See also: Lepas

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Etymology edit

From the genus name.

Noun edit

lepas (plural lepases)

  1. Any of the genus Lepas of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, etc.; a goose barnacle.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lepas”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Estonian edit

Noun edit

lepas

  1. inessive singular of lepp

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay lepas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləpas.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ləˈpas]
  • Hyphenation: lê‧pas

Adjective edit

lêpas

  1. free
    Synonym: bebas
  2. unbound, unchained
    Antonyms: terikat, tertambat
  3. escaped
  4. released
  5. (now dated) after
    Synonyms: sehabis, selepas, sesudah

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Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləpas.

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (lapas), in inflected form marlapas (current spelling berlepas).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

lepas (Jawi spelling لڤس)

  1. after, past, ago.
    Synonyms: selepas, sehabis, sesudah, setelah
  2. free or escaped.
    Synonym: bebas
  3. unbound, unchained; released.
    Antonyms: terikat, tertambat
  4. (informal) to give birth.
  5. (informal, slang) be safe.

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Verb edit

lepas (Jawi spelling لڤس)

  1. to unbound
  2. to release

Descendants edit

  • Indonesian: lepas

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