pepa

See also: Pepa and pêpa

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English paper.

Noun

pepa

1. paper
2. card

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pepper.

Noun

pepa

1. pepper

Italian

Verb

pepa

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

Maori

Etymology

Borrowed from English paper.

Noun

pepa

1. paper

Marshallese

Alternative forms

• peba

Etymology

Borrowed from English pepper, from Middle English peper, piper, from Old English piper, from West Germanic *piper, from Latin piper, from an Indo-Aryan source.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲɛbʲɑ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲɛpʲæɰ/
• Bender phonemes: {pepah}

Noun

pepa

1. pepper (Piperaceae)
2. a pepper (Capsicum)

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Niuean

Etymology

From English paper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.pa/, [ˈpɛpə]
• Hyphenation: pe‧pa

Noun

pepa

1. paper

Rotokas

Etymology

Borrowed from Tok Pisin pepa, from English paper.

Noun

pepa

1. paper

References

• Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English‎^[1], Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 73

Spanish

Etymology

See pepita.

Noun

pepa f (plural pepas)

1. (Latin America) pip, stone (seed inside fruits)
2. (Latin America) pepita, certain large edible seeds e.g. sunflower seed

   Synonym: pepita

3. nugget (small piece of metal especially gold)

   Synonym: pepita

4. (Latin America, slang) pill (recreational drug in pill-form especially amphetamine)
5. (Latin America, slang) clitoris
6. (Venezuela, informal) pimple

Related terms

• pepazo
• pepita
• pipa

 

Further reading

• “pepa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-pepa (infinitive kupepa)

1. to sway

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pepa
Positive present -napepa Subjunctive -pepe Negative -pepi Imperative singular pepa
Infinitives
Positive kupepa Negative kutopepa
Imperatives
Singular pepa Plural pepeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupepa Positive past positive subject concord + -lipepa Negative past negative subject concord + -kupepa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napepa) Singular Plural 1st person ninapepa/napepa tunapepa 2nd person unapepa mnapepa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapepa wanapepa other classes positive subject concord + -napepa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pepi) Singular Plural 1st person sipepi hatupepi 2nd person hupepi hampepi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapepi hawapepi other classes negative subject concord + -pepi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapepa Negative future negative subject concord + -tapepa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pepe) Singular Plural 1st person nipepe tupepe 2nd person upepe mpepe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apepe wapepe other classes positive subject concord + -pepe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipepe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepepa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepepa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipepa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipepa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apepa) Singular Plural 1st person napepa twapepa 2nd person wapepa mwapepa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apepa wapepa m-mi(III/IV) wapepa yapepa ji-ma(V/VI) lapepa yapepa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapepa vyapepa n(IX/X) yapepa zapepa u(XI) wapepa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapepa pa(XVI) papepa mu(XVIII) mwapepa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepepa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapepa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japepa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipepa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopepa Consecutive kapepa / positive subject concord + -kapepa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapepe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipepa -tupepa 2nd person -kupepa -wapepa/-kupepeni/-wapepeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpepa -wapepa m-mi(III/IV) -upepa -ipepa ji-ma(V/VI) -lipepa -yapepa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipepa -vipepa n(IX/X) -ipepa -zipepa u(XI) -upepa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupepa pa(XVI) -papepa mu(XVIII) -mupepa Reflexive -jipepa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pepa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pepaye -pepao m-mi(III/IV) -pepao -pepayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pepalo -pepayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pepacho -pepavyo n(IX/X) -pepayo -pepazo u(XI) -pepao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pepako pa(XVI) -pepapo mu(XVIII) -pepamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pepa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepepa -opepa m-mi(III/IV) -opepa -yopepa ji-ma(V/VI) -lopepa -yopepa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopepa -vyopepa n(IX/X) -yopepa -zopepa u(XI) -opepa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopepa pa(XVI) -popepa mu(XVIII) -mopepa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English pepper.

Noun

pepa

1. pepper

Etymology 2

From English paper.

Noun

pepa

1. paper
2. document
3. newspaper

Derived terms

• pekpek pepa (“toilet paper”)

Related terms

• niuspepa

Descendants

• → Rotokas: pepa