わっぱ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
輪っぱ

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) わっぱ [wáꜜppà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
(Tokyo) わっぱ [wàppá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠p̚pa̠]

Noun

わっぱ • (wappa)

a wheel
a circular or round object
a rounded wooden bento box or similar box
(slang) a pair of handcuffs

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
童

Cognate with わらわ (warawa, “child”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) わっぱ [wáꜜppà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
(Tokyo) わっぱ [wàppá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠p̚pa̠]

Noun

わっぱ • (wappa)

(archaic) a child
child, kid, boy (used in scolding a child or male person)
(archaic) a young servant

Adverb

わっぱ • (wappa)

(archaic, usually followed by と (to)) yelling loudly

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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