lapad

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈpad/
  • Hyphenation: la‧pad

Noun

lapád (Basahan spelling ᜎᜉᜇ᜔)

  1. a pint (for alcoholic beverages, e.g. rum)
    Synonym: pinta

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧pad
  • IPA(key): /laˈpad/

Adjective

lapad

  1. broad; wide in extent or scope
  2. (of a person) plump

Noun

lapad

  1. a glass bottle resembling a hip flask
  2. a measure of liquid equal to the volume of the contents of such bottle
  3. the ten thousand yen bill

Verb

lapad

  1. to widen; to broaden
  2. (of clothing) to alter to a bigger size
  3. (of a person) to become plumper
  4. to measure using a lapad bottle
  5. to flatter

Quotations

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Anagrams

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *lapad (“wide”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *də(m)paD (“flat and wide”). Compare Pangasinan lapar, Bikol Central lapat, Asi yapar, Cebuano lapad, Aklanon eapad, and Betawi dampar.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈlapad/ (“wideness; extensiveness; extent; width”, noun)
    • IPA(key): /laˈpad/ (“flatness; broadness; act of hitting with the broad side of a bolo”, noun; “flat and broad”, adjective)
  • Syllabification: la‧pad

Noun

lapad (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜇ᜔)

  1. wideness
    Synonyms: kalaparan, kaluwangan
  2. extensiveness
    Synonyms: lawak, kalawakan
  3. extent
    Synonyms: laki, kalakhan
  4. width; breadth
    Synonym: luwang

Derived terms

Noun

lapád (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜇ᜔)

  1. flatness; broadness (of an object)
    Synonym: pagkalapad
  2. act of hitting someone with the broad side of a bolo
  3. white sardinella (Sardinella albella)

Adjective

lapád (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜇ᜔)

  1. flat and broad (of an object)

Further reading

  • “lapad”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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