impa

See also: impa'

Chickasaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *impa. Compare Choctaw impa, Alabama ipa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im.pa/

Verb

impa

1. (active voice, intransitive) to eat, to have a meal, to dine

   Synonym: apa

Inflection

Class I Verb Subjects (Active)

Verbs beginning with a vowel.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	impali impa-li	ilimpa il-impa	ilooimpa iloo-impa
2nd-person (you, you all)	ishimpa ish-impa	hashimpa hash-impa
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	impa	(hoo)impa (hoo-)impa

Derived terms

• aaimpa
• bashpo ishtimpaꞌ
• chofaak ishtimpaꞌ
• folosh ishtimpaꞌ
• ihímpa
• imimpa
• impachichi
• impaꞌ
• issoba ittiꞌ ibitop aaimpaꞌ
• kowimpaꞌ
• nittaki impa
• obyakaꞌ impa
• tabookoli impa
• ímpa
• í̱ꞌpa

Galician

Verb

impa

1. inflection of impar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Old English

Noun

impa m

1. alternative form of impe

Portuguese

Verb

impa

1. inflection of impar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of imponera. First attested in 1969.

Verb

impa (present impar, preterite impade, supine impat, imperative impa)

1. (colloquial) to impress

   att impa på någon

   to impress someone

   Han försökte impa på tjejerna genom att cykla på bakhjulet

   He tried to impress the girls by riding on the back wheel

   Jag är impad

   I'm impressed

Conjugation

Conjugation of impa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	impa		impas
supine	impat		impats
imperative	impa		—
imper. plural1	impen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	impar	impade	impas	impades
ind. plural1	impa	impade	impas	impades
subjunctive2	impe	impade	impes	impades
present participle		impande
past participle		impad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• “impa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “impa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)