nipa' noun English. A cultivated palm whose stalk scarcely grows above ground and whose fronds are used commercially as a roofing and weaving material. Example sentence: Subanen. Sug balayu, tekleban ku sia nipa', laak ndi'u megaga seluyay, piksegatus bu lima pulu'i segatus paud dun. English. I would like to roof my house with nipa, but I can't afford it, at 150 pesos for 100 sheets. Generic. mula