lapah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lapah, from Classical Malay لاڤه (lapah), from Proto-Malayic *lapah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaq, from Proto-Austronesian *lapaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈla.pah]
• Hyphenation: la‧pah

Verb

lapah

1. to skin; to flay; to fleece
2. to chop into pieces (of slaughtered cattle)
3. to tear, to pull apart, to rip with violence

Derived terms

• dilapah
• dilapahi
• melapah
• melapahi
• pelapahan

 

Further reading

• “lapah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /la.pah/, [ˈlä.päh]
• Rhymes: -pah, -ah

Verb

lapah (Jawi spelling لاڤه)

1. to flay; to skin; to strip; to tear off the skin

Usage notes

Especially used of skinning animals for the market or kitchen.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pelapah [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pelapahan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• melapah [agent focus] (meN-)
• dilapah [patient focus] (di-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: lapah

Further reading

• “lapah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lapah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapaq, from Proto-Austronesian *lapaq.

Verb

lapah

1. to swallow; to gulp down; to devour (as animals do to their prey)