overwordExplorer
SWEDISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

lapa.

to lap (take up (liquid) with the tongue)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

verb/²lɑːpa/

  1. to lap (take up (liquid) with the tongue)

    Katten lapade mjölk

  2. to soak up (the sun)

    figuratively
    lapa sol
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Swedish lapa, from Proto-Germanic *lappōną, from Proto-Indo-European *leb-. Doublet of läppja.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

lapa has 4 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

lapa studiolapa workshello, lapa

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.