lapit
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lapít
- (anatomy) testicles (of a male child)
- Synonyms: bayag, sugoksugok, bunaybunay, itlog
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lapit
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Borrowed from Latin Lapithae or French lapithe.
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lapit m (plural lapiți)
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dapət (“to place in contact with one another, come in contact, space closely”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rapət (“to join together, attach tightly”). Compare Indonesian rapat (“close; tight”), Javanese ꦫꦥꦼꦠ꧀ (rapet, “tightly closed; close; next to”), Malagasy rafitra (“carpenter's work, masonry”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Rhymes: (noun) -apit, (adjective) -it
- Syllabification: la‧pit
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lapit (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜒᜆ᜔)
- nearness; proximity; closeness
- Synonym: kalapitan
- approaching (of a person or place)
- seeking of help (by approaching someone)
- intimacy; closeness
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lapít (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜒᜆ᜔)
- near each other
- Synonyms: magkalapit, tabi, magkatabi
Further reading edit
- “lapit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*dapet”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*rapet”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary