lapar

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Basque

Pronunciation

Noun

lapar inan

  1. (Biscayan, Navarro-Lapurdian) Alternative form of lahar (bramble)

Declension

Further reading

  • lapar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • lapar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. From Proto-Germanic *lapjaną (to lick; lap) (compare Middle English lappen, Old High German laffen, French lamper). Compare with lamber (to lick), which derives of Latin lambere (lick), or Sicilian allappari~allippari.

Pronunciation

Verb

lapar (first-person singular present lapo, first-person singular preterite lapei, past participle lapado)

  1. to lick, to lap
  2. to quaff, to swig
  3. to slurp; to eat disorderly or compulsively
    • 1807, anonymous author, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros:
      é estou en que na quel dia / vos laparon todo aquelo / que non poideron vender / como quen vos toma a parva
      I have the idea that that day they slurped everything that couldn't sell, as if having a snack
  4. (figurative) to rob

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • lapacaldos (glutton, literally broth-lapper)

References

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lapar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaʀ. Cognate with Old Javanese lapa.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lapar

  1. hungry (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
    Synonym: beluran
    Lapar aku.
    I'm hungry.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lapar, from Proto-Malayic *lapar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaʀ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lapar

  1. hungry

Derived terms

Verb

lapar

  1. to be hungry (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
    Saya lapar.
    I am hungry.

See also

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lapar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaʀ. Cognate with Old Javanese lapa and Sundanese palay.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lapar (Jawi spelling لاڤر)

  1. hungry (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
    Synonym: bulur
    Aku lapar.
    I'm hungry.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: lapar

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

lapar

  1. present indicative of lapa