vaps

English

Noun

vaps

1. (Trinidad and Tobago) A sudden, strong urge to do something.

   I caught a vaps.

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vapsa-, borrowing from a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian vapsva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑps/, [ˈvɑpˑs]

Noun

vaps

1. wasp

Declension

Declension of vaps (80)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	vaps	vapsūd
genitive (genitīv)	vaps	vapsūd
partitive (partitīv)	vapsõ	vapsīdi
dative (datīv)	vapsõn	vapsūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	vapsõks	vapsūdõks
illative (illatīv)	vapsõ	vapsīž
inessive (inesīv)	vapsõs	vapsīs
elative (elatīv)	vapsõst	vapsīst

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “vaps”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎ (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra