alap
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit आलापा (ālāpā).
Noun edit
alap (plural alaps)
- (music) The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 176:
- The alaap is the part of our classical music that I like best. It is an inward voyage, an odyssey into the unknown.
Anagrams edit
Galo edit
Noun edit
alap
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alap (plural alapok)
- base, foundation
- (figuratively, especially in the forms alapon and alapján) (on a…) basis, (on the) basis (of…), (on the) grounds (of…), (by the) token (of…), (as a) matter (of…), (by) reason (of…), (at a/the/that) rate (that…)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | alap | alapok |
accusative | alapot | alapokat |
dative | alapnak | alapoknak |
instrumental | alappal | alapokkal |
causal-final | alapért | alapokért |
translative | alappá | alapokká |
terminative | alapig | alapokig |
essive-formal | alapként | alapokként |
essive-modal | alapul | alapokul |
inessive | alapban | alapokban |
superessive | alapon | alapokon |
adessive | alapnál | alapoknál |
illative | alapba | alapokba |
sublative | alapra | alapokra |
allative | alaphoz | alapokhoz |
elative | alapból | alapokból |
delative | alapról | alapokról |
ablative | alaptól | alapoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
alapé | alapoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
alapéi | alapokéi |
Possessive forms of alap | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | alapom | alapjaim |
2nd person sing. | alapod | alapjaid |
3rd person sing. | alapja | alapjai |
1st person plural | alapunk | alapjaink |
2nd person plural | alapotok | alapjaitok |
3rd person plural | alapjuk | alapjaik |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Further reading edit
- alap in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- alap in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
alap
- Romanization of ꦲꦭꦥ꧀
Malay edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Malayic *alap, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alap, from Proto-Austronesian *alap (“fetch, get, take”).
First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (alap) in inflected form maṅalap (current spelling mengalap).
Verb edit
alap (Jawi spelling الڤ)
- (colloquial, Kedah Malay) to gather a fruit using pole (that attached with knife or hook).
- (obsolete) to take.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
alap (Jawi spelling الڤ)
- slowly, calmly
- (colloquial) quite and gentle.
- unhurried
- within long intervals
References edit
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “الڤ alap”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 17
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “الڤ alap”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 31
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “alap”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 17
Further reading edit
- “alap” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.
Old Javanese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alap, from Proto-Austronesian *alap (“fetch, get, take”).
Verb edit
alap
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- "alap" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔalap/, [ˈʔa.lɐp]
- Rhymes: -alap
- Syllabification: a‧lap
Noun edit
alap (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜉ᜔)
- shift; turn (in a work or assignment)
- selective cutting or harvesting (of grass, rice, corn, fruits, etc.)
- Synonym: gamas
- recruitment (of laborers)
- Synonym: kalap
- enlistment (into the army or navy)
- Synonym: kalap
- scum
- act of scooping out the scum (on the liquid surface)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “alap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018