lepas

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Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

lepas (plural lepases)

  1. Any of the genus Lepas of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, etc.; a goose barnacle.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lepas”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

lepas

  1. inessive singular of lepp

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lepas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləpas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: lê‧pas

Adjective

lêpas

  1. free
    Synonym: bebas
  2. unbound, unchained
    Antonyms: terikat, tertambat
  3. escaped
  4. released
  5. (now dated) after
    Synonyms: sehabis, selepas, sesudah

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Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləpas.

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay (lapas), in inflected form marlapas (current spelling berlepas).

Pronunciation

Adjective

lepas (Jawi spelling لڤس)

  1. after, past, ago.
    Synonyms: selepas, sehabis, sesudah, setelah
  2. free or escaped.
    Synonym: bebas
  3. unbound, unchained; released.
    Antonyms: terikat, tertambat
  4. (informal) to give birth.
  5. (informal, slang) be safe.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Verb

lepas (Jawi spelling لڤس)

  1. to unbound
  2. to release

Descendants

  • Indonesian: lepas

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