tappa

See also: täppa

English

Noun

tappa (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of tapa (“cloth made from mulberry bark”)
   • 1846, Herman Melville, Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life:

     These marks produce the corduroy sort of stripes discernable in the tappa in its finished state.

Estonian

Verb

tappa

1. Da-infinitive of tapma.

Icelandic

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dab- (“to strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰebʰ- (“to beat, strike, stun, be speechless”). Related to German tappen (“to grope, fumble”), Dutch deppen (“to dab”). Related to dab.

Verb

tappa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tappaði, supine tappað)

1. (transitive, governs the dative) to put a liquid in a container, to bottle (ex : wine)
2. (transitive, governs the dative) to tap

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtap.pa/
• Rhymes: -appa
• Hyphenation: tàp‧pa

Etymology 1

From French étape.

Noun

tappa f (plural tappe)

1. stage, leg, lap, phase, milestone
2. rest, stop, halt

   Synonyms: sosta, fermata

Derived terms

• tappone

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tappa

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tapa (“to lose”). In the sense “to tap” from Middle Low German tappen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

tappa (present tappar, preterite tappade, supine tappat, imperative tappa)

1. to drop (something by mistake)
2. to lose

   Han tappade kontrollen över sitt drickande.

   He lost control of his drinking.

   Hon har tappat förståndet

   She has lost her mind

3. to tap; to draw off liquid from a vessel

Usage notes

• (tap): more often as tappa upp.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tappa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tappa		tappas
Supine	tappat		tappats
Imperative	tappa		—
Imper. plural1	tappen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tappar	tappade	tappas	tappades
Ind. plural1	tappa	tappade	tappas	tappades
Subjunctive2	tappe	tappade	tappes	tappades
	Participles
Present participle	tappande
Past participle	tappad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• tapp
• tappa av
• tappa bort
• tappa från
• tappa upp
• tappad bakom en vagn
• tappning

References

• tappa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tappa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tappa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tappadak, from Proto-Uralic *tappa-.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpːɑː/, [ˈtɑpːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑpːɑː
• Hyphenation: tap‧pa

Verb

tappa

1. (transitive) to kill
2. (transitive) to beat (flax)
3. (transitive) to spend (money)

Inflection

Conjugation of tappa (type III-2/õssa, pp-p gradation)
Indicative
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	tapan	en tapa	1st singular	õõn tappõnnu	en õõ tappõnnu
2nd singular	tapad	ed tapa	2nd singular	õõd tappõnnu	ed õõ tappõnnu
3rd singular	tapab	eb tapa	3rd singular	on tappõnnu	eb õõ tappõnnu
1st plural	tapammõ	emmä tapa	1st plural	õõmmõ tappõnnu	emmä õõ tappõnnu
2nd plural	tapattõ	että tapa	2nd plural	õõttõ tappõnnu	että õõ tappõnnu
3rd plural	tapõta	eväd tapa	3rd plural	õlla tapõttu	eväd õõ tapõttu
impersonal	tapõta	eväd tapa	impersonal	õlla tapõttu	eväd õõ tapõttu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	tapin	en tappõnnu	1st singular	õlin tappõnnu	—
2nd singular	tapid	ed tappõnnu	2nd singular	õlid tappõnnu	—
3rd singular	tappi	eb tappõnnu	3rd singular	õli tappõnnu	—
1st plural	tapimmõ	emmä tappõnnu	1st plural	õlimmõ tappõnnu	—
2nd plural	tapittõ	että tappõnnu	2nd plural	õlittõ tappõnnu	—
3rd plural	tapõtti	eväd tapõttu	3rd plural	õlti tapõttu	—
impersonal	tapõtti	eväd tapõttu	impersonal	õlti tapõttu	—
Conditional
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	tappaizin	en tappaizʹ	1st singular	õllõizin tappõnnu	en õllõizʹ tappõnnu
2nd singular	tappaizid	ed tappaizʹ	2nd singular	õllõizid tappõnnu	ed õllõizʹ tappõnnu
3rd singular	tappaizʹ	eb tappaizʹ	3rd singular	õllõizʹ tappõnnu	eb õllõizʹ tappõnnu
1st plural	tappaizimmõ	emmä tappaizʹ	1st plural	õllõizimmõ tappõnnu	emmä õllõizʹ tappõnnu
2nd plural	tappaizittõ	että tappaizʹ	2nd plural	õllõizittõ tappõnnu	että õllõizʹ tappõnnu
3rd plural	tapõttaizʹ	eväd tapõttaizʹ	3rd plural	õltaizʹ tapõttu	eväd õltaizʹ tapõttu
impersonal	tapõttaizʹ	eväd tapõttaizʹ	impersonal	õltaizʹ tapõttu	eväd õltaizʹ tapõttu
Imperative
Present
	positive	negative
1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	tapa	elä tapa
3rd singular	tappõgo	elko tappõgo
1st plural	—	—
2nd plural	tappaga	elka tappaga
3rd plural	tappõgod	—
impersonal	—	—
Nominal forms
Infinitives			Participles
				active	passive
1st		tappa	present	tappõjõ1)	—
2nd	illative	tappõma	past	tappõnnu	tapõttu
	inessive	tappõmõz	1) also used as the agent noun
	elative	tappõmõssõ
	abessive	tappõmõttõ

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “tappaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn