nipa

== English == === Alternative forms === nipah === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Malay nipah. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈniːpə/, /ˈnaɪpə/ Hyphenation: ni‧pa Rhymes: -iːpə, -aɪpə ==== Noun ==== nipa (countable and uncountable, plural nipas) A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans. A liquor made from the sap of nipa palms. The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses. ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== “nipa, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2003. Nypa fruticans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies === Etymology 2 === From Cocopa ɲipa. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) IPA(key): /ˈniːpɑ/, /ˈniːpə/ Hyphenation: ni‧pa Rhymes: -iːpɑ, -iːpə ==== Noun ==== nipa (uncountable) Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, Palmer's grass. Synonym: nipa grass ==== References ==== Nipa grass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Distichlis palmeri on Wikispecies.Wikispecies === See also === nipa hut === Anagrams === APNI, PAIN, PANI, Pain, pain, pian, pina, piña == Akan == === Noun === nipa human being == Cebuano == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnipaʔ/ [ˈn̪i.pɐʔ] Hyphenation: ni‧pa === Noun === nipà (Badlit spelling ᜈᜒᜉ) a palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans the leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:nipa. == Central Bikol == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnipa/ [ˈn̪i.pa] Hyphenation: ni‧pa === Noun === nipà (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜉ) nipa palm (Nypa fruticans) == Dupaningan Agta == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”). === Noun === nipa nipa palm == Hiligaynon == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnipa/ [ˈni.pa] Hyphenation: ni‧pa === Noun === nípa nipa palm == Ilocano == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnipaʔ/ [ˈni.pɐʔ] Hyphenation: ni‧pa === Noun === nipà (Kur-itan spelling ᜈᜒᜉ) nipa palm == Maranao == === Noun === nipa nipa palm == Old Irish == === Verb === nipa alternative form of níba == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === nypa fruticans, nypa palmeira nipa, palmeira de mangue === Etymology === From Malay nipah. === Pronunciation === === Noun === nipa f (plural nipas) nipa, a palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans === Further reading === “nipa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Tagalog == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”). Alternatively, borrowed from Philippine Spanish nipa, from Malay nipah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈnipa/ [ˈn̪iː.pɐ] Rhymes: -ipa Syllabification: ni‧pa === Noun === nipa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜉ) nipa palm Synonyms: sasa, pawid === Further reading === “nipa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “nipa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*nipaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI === Anagrams === pain, pa- -in == Waray-Waray == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnipaʔ/, [ˈni.paʔ] Hyphenation: ni‧pa === Noun === nipà nipa palm == Yogad == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”). === Noun === nipa nipa palm