lapay

• Hyphenation: la‧pay

lapay

1. the nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

From French paille.

lapay

1. straw

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN

From French paille.

lapay

1. straw

• D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈpaj/ [lɐˈpaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: la‧pay

lapáy (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜌ᜔) (anatomy)

1. pancreas

   Synonym: pangkreas

2. spleen

   Synonyms: limpa, pali, baso

• lipay

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈpaj/ [lɐˈpaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: la‧pay

lapáy (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜌ᜔)

1. lacking in claimed weight (as checked in the balance)

Compare Central Bikol lapay, Aklanon eapay, and Cebuano lapay.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlapaj/ [ˈlaː.paɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -apaj
• Syllabification: la‧pay

lapay (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜌ᜔)

1. black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlapaj/ [ˈlaː.paɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -apaj
• Syllabification: la‧pay

lapay (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜌ᜔)

1. small house or shelter (built in the middle of a high lot or on top of a hill)

• “lapay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• “lapay”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.

• alpay, palya, aplay, lapya, palay