lapok

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• (Chungli) IPA^(key): /la˥.puk˩/, [la˥.puk˩]

lapok

1. (Chungli) to open
   • 1967, “1 Samuel 2:1”, in Ao Naga Common Language Bible, Bible Society of India:

     Kü tebang kü tsükchir anema lapoka lir, kechiaser ne tekümtetba nung ni pelar.

     My mouth is open, disparaging my enemies, as I rejoice in your salvation.

• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 63
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 144

• IPA^(key): /ˈlapok/ [ˈl̪a.pok]
• Hyphenation: la‧pok

lapok (Badlit spelling ᜎᜉᜓᜃ᜔)

1. mud
2. (figurative) derogatory remarks

• IPA^(key): /ˈlapok/ [ˈl̪a.pok]
• Hyphenation: la‧pok

lápok (Basahan spelling ᜎᜉᜓᜃ᜔)

1. (dialectal) mud; mire

   Synonyms: laboy, dugi

lap +‎ -ok

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɒpok]
• Hyphenation: la‧pok

lapok

1. nominative plural of lap

lapok

1. mud; mire

   Synonym: laboy

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lapuk. Cognate with Malay lapuk.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /laˈpok/ [lɐˈpok̚] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -ok
  • IPA^(key): /laˈpok/ [lɐˈpok̚], /ˈlapok/ [ˈlaː.pok̚] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ok, -apok
• Syllabification: la‧pok

lapók (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜓᜃ᜔)

1. decayed; rotten (of wood, bamboo, cloth, textile, etc.)

   Synonyms: bulok, gapok, gato, gapo

lapók or lapok (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜓᜃ᜔)

1. weakness due to decay (of wood, bamboo, cloth, textile, etc.)

   Synonyms: kalapukan, pagkalapok, kagatuan, pagkagato

• kapol