jappa

jappa

1. third-person singular past historic of japper

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɟapːa/, [ˈɟʝap.pʰa]
• Hyphenation: jap‧pa

jappa (Lontara spelling ᨍᨄ)

1. walking; gait; one's run or walk

   Bajiki jappana ― It runs/walks well.

2. a foot (a unit of measurement)

   Patampulo jappa ― Forty feet (foot-lengths).

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

jappa (present jappar, preterite jappade, supine jappat, imperative jappa)

1. (slang, intransitive and transitive) alternative form of japp (“to have sex, to fuck”)

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