The language of the Lapp peoples.
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lapp
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for lapp.
Editorial note
Someone alive today would have to become a common ancestor of every Lapp in Finland, every Aborigine in Australia, every Inuit in Nunavut, every Maori of Polynesia, every Falklander, every North Korean, and countless more groups that barely have any contact with the world community, let alone interbreeding.
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Quick take
The language of the Lapp peoples.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of lapp gathered in one view.
From Lapland or of the Lapp peoples
(dated, sometimes offensive) An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the Sami people.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for lapp.
noun
The language of the Lapp peoples.
See also: lapplander, sami
adjective
From Lapland or of the Lapp peoples
See also: lapplander, sami
noun
(dated, sometimes offensive) An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the Sami people.
See also: lapplander, sami
noun
(computing) A solution stack consisting of the Linux operating system, Apache web server, PostgreSQL database, and Perl, PHP or Python programming language.
See also: lapplander, sami
Example sentences
Someone alive today would have to become a common ancestor of every Lapp in Finland, every Aborigine in Australia, every Inuit in Nunavut, every Maori of Polynesia, every Falklander, every North Korean, and countless more groups that barely have any contact with the world community, let alone interbreeding.
So does this mean a strong link (of some sort or another) between Finnish and Saame (Lapp)?
I can be excluded, but here is an example: I have a hibernating project, called Lapp'd.
Lapp: Oh, we're glad all the English people got their Covid vaccines.
"I bet they could find a Basque, Lapp, or Chukchi speaker if they needed one quicker than most universities." That's probably where they get them.
But at other times, especially in Sweden, they went to the other extreme of segregation instead, under the "Lapp ska vara lapp" policy, where Sami were not allowed to get education, and those who failed to live up to the exotisized image (e.g.
Point was, I'm so "lapp-sjuk" ("Same disease", lack of human seeing humans) daily, I seem extrovert to people when I don't have my nose in a screen/book with headphones on.
Quote examples
"I bet they could find a Basque, Lapp, or Chukchi speaker if they needed one quicker than most universities." That's probably where they get them.
But at other times, especially in Sweden, they went to the other extreme of segregation instead, under the "Lapp ska vara lapp" policy, where Sami were not allowed to get education, and those who failed to live up to the exotisized image (e.g.
Point was, I'm so "lapp-sjuk" ("Same disease", lack of human seeing humans) daily, I seem extrovert to people when I don't have my nose in a screen/book with headphones on.
Proper noun examples
So does this mean a strong link (of some sort or another) between Finnish and Saame (Lapp)?
I can be excluded, but here is an example: I have a hibernating project, called Lapp'd.
Lapp: Oh, we're glad all the English people got their Covid vaccines.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use lapp in a sentence?
Someone alive today would have to become a common ancestor of every Lapp in Finland, every Aborigine in Australia, every Inuit in Nunavut, every Maori of Polynesia, every Falklander, every North Korean, and countless more groups that barely have any contact with the world community, let alone interbreeding.
What does lapp mean?
The language of the Lapp peoples.
What part of speech is lapp?
lapp is commonly used as noun, adjective.