chipa

See also: chipá

English

Etymology

From Guaraní chipa.

Noun

chipa (plural chipas)

1. A kind of baked cheese-flavoured roll eaten in Paraguay.

Anagrams

• Picha, paich

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.pa/
• Homophones: chipas, chipât

Verb

chipa

1. third-person singular past historic of chiper

Garo

Verb

chipa

1. to insert
2. to close

Guaraní

Noun

chipa

1. chipa (cheese roll)

Ibatan

Noun

chipa

1. spit; spittle

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃipa/

Adjective

chipa

1. cheap

   Antonym: chera

   • 2010, “Partaka”, in Habemus LIA, page 97:

     ... qui pose divenabas granda vendeyi specaligita pri irgo chipa, ne nur nova, ma anke uzita.

     ... which had later become big markets specialized for anything cheap, not only new, but also used.

Derived terms

• chipigar (“to cheapen, debase, lower”)
• chipeso (“cheapness”)

Descendants

• → Esperanto: ĉipa

Portuguese

Verb

chipa

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

Shona

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nguni language (compare Northern Ndebele -tshipa), from English cheap.

Verb

-chipa (infinitive kuchipa)

1. be cheap, be inexpensive

   Antonym: -dhura

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃipa/ [ˈt͡ʃi.pa]
• Rhymes: -ipa
• Syllabification: chi‧pa

Noun

chipa f (plural chipas)

1. (Colombia) basket
2. (Colombia) roll (something with a cylindrical shape)
3. chipa

Derived terms

• chipera
• chipero

 

Further reading

• “chipa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28