Basque edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lapar/ [la.par]
  • Rhymes: -apar
  • Hyphenation: la‧par

Noun edit

lapar inan

  1. (Biscayan, Navarro-Lapurdian) Alternative form of lahar (bramble)

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Further reading edit

  • "lapar" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • lapar” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

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Etymology edit

Attested since circa 1750. From Proto-Germanic *lapjaną (to lick; lap) (compare Middle English lappen, Old High German laffen, French lamper). Compare with lamber (to lick), which derives of Latin lambere (lick).

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Verb edit

lapar (first-person singular present lapo, first-person singular preterite lapei, past participle lapado)

  1. to lick, to lap
  2. to quaff, to swig
  3. to slurp; to eat disorderly or compulsively
    • 1807, anonymous author, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros:
      é estou en que na quel dia / vos laparon todo aquelo / que non poideron vender / como quen vos toma a parva
      I have the idea that that day they slurped everything that couldn't sell, as if having a snack
  4. (figurative) to rob

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Derived terms edit

  • lapacaldos (glutton, literally broth-lapper)

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Iban edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayic *lapar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaʀ. Cognate with Old Javanese lapa.

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Adjective edit

lapar

  1. hungry (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
    Synonym: beluran
    Lapar aku.
    I'm hungry.

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay lapar, from Proto-Malayic *lapar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaʀ.

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Adjective edit

lapar

  1. hungry

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Verb edit

lapar

  1. to be hungry (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
    Saya lapar.
    I am hungry.

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Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayic *lapar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaʀ. Cognate with Old Javanese lapa.

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Adjective edit

lapar (Jawi spelling لاڤر)

  1. hungry (affected by hunger; desirous of food)
    Synonym: bulur
    Aku lapar.
    I'm hungry.

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Descendants edit

  • Indonesian: lapar

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Swedish edit

Verb edit

lapar

  1. present indicative of lapa