rapu

• krapu (archaic)

Borrowed from Swedish krabba, via the earlier form krapu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑpu/, [ˈrɑpu]
• Rhymes: -ɑpu
• Syllabification^(key): ra‧pu

rapu

1. European crayfish, noble crayfish, broad-fingered crayfish, Astacus astacus
2. signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus.
3. crayfish, crawfish (Southern US), crawdad (central and western US), freshwater lobster, mountain lobster, mudbug (US, rare), yabby (Australia) (freshwater decapod crustacean resembling small lobster)
4. decapod (any crustacean of the order Decapoda)
5. crab

Originally and still to most Finnish speakers the word rapu means primarily the species Astacus astacus as it is the only indigenous decapod crustacean of significant size in Finland. The meaning has gradually expanded, and currently Astacus astacus is often called jokirapu, especially if there's a risk of confusion.

• (Astacus astacus): jokirapu
• (Pacifastacus leniusculus): täplärapu
• (crab): taskurapu
• (decapod): rapueläin, kymmenjalkainen

• ravustaa
• ravustus
• ravustuskausi

• hummeri

• paru, pura

From Latin rāpum. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *rap-. Compare Italian rapa, French rave, Venetian rava.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʐa.pʊ/, [ˈʐa.pʊ]
• Rhymes: -apu
• Hyphenation: rà‧pu

rapu m (plural rapi)

1. common evening-primrose, Oenothera biennis (the plant and its grain)

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾa.pu]

rapu

1. (transitive) to slap

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh