Noun: ripa
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | ripa |
| Plural f | ripas |
Sample Sentences
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1455, Ferro Couselo, X. (ed.) A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 303:
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destroiron moytas casas et birtaron moytas tellas, cangos et ripias
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they destroyed many houses and broke many roof tiles, rafters and ripas
Nouns inflected like ripa
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested since the 13th century. Probably from Suevic *rippia, or else from a late Visigothic cognate of it, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“arch, ceiling, cover”).
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