lapah

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lapah, from Classical Malay لاڤه (lapah), from Proto-Malayic *lapah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaq, from Proto-Austronesian *lapaq.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: la‧pah

Verb

lapah

  1. to skin; to flay; to fleece
  2. to chop into pieces (of slaughtered cattle)
  3. to tear, to pull apart, to rip with violence

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Attested in the Hikayat Iskandar Dzulkarnain, 1713 AD, as Classical Malay لاڤه (lapah).

From Proto-Malayic *lapah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaq, from Proto-Austronesian *lapaq.

Pronunciation

Verb

lapah (Jawi spelling لاڤه)

  1. to flay; to skin; to strip; to tear off the skin

Usage notes

Especially used of skinning animals for the market or kitchen.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: lapah

Further reading

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lapah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaq, from Proto-Austronesian *lapaq.

Verb

lapah

  1. to swallow; to gulp down; to devour (as animals do to their prey)