Lappish

Lapp

L0046000 (lăp)n. Often Offensive A Sami.

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[Swedish, from Old Swedish lapper, piece, perhaps of Finnish origin.]

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Lap′pish (lăp′ĭsh) adj.

Lappish

(ˈlæpɪʃ) adj1. (Peoples) of or relating to the Lapps, a nomadic people living chiefly in N Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula of Russia, or their language2. (Languages) of or relating to the Lapps, a nomadic people living chiefly in N Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula of Russia, or their languagen (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family

Thesaurus

Noun

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Lappish - any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assumed to be Uralic languagesLappicUralic, Uralic language - a family of Ural-Altaic languagesLapp, Saame, Saami, Same, Sami - the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula

Translations

lingua lapponeлапландский