"lappa" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "From English lap (“a stroke somewhere between a pull and a sweep”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lappas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lappa (plural lappas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Indian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cricket",
          "orig": "en:Cricket",
          "parents": [
            "Ball games",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Mukul Kesavan, Keshwani Mukul, Men in White (page 12)",
          "text": "When the ball bounced, the open stance was a good preliminary position from which to play the cross-batted swipe or lappa."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cross-batted swipe."
      ],
      "id": "en-lappa-en-noun-fKLFXERO",
      "links": [
        [
          "cricket",
          "cricket"
        ],
        [
          "cross-batted",
          "cross bat"
        ],
        [
          "swipe",
          "swipe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cricket, India) A cross-batted swipe."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "India"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "cricket",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lappa"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lappas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lappa (plural lappas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1982, Claire Polakoff, African Textiles and Dyeing Techniques, Routledge, →ISBN, page 224:",
          "text": "Asi clutched her child to her, then wrapped the lifeless body in the lappa which was her own skirt.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Nana Akua Kyerewaa Opokuwaa, Akan Protocol: Remembering the Traditions of Our Ancestors, iUniverse edition [self-published], published 2005, →ISBN, page 69:",
          "text": "In the colder climates of the Diaspora, women wear leotards, tights or exercise pants under the slip lappa to keep the body warm.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "1998, Love P. Maya, Off the Village Mat: A Novel, 2003 WRITERSWORLD edition [self-published?], →ISBN, page 56,\nThe lappa was tied over a white short-sleeved lace blouse."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An African waist scarf."
      ],
      "id": "en-lappa-en-noun-TFH6avW5",
      "links": [
        [
          "African",
          "African"
        ],
        [
          "waist",
          "waist"
        ],
        [
          "scarf",
          "scarf"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lappa"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "From English lap (“a stroke somewhere between a pull and a sweep”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lappas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lappa (plural lappas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Indian English",
        "en:Cricket"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Mukul Kesavan, Keshwani Mukul, Men in White (page 12)",
          "text": "When the ball bounced, the open stance was a good preliminary position from which to play the cross-batted swipe or lappa."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cross-batted swipe."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cricket",
          "cricket"
        ],
        [
          "cross-batted",
          "cross bat"
        ],
        [
          "swipe",
          "swipe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cricket, India) A cross-batted swipe."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "India"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "cricket",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lappa"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lappas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lappa (plural lappas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1982, Claire Polakoff, African Textiles and Dyeing Techniques, Routledge, →ISBN, page 224:",
          "text": "Asi clutched her child to her, then wrapped the lifeless body in the lappa which was her own skirt.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Nana Akua Kyerewaa Opokuwaa, Akan Protocol: Remembering the Traditions of Our Ancestors, iUniverse edition [self-published], published 2005, →ISBN, page 69:",
          "text": "In the colder climates of the Diaspora, women wear leotards, tights or exercise pants under the slip lappa to keep the body warm.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "1998, Love P. Maya, Off the Village Mat: A Novel, 2003 WRITERSWORLD edition [self-published?], →ISBN, page 56,\nThe lappa was tied over a white short-sleeved lace blouse."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An African waist scarf."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "African",
          "African"
        ],
        [
          "waist",
          "waist"
        ],
        [
          "scarf",
          "scarf"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lappa"
}