hampa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -am̥pa

Verb

hampa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hampaði, supine hampað)

  1. to dandle
  2. to hold something up for show

Conjugation


Malay

Adjective

hampa

  1. empty
    Synonym: kosong

Further reading


Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from French hampe (shaft).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈampa/ [ˈãm.pa]
  • Rhymes: -ampa
  • Syllabification: ham‧pa

Noun

hampa f (plural hampas)

  1. underworld (part of society that is engaged in crime or vice)
    • 1997, Roberto Bolaño, “La nieve”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:
      Este tipo se llamaba Misha Semionovich Pavlov y era una especie de mago del hampa moscovita.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Derived terms

Further reading


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hampa, hamper, from Old Norse hampr, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz.

Noun

hampa c

  1. hemp

Descendants

  • Finnish: hamppu

Zou

Noun

hampa

  1. grass

References

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