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nipa (countable and uncountable, plural nipas)
- A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.
- A liquor made from the sap of nipa palms.
- The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses.
tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- Bikol Central: nipa (bcl)
- Burmese: ဓနိ (my) (dha.ni.)
- Cebuano: nipa
- Central Melanau: nyipak
- Dupaningan Agta: nipa
- Hiligaynon: nipa
- Iban: apong
- Ilocano: nipa
- Indonesian: nipah (id)
- Japanese: ニッパヤシ (nippa-yashi)
- Malay: nipah
- Maranao: nipa
- Mon: ကၞိ (mnw) (kni)
- Portuguese: nipa f
- Tagalog: nipa, sasa, pawid
- Ternate: bobo
- Thai: จาก (th) (jàak)
- Vietnamese: dừa nước (vi)
- Waray-Waray: nipa
- West Coast Bajau: tuug
- “nipa, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2003.
- Nypa fruticans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
nipa (uncountable)
- Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, Palmer's grass.
- Synonym: nipa grass
2012, S.L. Pearlsteina, R.S. Felgera, E.P. Glenna, J. Harringtond, K.A. Al-Ghaneme, S.G. Nelson, “Nipa (Distichlis palmeri): A perennial grain crop for saltwater irrigation”, in Journal of Arid Environments, →DOI, page 60:
The perennial saltgrass nipa (Distichlis palmeri, Poaceae) is endemic to northern Gulf of California tidal marshes flooded with hypersaline seawater.
2013 April 17, Eric Toensmeier, “Perennial Cereal Grains: A Promise Requiring Patience and Prioritization”, in Perennial Solutions[1]:
Once a staple of the Cocopa people, wild populations of nipa have been greatly reduced due to dams and other watershed disruptions.
- Nipa grass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Distichlis palmeri on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
nipa
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).
nipà (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜉ)
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).
nipà (Badlit spelling ᜈᜒᜉ)
- a palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans
- the leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:nipa.
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).
nipa
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).
nípa
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).
nipà (Kur-itan spelling ᜈᜒᜉ)
nipa
nipa
- Alternative form of níba
nipa f (plural nipas)
- nipa, a palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈnipa/ [ˈn̪iː.pɐ]
- Rhymes: -ipa
- Syllabification: ni‧pa
nipa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜉ)
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).
nipà
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (“swamp palm”).
nipa