vaps

English

Noun

vaps

  1. (Trinidad and Tobago) A sudden, strong urge to do something.
    I caught a vaps.

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vapsa-, borrowing from a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian vapsva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑps/, [ˈvɑpˑs]

Noun

vaps

  1. wasp

Declension

Declension of vaps (80)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) vaps vapsūd
genitive (genitīv) vaps vapsūd
partitive (partitīv) vapsõ vapsīdi
dative (datīv) vapsõn vapsūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) vapsõks vapsūdõks
illative (illatīv) vapsõ vapsīž
inessive (inesīv) vapsõs vapsīs
elative (elatīv) vapsõst vapsīst

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “vaps”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
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