lapah
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay lapah, from Classical Malay لاڤه (lapah), from Proto-Malayic *lapah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaq, from Proto-Austronesian *lapaq.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lapah
- to skin; to flay; to fleece
- to chop into pieces (of slaughtered cattle)
- to tear, to pull apart, to rip with violence
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “lapah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Attested in the Hikayat Iskandar Dzulkarnain, 1713 AD, as Classical Malay لاڤه (lapah).
From Proto-Malayic *lapah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaq, from Proto-Austronesian *lapaq.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lapah (Jawi spelling لاڤه)
Usage notes edit
Especially used of skinning animals for the market or kitchen.
Derived terms edit
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: lapah
Further reading edit
- “lapah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Minangkabau edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *lapah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaq, from Proto-Austronesian *lapaq.
Verb edit
lapah