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Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *laq(ə)nab (“to overflow, flood, of a river”). Compare Ilocano nabnab, Aklanon eanab, Cebuano lanap / lunop, and Malay lenyap.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lanáp (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈᜉ᜔)
- extensively inundated or flooded
Noun
lanap (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈᜉ᜔)
- extensive inundation; extensive flooding (of a wide area)
- extensively flooded wide area
Further reading
- “lanap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*laq(e)nab”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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