lapit

See also: lapít and lāpīt

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈpit/, [l̪aˈpit]
• Hyphenation: la‧pit

Noun

lapít (Basahan spelling ᜎᜉᜒᜆ᜔)

1. (anatomy) testicles (of a male child)

   Synonyms: bayag, sugok-sugok, bunay-bunay, itlog

Finnish

Noun

lapit

1. nominative plural of lappi

Anagrams

• Alpit, alpit, lipat, pilat

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lapithae or French lapithe.

Noun

lapit m (plural lapiți)

1. Lapith

Declension

Declension of lapit

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) lapit	lapitul	(niște) lapiți	lapiții
genitive/dative	(unui) lapit	lapitului	(unor) lapiți	lapiților
vocative	lapitule		lapiților

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• lapet — colloquial

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dapət (“to place in contact with one another, come in contact, space closely”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rapət (“to join together, attach tightly”). Compare Indonesian rapat (“close; tight”), Javanese ꦫꦥꦼꦠ꧀ (rapet, “tightly closed; close; next to”), Malagasy rafitra (“carpenter's work, masonry”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlapit/ [ˈla.pɪt], (colloquial) /ˈlapet/ [ˈla.pɛt] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -apit
  • IPA^(key): /laˈpit/ [lɐˈpit], (colloquial) /laˈpet/ [lɐˈpɛt] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: la‧pit

Noun

lapit (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜒᜆ᜔)

1. nearness; proximity; closeness

   Synonym: kalapitan

2. approaching (of a person or place)

   Synonyms: dais, pagdais, paglapit

3. seeking of help (by approaching someone)
4. intimacy; closeness

   Synonyms: talik, katalikan

Derived terms

• ilapit
• kalapit
• kalapit-bansa
• kalapit-bayan
• kalapitan
• lapit ng loob
• lapitan
• lumapit
• lumapit-lapit
• magkakalapit
• magkalapit
• maglapit
• maglapit-lapit
• malapit
• malapit-lapit
• malapitan
• pagkamalapit
• paglalapit
• paglapit
• palapit
• pinakamalapit

 

Related terms

• Malapitan

 

See also

• dapit
• lapat

 

Adjective

lapít (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜉᜒᜆ᜔)

1. near each other

   Synonyms: magkalapit, tabi, magkatabi

Further reading

• “lapit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*dapet”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*rapet”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Anagrams

• lipat, palit, pilat, tapil