Is there a っぱ suffix? If so, what does it mean?


I am trying to understand the lyrics to [Matsumoto Bon
Bon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaQQqHgKMnQ). Particularly the line in
bold:

> 松本 ぼん ぼん
>
> 城のまち
>
> 山にみどりの 風吹けば
>
> **杉っぱ 青っぱ 青山さまが**
>
> 堀のむこうから 町のつじ
>
> どっこい じんじょ

I tried to look for
[青っぱ](http://tangorin.com/general/%E9%9D%92%E3%81%A3%E3%81%B1) but the only
result is for あおっぱな, which is:

> green snot (hanging from a child's nose, etc.)

I did not find 杉っぱ in the dictionary either.

Is there a "っぱ" suffix that has some well defined meaning in Japanese?




杉っぱ means 杉【すぎ】の葉【は】 "cedar leaves" and 青っぱ means 青葉【あおば】 "green (fresh)
leaves".

Of course 葉っぱ [is a word in
itself](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/9420/1628). My guess would be
that it is more a geminated version of 葉【は】 than it is a borrowing of っぱ in
葉っぱ, but it may be a combination of both! In any case, っぱ is _not_ a
productive suffix meaning "leaf of ..." and you can probably think of 杉っぱ and
青っぱ as an instance of poetic license.




杉っぱ means 杉【すぎ】の葉【は】 "cedar leaves" and 青っぱ means 青葉【あおば】 "green (fresh)
leaves".

Of course 葉っぱ [is a word in
itself](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/9420/1628). My guess would be
that it is more a geminated version of 葉【は】 than it is a borrowing of っぱ in
葉っぱ, but it may be a combination of both! In any case, っぱ is _not_ a
productive suffix meaning "leaf of ..." and you can probably think of 杉っぱ and
青っぱ as an instance of poetic license.

