mappa

(Inglese)

1. (declension-1, feminine) napkin
2. (declension-1, feminine) starting signal
3. (New-Latin, declension-1, feminine) map

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈmap.pa]

Etimologia (Inglese)

Said by the Roman author Quintilian to be of Punic origin, perhaps from Phoenician 𐤌𐤀𐤐 (mʾp /⁠mappē⁠/), from Proto-Semitic *manpay, *manpiy- (“fine cloth, sieve”). Compare Israeli Hebrew מַפָּה (mappā́, “a map; a cloth”).