Wiktionary

alap

See also: áĺap, àlāp, àláp, and ɑ́lɑ́p

English

edit
 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit आलापा (ālāpā).

Noun

edit

alap (plural alaps)

  1. (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

Bikol Central

edit

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔalap/ [ˈʔa.l̪ap]
  • Hyphenation: a‧lap

Interjection

edit

alap! (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜉ᜔)

  1. cheers!
    Synonym: tagay

Galo

edit

Noun

edit

alap

  1. wing

Hungarian

edit

Etymology

edit

From al (“lower part”) +‎ -p (hypothetical nominal-forming suffix; obsolete). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): [ˈɒlɒp]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: alap
  • Rhymes: -ɒp

Noun

edit

alap (plural alapok)

  1. base, foundation
  2. (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)
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
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

References

edit
  1. ^ alap in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
  2. ^ alap in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  3. ^ alap in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

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 Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Javanese

edit

Romanization

edit

alap

  1. 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)

  1. (colloquial, Kedah Malay) to gather a fruit using pole (that attached with knife or hook).
  2. (obsolete) to take.
Derived terms
edit

Etymology 2

edit

Adjective

edit

alap (Jawi spelling الڤ)

  1. slowly, calmly
  2. (colloquial) quite and gentle.
  3. unhurried
  4. 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

  1. to take
  2. to fetch
  3. to carry off
  4. to steal
  5. to seize
  6. to win

Derived terms

edit

Descendants

edit
  • Javanese: ꦲꦭꦥ꧀ (alap)

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

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alap, from Proto-Austronesian *alap (“fetch, get, take”).

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

alap (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜉ᜔)

  1. shift; turn (in a work or assignment)
    Synonyms: turno, halili, halang
  2. selective cutting or harvesting (of grass, rice, corn, fruits, etc.)
    Synonym: gamas
  3. recruitment (of laborers)
    Synonym: kalap
  4. enlistment (into the army or navy)
    Synonym: kalap
  5. scum
    Synonyms: eskoma, linab
  6. act of scooping out the scum (on the liquid surface)
    Synonyms: sagap, salap

Derived terms

edit

See also

edit

Further reading

edit
  • “alap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=alap&oldid=82542750"