiza
    • Passive: -lipwa
    • Reciprocal: -lipana
    • Stative: -lipika
  • Nominal derivations:
    • malipizi
    • malipo (“payments; revenge”)
    • 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)
  3. (regional, central Sweden) to stick one's tongue out
    Synonym: räcka ut tungan

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • lipsill (“crybaby”)

See also

  • böla (“bawl”)

References

  • 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)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈpa/, [lɪˈpa]
  • Hyphenation: li‧pa

Noun

lipá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ)

  1. Dendrocnide meyeniana (a species of nettle-like plant)
    Synonyms: lipang-kalabaw, lipang-lalaki
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlipaʔ/, [ˈli.pɐʔ]
  • Hyphenation: li‧pa

Noun

lipà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ)

  1. (dialectal) asphalt-like soil used to harden the ground floor of houses on stilts
  2. (obsolete) dizziness while walking (leading to stumbles)

Anagrams

  • ilap, lapi, pali, pila

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

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

Noun

lipa f

  1. linden tree, lime tree (Tilia)

Source: wiktionary.org