лопа

Possibly a Baltic loanword; compare Latgalian lopa, Latvian lapa (“leaf”).

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лопа • (lopa)

1. leaf

   Чувттнэстэ зярс эзь пра вейкеяк лопа.

   Čuvttneste źars eź pra vejkejak lopa .

   Not a single leaf has fallen from the trees yet.

   • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 91:

     Sajede primer smokvań tšuvtosto; źardo taradanzo sońze už tševtemit i lopat noldavit, seste sodasynk, meks malaso kize tši.

     Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.

2. page

   конёвонь лопа ― końovoń lopa ― a sheet of paper

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• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “лопа”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Possibly borrowed from a Baltic language, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lápas (“leaf”) (compare Latvian lapa, Latgalian lopa and Lithuanian lapas). Cognates include Erzya лопа (lopa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlopa/
• Rhymes: -opa
• Hyphenation: ло‧па

лопа • (lopa)

1. leaf

• V. I. Shchankina (1993) “лопа”, in Мокшень-рузонь валкс [Moksha-Russian dictionary], Saransk: MKI, →ISBN, page 81