lapit

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See also: lapít and lāpīt

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈpit/
  • Hyphenation: la‧pit

Noun

lapít (Basahan spelling ᜎᜉᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. (anatomy) testicles (of a male child)
    Synonyms: bayag, sugok-sugok, bunay-bunay, itlog

Finnish

Noun

lapit

  1. nominative plural of lappi

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lapithae or French lapithe.

Noun

lapit m (plural lapiți)

  1. Lapith

Declension

Declension of lapit
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative lapit lapitul lapiți lapiții
genitive-dative lapit lapitului lapiți lapiților
vocative lapitule lapiților

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dapət (“to place in contact with one another, come in contact, space closely”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rapət (“to join together, attach tightly”). Compare Indonesian rapat (“close; tight”), Javanese ꦫꦥꦼꦠ꧀ (rapet, “tightly closed; close; next to”), Malagasy rafitra (“carpenter's work, masonry”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lapit (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. nearness; proximity; closeness
    Synonym: kalapitan
  2. approaching (of a person or place)
    Synonyms: dais, pagdais, paglapit
  3. seeking of help (by approaching someone)
  4. intimacy; closeness
    Synonyms: talik, katalikan

Derived terms

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Adjective

lapít (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. near each other
    Synonyms: magkalapit, tabi, magkatabi

Further reading

  • “lapit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dapet”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*rapet”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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