Feminine

mappa

Meaning

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈmap.pa]

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”).

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