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zipa

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English

Noun

zipa (plural zipas)

  1. (historical) A ruler in the southern area of Muisca.
    Coordinate term: zaque

Anagrams

Lingala

Etymology

See the Lingala verb ziba.

Verb

-zipa (infinitive kozipa)

  1. to close
  2. to cover

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Krasnowolski suggests a connection to zipnąć - seems possible”)

Pronunciation

Noun

zipa f

  1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) synonym of skrzele

Further reading

  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879), “zipa”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 311
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Portuguese

Verb

zipa

  1. inflection of zipar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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