lappa

lappa (plural lappas)

1. An African waist scarf.
   • 1982, Claire Polakoff, African Textiles and Dyeing Techniques, Routledge, →ISBN, page 224,

     Asi clutched her child to her, then wrapped the lifeless body in the lappa which was her own skirt.

   • 1997, Nana Akua Kyerewaa Opokuwaa, Akan Protocol: Remembering the Traditions of Our Ancestors, 2005 iUniverse edition [self-published], →ISBN, page 69,

     In the colder climates of the Diaspora, women wear leotards, tights or exercise pants under the slip lappa to keep the body warm.

   • 1998, Love P. Maya, Off the Village Mat: A Novel, 2003 WRITERSWORLD edition [self-published?], →ISBN, page 56,

     The lappa was tied over a white short-sleeved lace blouse.

• appal, papal

lappa (lontara ᨒᨄ)

1. joint

From Latin lappa.

• Rhymes: -appa

lappa f (plural lappe)

1. burdock

lappa

1. third-person singular present indicative of lappare
2. second-person singular imperative of lappare

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). See also Latin labium and lambō.

lappa f (genitive lappae); first declension

1. burdock

First declension.

• lappa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lappa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lappa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lappa in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly