lapar

Basque

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lapar inan

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

Declension

Declension of lapar (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive lapar laparra laparrak laparrok
ergative laparrek laparrak laparrek laparrok
dative laparri laparrari laparrei laparroi
genitive laparren laparraren laparren laparron
comitative laparrekin laparrarekin laparrekin laparrokin
causative laparrengatik laparrarengatik laparrengatik laparrongatik
benefactive laparrentzat laparrarentzat laparrentzat laparrontzat
instrumental laparrez laparraz laparrez laparrotaz
innesive laparretan laparrean laparretan laparrotan
locative laparretako laparreko laparretako laparrotako
allative laparretara laparrera laparretara laparrotara
terminative laparretaraino laparreraino laparretaraino laparrotaraino
directive laparretarantz laparrerantz laparretarantz laparrotarantz
destinative laparretarako laparrerako laparretarako laparrotarako
ablative laparretatik laparretik laparretatik laparrotatik
partitive laparrik
prolative lapartzat

Further reading

  • lapar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • lapar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

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), or Sicilian allappari~allippari.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈpaɾ/

Verb

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

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • lapacaldos (glutton, literally broth-lapper)

References

Iban

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lapar/

Adjective

lapar

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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

lapar (comparative lebih lapar, superlative paling lapar)

  1. hungry
    Saya lapar.
    I'm hungry

Noun

lapar (uncountable)

  1. hunger

Derived terms

  • berlapar
  • kelaparan (hungriness, starveness; to starve)
  • melaparkan (to make hungry)
  • pelapar
  • lapar mata

See also

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lapaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˈlapa(r)/ [ˈla.pa(r)]
    • Rhymes: -apa(r)
  • (Baku) IPA(key): /ˈlapar/ [ˈla.par]
    • Rhymes: -apar
  • Hyphenation: la‧par

Adjective

lapar (Jawi spelling لاڤر, comparative lebih lapar, superlative paling lapar)

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

Derived terms

  • berlapar
  • dilaparkan
  • kelaparan
  • lapar mata
  • lapar susu
  • melaparkan

Descendants

  • Indonesian: lapar

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lapaR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

lapar

  1. present indicative of lapa