ripon

See also: Ripon

English

Alternative forms

• rippon

Etymology

After the city of Ripon, famous for their manufacture.

Noun

ripon (plural ripons)

1. (obsolete, UK, slang) A spur (goad for a horse etc.).

Anagrams

• orpin, ponir, porin, prion, proin

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.pon/

Verb

ripon

1. plural preterite indicative of rīpan

Saisiyat

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Taiwanese Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún).

Proper noun

ripon

1. Japan (a country in Asia)

References

• “ripon”, in 原住民族語言線上辭典 [Online Dictionary of Indigenous Languages]‎^[1] (in Mandarin), Taipei: 財團法人原住民族語言研究發展基金會 [Indigenous Languages Research and Development Foundation], 2014–2026