epa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "epa"

Galician

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛpa̝/, /ˈepa̝/

Interjection

epa!

1. oops!
2. hey!

References

• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “epa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin hēpar (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”), from Proto-Hellenic *yékʷər, from Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ (“liver”), derived from the root *Hyekʷ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.pa/
• Rhymes: -ɛpa
• Hyphenation: è‧pa

Noun

epa f (plural epe)

1. (archaic, literary) belly, stomach, abdomen
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXX”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 118–120; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     "Ricorditi, spergiuro, del cavallo",
     rispuose quel ch’avëa infiata l’epa;
     "e sieti reo che tutto il mondo sallo!".

     "Remember, o perjurer, the horse," replied the one with the inflated stomach, "and be it miserable for you [the fact] that the whole world knows it!"

References

• epa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Ape, ape

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *kepak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈepa]

Noun

epa (Lontara spelling ᨕᨙᨄ or 𑻱𑻵𑻣, definite epaya)

1. (anatomy) armpit

Māori

Noun

epa

1. wall post

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pɐ/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pɐ/

• Rhymes: -epɐ

Interjection

epa (Brazil)

1. hey (protest or reprimand)
2. oops (expression of surprise)

   Synonym: opa

Further reading

• “epa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “epa”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Sabu

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

epa

1. four

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìmba.

Verb

epa

1. to dig

Descendants

• → Phuthi: -yebha

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈepa/ [ˈe.pa]
• Rhymes: -epa
• Syllabification: e‧pa

Interjection

epa

1. (Argentina, Bolivia, Canary Islands, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, colloquial) hey!
2. (Canary Islands, South America, colloquial) whoops!

Further reading

• “epa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “epa”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-epa, from Common Bantu *-jèpa. Cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -epva.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-epa (infinitive kuepa)

1. to evade, dodge, avoid

Conjugation

Conjugation of -epa
Positive present -naepa Subjunctive -epe Negative -epi Imperative singular epa
Infinitives
Positive kuepa Negative kutoepa
Imperatives
Singular epa Plural epeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huepa Positive past positive subject concord + -liepa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuepa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naepa) Singular Plural 1st person ninaepa/naepa tunaepa 2nd person unaepa mnaepa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaepa wanaepa other classes positive subject concord + -naepa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -epi) Singular Plural 1st person siepi hatuepi 2nd person huepi hamwepi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haepi hawaepi other classes negative subject concord + -epi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taepa Negative future negative subject concord + -taepa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -epe) Singular Plural 1st person niepe tuepe 2nd person uepe mwepe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aepe waepe other classes positive subject concord + -epe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siepe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeepa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeepa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliepa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliepa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aepa) Singular Plural 1st person naepa twaepa 2nd person waepa mwaepa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aepa waepa m-mi(III/IV) waepa yaepa ji-ma(V/VI) laepa yaepa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaepa vyaepa n(IX/X) yaepa zaepa u(XI) waepa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaepa pa(XVI) paepa mu(XVIII) mwaepa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meepa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaepa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaepa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiepa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoepa Consecutive kaepa / positive subject concord + -kaepa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaepe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niepa -tuepa 2nd person -kuepa -waepa/-kuepeni/-waepeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwepa -waepa m-mi(III/IV) -uepa -iepa ji-ma(V/VI) -liepa -yaepa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiepa -viepa n(IX/X) -iepa -ziepa u(XI) -uepa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuepa pa(XVI) -paepa mu(XVIII) -muepa Reflexive -jiepa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -epa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -epaye -epao m-mi(III/IV) -epao -epayo ji-ma(V/VI) -epalo -epayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -epacho -epavyo n(IX/X) -epayo -epazo u(XI) -epao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -epako pa(XVI) -epapo mu(XVIII) -epamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -epa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeepa -oepa m-mi(III/IV) -oepa -yoepa ji-ma(V/VI) -loepa -yoepa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choepa -vyoepa n(IX/X) -yoepa -zoepa u(XI) -oepa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koepa pa(XVI) -poepa mu(XVIII) -moepa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• -kwepa

Related terms

• -epuka

Swedish

Alternative forms

• EPA

Etymology

See EPA.

Noun

epa c

1. (colloquial) alternative letter-case form of EPA
   1. (colloquial) synonym of epatraktor
   2. (nonstandard) synonym of A-traktor

Declension

Declension of epa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	epa	epas
definite	epan	epans
plural	indefinite	epor	epors
definite	eporna	epornas

Tok Pisin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

epa

1. stingray

References

• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 18