Plautdietsch

Noun

Stap f ‎(plural Stapen)

1. field, prairie

Synonyms

• Felt
• Flekj

Derived terms

• Stapfia (field fire)
• Stapmus (prairie gopher)
• Stapwajch (lane between fields)

See also

• Hus
• Staul
• Boom
• Wajch
• Ieed

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *stap, stepe, from Proto-Germanic *stapiz. More at step.

Noun

Stap m

1. step; footstep
2. stride; gait; pace

Synonyms

• Stappe

Related terms

• stappe

English

Verb

stap ‎(third-person singular simple present staps, present participle stapping, simple past and past participle stapped)

1. (obsolete) Eye dialect spelling of stop.

Derived terms

• stap my vitals

Anagrams

• APTS, past, pats, spat, taps

Albanian

Alternative forms

• zdap

Etymology

Possibly a borrowing from Germanic *stabaz, compare Old English stæf, Dutch staf, German Stab, Swedish stav, all meaning 'stick, staff'.

Noun

stap m

1. stick, staff

Related terms

• zhdëp

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

stap

1. female goat
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Stap. Capra.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑp
• IPA^(key): /stɑp/

Noun

stap m ‎(plural stappen, diminutive stapje n)

1. step

Derived terms

• voetstap

Verb

stap

1. first-person singular present indicative of stappen
2. imperative of stappen

Anagrams

• past, spat, taps

Scots

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- ‎(“to push, stick”).

Verb

stap ‎(third-person singular present staps, present participle stappin, past stappeet, past participle stappeet)

1. (South Scots) to push (something into something); to force (something into something)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English stop

Verb

stap

1. To be

   Balus i stap long graun. The airplane is on the ground.

   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:26 (translation here):

     Bihain God i tok olsem, “Nau yumi wokim ol manmeri bai ol i kamap olsem yumi yet. Bai yumi putim ol i stap bos bilong ol pis na ol pisin na bilong olgeta kain animal na bilong olgeta samting bilong graun.”

Particle

stap

1. Used to form the progressive tense.

   Em i go i stap. He is going.

   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:9 (translation here):

     Namel long dispela gaden i gat wanpela diwai i stap, em diwai bilong givim laip.

See also

Tok Pisin tense markers:

• pinis (past perfect tense)
• bin (simple past tense)
• stap (progressive tense)
• bai/baimbai (future tense)