lanap

See also: LANAP

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *laq(ə)nab (“to overflow, flood, of a river”). Compare Ilocano nabnab, Aklanon eanab, Cebuano lanap / lunop, and Malay lenyap.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /laˈnap/ [lɐˈn̪ap̚] (adjective)
      • Rhymes: -ap
    • IPA(key): /ˈlanap/ [ˈlaː.n̪ɐp̚] (noun)
      • Rhymes: -anap
  • Syllabification: la‧nap

Adjective

lanáp (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈᜉ᜔)

  1. extensively inundated or flooded

Noun

lanap (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈᜉ᜔)

  1. extensive inundation; extensive flooding (of a wide area)
  2. extensively flooded wide area

Further reading

  • “lanap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*laq(e)nab”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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