mapuje

Mapuje is the third-person singular present tense form of the Polish verb mapować, meaning to map. The infinitive maps onto English “to map,” while its present forms include mapuję (I map), mapujesz (you map), and mapuje (he/she/it maps). The verb is widely used in technical and scientific Polish, reflecting the influence of English in fields such as computing, data processing, and geographic information systems. It is an imperfective verb, indicating an ongoing or repeated action rather than a completed one.

In usage, mapuje commonly takes a direct object such as dane (data), kolumny (columns), or teren (area). Examples: On mapuje dane z jednej bazy do drugiej (He maps data from one database to another). Aplikacja mapuje kolumny wejściowe na pola docelowe (The application maps input columns to target fields). In mathematical or theoretical contexts, mapuje is used to describe a mapping function: f: X → Y, która mapuje elementy X na elementy Y.

Etymology and adoption: mapować is a relatively recent addition to Polish technical vocabulary, formed from the noun mapa (map) with the Polish verb suffix -ować, a pattern common for importing technical terms from English. The term is standard in contemporary Polish, particularly in IT, GIS, database work, and discussions of functions and transformations.

Related forms include mapowałem/mapowałaem (I/you he/she mapped in past), mapować (infinitive), and other person/tense variations. The word does not have separate unrelated meanings in standard Polish, aside from different grammatical forms of the same verb.