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Borrowed from Malay nipah.

 
nipa (Nypa fruticans) palms growing along a river in Vietnam
  • IPA(key): /ˈniːpə/, /ˈnʌɪpə/
  • Hyphenation: ni‧pa

nipa (countable and uncountable, plural nipas)

  1. A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.
  2. A liquor made from the sap of nipa palms.
  3. The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses.

tree of the species Nypa fruticans

From Cocopa ɲipa.

  • IPA(key): /ˈniːpɑ/, /ˈniːpə/
  • Hyphenation: ni‧pa

nipa (uncountable)

  1. 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

  1. human being

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (swamp palm).

  • IPA(key): /ˈnipa/ [ˈn̪i.pa]
  • Hyphenation: ni‧pa

nipà (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜉ)

  1. nipa palm (Nypa fruticans)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (swamp palm).

  • IPA(key): /ˈnipaʔ/ [ˈn̪i.pɐʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ni‧pa

nipà (Badlit spelling ᜈᜒᜉ)

  1. a palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans
  2. the leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (swamp palm).

nipa

  1. nipa palm

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (swamp palm).

  • IPA(key): /ˈnipa/ [ˈni.pa]
  • Hyphenation: ni‧pa

nípa

  1. nipa palm

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (swamp palm).

  • IPA(key): /ˈnipaʔ/ [ˈni.pɐʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ni‧pa

nipà (Kur-itan spelling ᜈᜒᜉ)

  1. nipa palm

nipa

  1. nipa palm

nipa

  1. Alternative form of níba

From Malay nipah.

nipa f (plural nipas)

  1. nipa, a palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (swamp palm).

nipa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜉ)

  1. nipa palm

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (swamp palm).

  • IPA(key): /ˈnipaʔ/, [ˈni.paʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ni‧pa

nipà

  1. nipa palm

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq (swamp palm).

nipa

  1. nipa palm