dampa

See also: dämpa

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dam‧pa

Noun

dampa

1. a game where two or more people will aim to move a stack of rubber bands pass a service line or off an edge

Usage notes

• Each player will wager an agreed number of rubber bands and will determine who gets to go first by rock paper scissors. The rubber band is moved using air created by strucking the flat surface, near or around the stack, against a dome made by using both the player's hands. The rubber bands are won when directed pass the line or off the edge. The hands are not allowed to touch or clip the stack. Only the whole stack or an odd number of rubber bands are allowed, an even number of rubber bands pushed pass the line or off the edge are forfeited to the next player.

Verb

dampa

1. to attempt to move something using a burst of air by strucking a flat surface against a dome created using a person's two hands

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• dampet

Verb

dampa

1. inflection of dampe:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

dampa (present tense dampar, past tense dampa, past participle dampa, passive infinitive dampast, present participle dampande, imperative dampa/damp)

1. Alternative form of dampe

Swedish

Etymology

damp (“diagnosis similar to ADHD”) +‎ -a

Verb

dampa (present dampar, preterite dampade, supine dampat, imperative dampa)

1. (slang) to spazz out, to schizz out, to go crazy (lose one's temper, be hyperactive or wild, or the like)

   Läraren dampade loss på oss när han såg att vi ändrat skrivbordsbakgrunderna

   The teacher spazzed out on us when he saw that we had changed the desktop backgrounds

   Sluta dampa!

   Stop being so hyper!

   Efter festen åkte alla hem till Magnus och dampade loss

   After the party, everyone went to Magnus' house and went wild

   Tvättmaskinen dampade ur totalt när vi slängde in en tegelsten

   The washing machine went completely bonkers when we threw in a brick

Usage notes

Often with a particle like loss or ur.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dampa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	dampa		dampas
Supine	dampat		dampats
Imperative	dampa		—
Imper. plural1	dampen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	dampar	dampade	dampas	dampades
Ind. plural1	dampa	dampade	dampas	dampades
Subjunctive2	dampe	dampade	dampes	dampades
	Participles
Present participle	dampande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• balla ur
• flippa
• damp

References

• Slangopedia

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dangpa — obsolete

Etymology

Compare Kapampangan dangpa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /damˈpaʔ/, [dɐmˈpaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: dam‧pa

Noun

dampâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋ᜔ᜉ)

1. hut; hovel; cabin; shanty (poor and small)

   Synonym: kubo

Further reading

• “dampa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 128: “Cabaña) Dangpa (pp) pequeña en la ſementera ꝑa guar dalla”
  • page 151: “Caſilla) Dangpa (pc) dela ſementera”