lāpsta

Etymology
Derived from 🇨🇬 dialectal (q.v.) (cf. 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬) with a vowel and a suffix -stā (cf. dialectal variant ). Ultimately from the same stem as (q.v.). The original meaning of was probably “paw, foot, sole”, from which “instrument for digging (like a paw, foot, sole)”. (Another possibility: from the original stem a noun could be formed with the meaning “(cut off) plate”; cf. 🇨🇬 < ). Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 dialectal “track, footprints”), 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) shovel, spade a tool for digging with a metal blade and a long handle
 * 2) spadeful, shovelful the amount that can be moved with a spade, a shovel
 * 3) blade a part of certain machines that resembles the blade of a shovel
 * 4) blade the flat end of an oar or paddle
 * 5) a flat, wide, shovel-like horn structure (e.g., on an elk)
 * 1) spadeful, shovelful the amount that can be moved with a spade, a shovel
 * 2) blade a part of certain machines that resembles the blade of a shovel
 * 3) blade the flat end of an oar or paddle
 * 4) a flat, wide, shovel-like horn structure (e.g., on an elk)
 * 1) blade a part of certain machines that resembles the blade of a shovel
 * 2) blade the flat end of an oar or paddle
 * 3) a flat, wide, shovel-like horn structure (e.g., on an elk)
 * 1) blade the flat end of an oar or paddle
 * 2) a flat, wide, shovel-like horn structure (e.g., on an elk)