trippa

Icelandic

Noun

trippa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of trippi

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Arabic تَرْب (tarb, bowels), or from a Celtic root connected with Old Irish tarpán (bunch of grapes). Compare Spanish tripa and Portuguese tripa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrip.pa/
  • Rhymes: -ippa
  • Hyphenation: trìp‧pa

Noun

trippa f (plural trippe)

  1. tripe (food)
    Synonym: (regional) busecca
  2. (informal, humorous) paunch, belly

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²trɪpːɑ/

Etymology 1

Compare Swedish trippa.

Verb

trippa (present tense trippar, past tense trippa, past participle trippa, passive infinitive trippast, present participle trippande, imperative trippa/tripp)

  1. to walk with short, light footsteps
    • 1878, John Lie, Vaarsaang:
      Naa trippar Erla i Toni gla, Aa Rei seg byggjer av Straa og Bla.
      Now the wagtail walks with happy sound, building its nest of straw and leaf.

Etymology 2

From English trip.

Verb

trippa (present tense trippar, past tense trippa, past participle trippa, passive infinitive trippast, present participle trippande, imperative trippa/tripp)

  1. (slang) to trip (e.g. on LSD)

References

Swedish

Etymology 1

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk trippa

Verb

trippa (present trippar, preterite trippade, supine trippat, imperative trippa)

  1. to walk with short, light footsteps

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English trip

Verb

trippa (present trippar, preterite trippade, supine trippat, imperative trippa)

  1. (colloquial) to trip (on psychoactive drugs)
Conjugation

References

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